Lauren Graham
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Biography
Lauren Graham is an American actress and author. She is best known as Lorelai Gilmore on Gilmore Girls, for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, and Sarah Braverman on Parenthood (2010–15).
"I must work harder to achieve my goal of not seeking approval from those whose approval I'm not even sure is important to me."
"Anyone can smile on their best day. I like to meet a man who can smile on his WORST."
"I think it's really a good thing.... It's the best thing for the show, and I feel really good about it."
"I felt all kinds of pressure on myself...I didn't want to disappoint anybody. But that is nothing that compares to someone dealing with a health issue, so my shit is no big deal."
"I didn't grow up identifying with beauty. I grew up thinking I could be smart and funny - those are the things I got feedback on."
"Some people think my father was a spy, because of working for that government agency in Vietnam, but he can't find his car keys, much less keep a national secret."
"Belly buttons are cool!"
"Like my dad, I have a Christmas party most years. I like to celebrate and see as many people as possible."
"I definitely wanted to be an actor. I didn't want to be on TV, I didn't want to be famous, I didn't want to be anyone in particular I just wanted to do it. I see young people now who look at magazines, or American Idol and their goal is to have that lifestyle - to have good handbags, or go out with cute guys from shows, or whatever. But I definitely wanted to be an actor."
"I didn't grow up identifying with beauty. I grew up thinking I could be smart and funny - those are the things I got feedback on."
"As I've gotten older, I've gotten more liberal, and my father is increasingly conservative. It's so shocking to me because I always thought we had the same politics. The day I realized we voted for different presidents, I practically fell out of my chair."
"Nobody ever seems to want my advice about serious stuff. People will be like: 'Who made that sweater?' Or 'How did you get your hair so straight?' They don't to come to me for the relationship advice or deep stuff. In fact, my little sister actually hides from me."
"While I very much wanted to be in a relationship, I didn't want to be in the wrong one."
"Like my dad, I have a Christmas party most years. I like to celebrate and see as many people as possible."
"I've always thought my strengths were I'm smart, and I have a good sense of humor. I definitely struggle with feeling confident."
"I've pretty much always been on a diet since I was born. And the women in my family struggle, so I find the less I think about food, in a way, the happier I am. In general, I think I eat less the less I think about it."
"I get a delivery of a diet food during the week, which doesn't mean that I don't eat the occasional Krispy Kreme doughnut."
"Honestly, I was such a tomboy as a kid. People were taking from their mothers' closets - I was taking from my dad's closet. It was the '80s, so it wasn't terrible, but I was wearing my dad's dress shirts over jeans from the Gap."
"For a time in high school, I had glasses, braces, and a cast. I like to call this look 'no date for homecoming.'"