Judy Greer Quotes

“Sometimes when you're given hurdles, it makes you more creative in the end.”

— Judy Greer

I remember my choir teacher in high school told me, 'When in doubt, sing loud.' I'm a terrible singer, but I always auditioned for the musicals, and would get cast in them because I really would just put it all out there. That was really good advice, and I think it works for everything, not just acting.

— Judy Greer

“I was not awesome at dancing. For a ballerina, I probably started too late. Plus I enjoyed entertaining people too much.”

— Judy Greer

“I enjoy the old-fashioned idea of, like, 'His Girl Friday' and 'Bringing Up Baby', those old movies.”

— Judy Greer

“I'd been dating my husband for about a year, and I'd already kissed George Clooney, Ashton Kutcher and Gerard Butler. Awesome year, right?”

— Judy Greer

“I think it's natural if you're doing a lot of comedy to do a lot of drama, because you have to figure out the real version of the joke.”

— Judy Greer

“It's so cheap to just release a movie. You can do it by yourself if you have to. Put in on the Internet if you have to.”

— Judy Greer

“'Reluctantly Healthy' is so completely different than what I do for a living. It's really what I wanted it to be, which is learning to be healthy.”

— Judy Greer

I found the structure of writing a screenplay harder than the structure of writing an essay. But it was definitely challenging to force myself to sit and write. I'm not used to having to force myself to work.

— Judy Greer

The truth is, if I was maybe better or funnier or prettier, wouldn't I have starred in a movie? I can see it objectively as a businesswoman - if no one's buying your product, then there's not a desire for it.

— Judy Greer

“I am an actress - I am paid to verbalize other people's words, not create my own.”

— Judy Greer

“For a long time, I think my family thought I was living in a $3 million mansion in the Hollywood Hills.”

— Judy Greer

“I am very reluctantly healthy.”

— Judy Greer

“I'm not opposed to auditioning. I love auditioning. It's one of my favorite things.”

— Judy Greer

“It's bad enough when people are comparing your movie to just other random movies, but when you have another 'Carrie' to compare it to, it's rough.”

— Judy Greer

My parents, stupidly, always let me go downtown. This was pre-pager, even. It made me adventurous. I think it makes you tough.

— Judy Greer

“Sometimes I think to get to the emotional level of a scene, you don't necessarily have to have experienced the exact thing that person has experienced, but whatever you have in your life that has gotten you to that place is usually enough.”

— Judy Greer

“There are a lot of perks when you're an actor. Free food at work was my second favorite in the beginning, but my first was the weird stuff. Like seeing celebrities in no makeup and finding out what they ate.”

— Judy Greer

Any time you learn something new about your character, that's really exciting.

— Judy Greer

“'Citizen Ruth' I saw when I was in college, and I really flipped out over it. I just knew I wanted to work with the person who made that movie.”

— Judy Greer

“I definitely felt awkward and I didn't fit in. Other than that, I'm learning that everyone felt that way: even the popular girls.”

— Judy Greer

“I feel like I have a healthy self-esteem.”

— Judy Greer

“I imagined my fantasy co-author would look like Miranda Kerr, but have the intellect and comedic timing of Liz Lemon.”

— Judy Greer

“I just try not to look at any role as a comedic role or a dramatic role. I just try to stay in the movie I'm in.”

— Judy Greer

“I love Cate Blanchett; I think she's brilliant.”

— Judy Greer

I love television, I've always wanted to be on television.

— Judy Greer

“I love watching Edie Falco; she's so layered, and her work is so great.”

— Judy Greer

I was lucky, and once I moved to L.A., I didn't have to get another job besides acting. But I wouldn't trade my previous jobs for anything.

— Judy Greer

“I would have played any character in an Alexander Payne movie.”

— Judy Greer

“I've been really fortunate to do so many comedies and then so many dramatic roles and then television and movies and stuff like that.”

— Judy Greer

The truth is that the actresses who I look up to are either my age or a few years older or a lot older.

— Judy Greer

“When you do a movie, you don't know when it's going to come out. In a year, you forget about it.”

— Judy Greer

“I feel like everything does happen for a reason, and I can totally look back on my career and the decisions I've made and how it sort of worked itself out.”

— Judy Greer

I had Madonna parties; I dressed like Madonna, and I had all of her records because we had records back then. I knew all of her lyrics; I was obsessed with her movies and the whole thing.

— Judy Greer

“I really love this character I played called Becky Freeley in a T.V. show called 'Miss Guided'. We only shot seven episodes, and nobody watched it, and it was on for, like, a second, but I really liked that character.”

— Judy Greer

You've heard the phrase 'There are no small roles, just small actors?' Well, I kind of disagree. There are small roles, but when you get a lot of them in a row, you can become a pretty successful actress, and that's what I've done.

— Judy Greer

“I'm sort of a carb-oholic. I love pasta, and I know it's really simple, but I love pasta with olive oil and crushed red pepper and maybe some Parmesan. I don't really eat cheese anymore, but that would be my favorite. I love a tri colore salad - it's my favorite.”

— Judy Greer

“In the past few months, I've become convinced of one thing: If I were a man, I'd be paid more.”

— Judy Greer

“My perfect Valentine's Day would be coming home to a giant box waiting for me, and it has a gorgeous dress and high-heeled shoes and a handbag. And someone's waiting to do my hair and makeup. You can tell I've been in too many romantic comedies.”

— Judy Greer

“I enjoy meeting someone and then really getting to know them and then falling in love.”

— Judy Greer

“I find that falling in love is way more fun than just having that instant attraction that you have to maintain for a relationship.”

— Judy Greer

“Maybe when we were shooting in the school, I was feeling more like it. Every time I go back to a school for work, I always feel so huge. Everything seems so little. The lockers seem smaller than I remember and the length of the hallways seem shorter when you're a kid.”

— Judy Greer

“I'm finding now more and more that nudity is so rarely serves the story in any film.”

— Judy Greer

I hope my next movie is with like 80 year olds because I want to feel young again.

— Judy Greer

“At least 35 years ago, you didn't have the internet telling you every single thing that happened in every school and college around the world.”

— Judy Greer

“I think because bullying has really become such a problem right now, I think it's maybe going to be more impactful right now, just because of where that is in society and how much more we're hearing about it.”

— Judy Greer

If I was playing Carrie, I might have done differently but I felt like as my character. I mean, I'm definitely bringing myself to the role but I wanted to pay homage. I hope I did. We'll see.

— Judy Greer

“Wherever I am on location, I can usually, even in the weirdest little places, find a recording studio.”

— Judy Greer

“When you're recording a TV show, you really feel like you're in a bubble.”

— Judy Greer

“I think that it's just extremely rare to see any kind of TV show that's completely written by one person, regardless of what any showrunner will tell you.”

— Judy Greer