Top 100 Gillian Jacobs Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “We’re all alone in this world.”

— Gillian Jacobs

2. “An analogy is like a thought with another thought’s hat on.”

— Gillian Jacobs

3. “It’s really nice when life comes full circle and you get to work with people four years down the line.”

— Gillian Jacobs

4. “Fresh Air I listen to, like, every day.”

— Gillian Jacobs

5. “Apparently, I have good feet for ballet.”

— Gillian Jacobs

6. “I’m a very law-abiding citizen, and I’ve never consciously broken any law. I get nervous just jaywalking in Los Angeles!”

— Gillian Jacobs

7. “Things are never simple when it comes to the human heart.”

— Gillian Jacobs

8. “I am trying to break free from my stripes addiction, but the pull is strong! I need help buying non-stripes.”

— Gillian Jacobs

9. “Nobody knows what the future is except for wizards.”

— Gillian Jacobs

10. “My mom wouldn’t know Tom Cruise if he punched her in the face.”

— Gillian Jacobs

11. “Some girls say they don’t feel comfortable in flats, they only feel comfortable in heels; I am not one of those girls.”

— Gillian Jacobs

12. “I am not a big ‘Hunger Games’ fan.”

— Gillian Jacobs

13. “I feel like the Internet has embraced the pizza dance. I feel appreciated for once in my life.”

— Gillian Jacobs

14. “The more attention you give to your negative feelings, the more they grow, so I think things just start to blow totally out of proportion.”

— Gillian Jacobs

15. “I’m not conservative, but I am kind of clean living in my own life.”

— Gillian Jacobs

16. “I think there’s a sort of satisfaction in defying people’s expectations.”

— Gillian Jacobs

17. “I love discovering new young brands and watching these fashion lines take off, like Peter Pilotto, Christopher Kane, and Clover Canyon.”

— Gillian Jacobs

18. “I really like the concept of, like, slowing down and savoring your food, enjoying it.”

— Gillian Jacobs

19. “My mom wouldn’t let me buy clothes she didn’t like, so I dressed like a middle-aged woman in high school.”

— Gillian Jacobs

20. “I am wrestling with the overalls trend. I wore so many pairs in junior high, and no one thought they were cute. Perhaps I’ll try them cuffed with a tasteful crop top?”

— Gillian Jacobs

21. “I feel like so often I’m just, like, running around and eating in the car, which is, like, not good, or eating as I’m walking down the street.”

— Gillian Jacobs

22. “I’ve been getting into drinking smoothies in the morning – I like those a lot.”

— Gillian Jacobs

23. “You know it’s a good show when you involve fire and dolls and unitards.”

— Gillian Jacobs

24. “I haven’t ever seen ‘Lost’ I’m sorry.”

— Gillian Jacobs

25. “Craig Robinson is basically the mayor of wherever he goes.”

— Gillian Jacobs

26. “We’re all slight hypocrites who fall short of our ideals.”

— Gillian Jacobs

27. “I’m a very boring person in my real life so I got to act out misbehaving fantasies was really fun.”

— Gillian Jacobs

28. “My mom always said fighting with me as a kid was like going to court. I’m trying to realize that being right is not the most important thing.”

— Gillian Jacobs

29. “Like, I’m hyper-conscious about going to bed on time, and doing my seven-step skin care routine at night.”

— Gillian Jacobs

30. “I had kissed a girl in the second season of ‘Community,’ but that was my first time kissing a girl ever, and I was so nervous, I almost knocked Brit Marling’s teeth out.”

— Gillian Jacobs

31. “They didn’t really encourage my goofy, comedic side at Juilliard.”

— Gillian Jacobs

32. “I think maybe my mom thought that Katharine Hepburn would be a good role model of, like, a strong, smart, independent woman. Maybe she steered me in that direction. You know, because she was really so ahead of her time.”

— Gillian Jacobs

33. “I very rarely listen to music in my car – a lot of people make fun of me for it. But sometimes I listen to music on YouTube. I’m like a teenager.”

— Gillian Jacobs

34. “My poor, problematic feet don’t let me wear anything much over a three- or four-inch heel.”

— Gillian Jacobs

35. “A friend of mine wrote a script, a feminist romantic comedy. She had a feminist scholar consult on it. My friend said, ‘Oh, my friend Gillian read it and really loved it.’ She goes, ‘Gillian Jacobs, you mean: Britta Perry, feminist icon?’”

— Gillian Jacobs

36. “A movie that I’ve seen probably the most is ‘Fanny Alexander,’ the Ingmar Bergman movie. I even dragged my friends to the super long version that had an intermission. I don’t know how much they liked me that day.”

— Gillian Jacobs

37. “I’ve been making Vine videos for a couple of months. They’re just six-second little videos, but I really have fun doing them. It’s just fun to feel like you created something.”

— Gillian Jacobs

38. “I’ve always wanted to work with Elizabeth Banks. She’s so talented and funny, and she’s become this force of nature – directing, producing. Being around her is kind of inspiring.”

— Gillian Jacobs

39. “It feels kind of naughty when you’re swearing on set and you know it’s gonna make it in unbleeped on the show.”

— Gillian Jacobs

40. “I don’t like yelling insults at someone who’s never done anything to me.”

— Gillian Jacobs

41. “I love Opening Ceremony, Kenzo – anything Humberto Leon and Carol Lim touch. I drool over Christopher Kane, Mary Katrantzou, Delpozo, and Wes Gordon.”

— Gillian Jacobs

42. “I keep reminding myself, through all the ups and downs of ‘Community,’ that I might never have another job that really means something to people the way ‘Community’ means something to people. That’s more powerful than ratings.”

— Gillian Jacobs

43. “Even something as stupid as Vine videos makes you feel like you’re making things on your own.”

— Gillian Jacobs

44. “As you become an adult and start to make your way in life, you realize how much your friends are your family – though you get to make fun of your friends, too.”

— Gillian Jacobs

45. “When you can impress your mom by saying you’ve been to someone’s concert, you know you’re pretty lame.”

— Gillian Jacobs

46. “Inspiration strikes at very funny times.”

— Gillian Jacobs

47. “My inners are not organs. They’re actually mechanics, so I have a hole in my back, wind me up like the movie ‘Hugo,’ and then just say, ‘Act,’ you know?”

— Gillian Jacobs

48. “There are these important things in some people’s lives that can make you laugh even when you’re going through a tough time or a stressful week.”

— Gillian Jacobs

49. “I’m really excited that ‘The Other Woman’ did so well at the box office, and I hope that will keep encouraging people to make movies about women, starring women, about female friendships. More. Please.”

— Gillian Jacobs

50. “As you can tell by my IMDB page, I like to work.”

— Gillian Jacobs