Laura Prepon Quotes

Free love sounds great.

— Laura Prepon

“I'm the tomboy so I got to be a little butch.”

— Laura Prepon

“In any character I ever play, whether she's good or bad or whatever, my most important thing is heart.”

— Laura Prepon

“I am so like Donna it's funny. And most of my friends are guys too.”

— Laura Prepon

“And my mouth is not a sewer, although some people may think it is.”

— Laura Prepon

“For me, personally, I watch pretty much everything on Netflix, and I watch all the episodes in a row, when I can.”

— Laura Prepon

My family was very unorthodox. My mother was very eccentric and amazing. She always treated us like adults.

— Laura Prepon

“Even in real life, I'd rather hang out with guys.”

— Laura Prepon

I've realized how important it is to have women in your life. You get to a certain age where you're like, 'I need women around.'

— Laura Prepon

“There's nothing you could say that would shock me.”

— Laura Prepon

“The first acting I ever did was an Italian commercial. Once I did that, I said, 'this acting thing is awesome.'”

— Laura Prepon

“I'm the type of person that will do triple sessions in one day. I'll do Pilates, I'll do spinning, and then I'll go to the gym and do weights - which is insane.”

— Laura Prepon

“The fact that anyone would find me sexy is very, very flattering, but ridiculous. I so don't believe it. But I'm flattered. Truth is, I don't lift a finger to look sexy. Ever.”

— Laura Prepon

“I'm not a sun person.”

— Laura Prepon

“You can't control where your heart goes.”

— Laura Prepon

I don't know how people recognize me.

— Laura Prepon

“I used to wear boxers and a tank top, but now I sleep in the nude. It's kind of weird, because I used to have to wear something to bed, whether it was a tank top or whatever. And now if I have any clothes at all on, it's really hard to get to sleep.”

— Laura Prepon

Acting wasn't even in my world at all. My oldest sister worked at 'Glamour' magazine and said I should model, but I had no interest.

— Laura Prepon

“I eat super clean and am always watching what I eat.”

— Laura Prepon

“I'm obsessed with 'Homeland.' It's not even okay.”

— Laura Prepon

You can always turn a bad kisser into a good one.

— Laura Prepon

“For some reason, I like to put myself in situations where I don't even know how I ended up there. I never want to be complacent or comfortable in a role.”

— Laura Prepon

It's funny, I used to say on 'That 70's Show', you could really put us in any decade, and it was about the people and the characters and that we cared about each other.

— Laura Prepon

Networks, especially, micro-manage everything to death.

— Laura Prepon

“Netflix is amazing 'cause they trust the creator to do their job, and they trust us to do our job. They're really smart and just let us do our thing and deliver a great job.”

— Laura Prepon

“When you're in prison, and we're left to our own devices, you're stripped of everything, and you really get to see who these people are, the good and the bad.”

— Laura Prepon

“Some of the stuff that Wilmer wears is bad. And Debra Jo.”

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Now that I know what goes into making a pilot, keeping it on the air, and keeping your fans, I'm at a point now where I do a pilot and just hope for the best. If it doesn't work out, it doesn't work out.

— Laura Prepon

The main thing I learned doing love scenes with a woman was, if it's there, it's there.

— Laura Prepon

So, I went to Germany and ended up parasailing around this castle. I was in Germany sightseeing, eating Bratwurst and hanging out in beer gardens. And then, I got back from Germany and got a call where they were like, "We need to fly you to New York tomorrow to read with Taylor [Schilling]." I was like, "Wait, for Alex, the manipulative drug-smuggling lesbian girl?!," and they were like, "Yeah."

— Laura Prepon

“Well, I had done nudity in one other thing, but nudity for an actress is a very particular thing. It has to do with the material, and making sure it's not gratuitous, that it's done in a way that's shot beautifully, and it's for a reason. And I'd never played a lesbian before.”

— Laura Prepon

“When I see an amazing play or movie, it inspires me as an actress and a filmmaker.”

— Laura Prepon

Eating healthy and taking care of my body and my mind really make me come alive, and seeing others doing that inspires me to stay with it. I always feel great when I do.

— Laura Prepon

When I see a beautiful piece of art, it inspires me to be creative.

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Well, the clothes are really cool that we wear. The sets are so funny, because it's like everything is so real.

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“When I have to do a scene where I feel vulnerable as an actress, I always grow from those experiences, so I welcome them. Even though it may not feel amazing at first. You have to embrace it and use it to improve yourself.”

— Laura Prepon

“Love your fellow man, and take care of each other and your environment.”

— Laura Prepon

“I keep my center by really making sure I am nourished and taking care of my body. I cook all of my own food and always make sure I am eating healthy, nourishing, comforting foods. I feel derailed when I don't do this.”

— Laura Prepon

My fitness routine includes things that are not stressful on my body - swimming, yoga, stretching, and rebounding. When I used to kill myself in the gym, it had an adverse effect on me because my body would be so stressed out and constantly in fight-or-flight mode.

— Laura Prepon

Food nourishes you, brings people together, and I feel that anybody can bond over food.

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“I eat organic and cook my food whenever possible, and I live by the 80/20 rule. Eighty percent of the time I'm Stash all the way, 20 percent I enjoy the things I want.”

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What's great is that a lot of us are playing so against type in this, and it's awesome. All of the writers put faith in the fact that we know what we're doing. We have creative freedom, and it's awesome. I think it all worked out. Everybody on the show is so good.

— Laura Prepon

“It's cool because you get to see that some of these women are there because they should be. They're actually not good people to be in society. And then, other people are there because they just made a really retarded mistake.”

— Laura Prepon

“And other people get the opportunity to leave prison, and then they do something to get put back in there because they can't actually function in society. It's really cool because you get to see all these different women, their backstories, where they come from, their upbringing and why they get to where they get to, and they're all completely different. It's really cool that you get to see all those storylines.”

— Laura Prepon

“When you're in prison, there's no hiding. These women are not hiding behind towels and shower curtains. They go to the bathroom with no doors on the stalls. It would actually look weird, if these women were hiding.”

— Laura Prepon

When you work with an actor, it's cool because they know what it's like to be directed themselves. Jodie directed a scene with me and Taylor that was when she starts talking to me again in prison and it's our first actual confrontation that we have, where some stuff comes out.

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“I do think this is where television is going, and I think that it's awesome to be a part of a show like this because we are these pioneers into this new medium. And it's working. When you look at the success of House of Cards and Arrested Development, which I love, this is how people are watching television now. It's pretty cool to be a part of this whole thing.”

— Laura Prepon

“Whenever there's a nude scene, it's always uneasy. You're not in the comfort of your own home with your significant other.”

— Laura Prepon

“I've never played a manipulative, drug-smuggling lesbian before. For me, it's pushing me in an area that's great. There are days when I'd read the script and I'd be like, "Oh, God, I can't believe I have to do that."”

— Laura Prepon

“To make a long story short, I auditioned for the role of Piper because I read the pilots every year and this show was head-and-shoulders above any pilot I've read in awhile. It was amazing. So, I read for Piper and I knew that I wasn't really right for it, but I loved it so much that I wanted to read for it.”

— Laura Prepon