In previous roles, I have thought of my body as ‘Betty’s body,’ and I try not to eat too many dinner rolls – please don’t fire me! I’ll make crazy choices from the neck up, but from the neck down, it’s just me trying to suck it in. And in ‘GLOW,’ my whole body was required to do a function and not just to look as good as possible in a costume. Betty Gilpin Read Quote
Getting to work with Edie Falco and watching her be a quiet presence – but a very powerful presence – and so brilliant and free? That was the first person I saw where I was like, ‘I want to emulate that.’ Betty Gilpin Read Quote
If I’m brought the wrong order at a restaurant, I don’t send it back, because I don’t want the waiter to get mad at me. Betty Gilpin Read Quote
I fill my business emails with smiley faces and question marks so that I don’t sound too severe. Betty Gilpin Read Quote
I often feel like a character actress trapped inside the mean, aging Barbie’s body. Betty Gilpin Read Quote
I think I did four ‘Law & Order’ episodes. I did two ‘Criminal Intent,’ one mothership, and one ‘SVU.’ Betty Gilpin Read Quote
I think that it’s our job to sort of band together and say, ‘OK, what are the ways the male gaze has seeped into your brain and is affecting the way you treat yourself? Let’s work together to eliminate that.’ Betty Gilpin Read Quote
My mom used to play a lot of super character-y parts… so I was sort of raised to be a clown. Betty Gilpin Read Quote
I would do musicals in high school where there was dancing, and I would sing my verse, and then they would choreograph it so when I would take an eight-count to back up to the back of the stage while the other dancers covered me up because my body was totally… I was always in newborn-deer mode. Betty Gilpin Read Quote
I find myself on Yelp typing in ‘the best ‘blank’ all the time: best cheese, best ice cream, best pizza. Betty Gilpin Read Quote
