Judy Greer quotes:

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.

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?

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.

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

I firmly believe that everyone should have to work in the food service industry at least once in their lives.

It's my job as a supporting actor - which I usually am - to support the film: to make 1, 2, or 3 on the call sheet look good.

I really believe waiting tables, and service industry jobs in general, make you a better person.

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

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.

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.

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

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

The one thing I haven't done that would be so cool would be, like, an action movie. Like a real action, Jason Bourne movie or something.

Men are awesome, but they're pretty easy to figure out; women are way more complicated, and way more interesting.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

I took ballet dancing forever, and there was a natural transition into acting.

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

I think when you're just counting on your voice, you actually need double the energy. I find myself acting out the scenes and being very physical while I'm recording because I think you can tell when someone is just sitting on a stool.

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

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

I am very reluctantly healthy.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

I think its natural if youre doing a lot of comedy to do a lot of drama, because you have to figure out the real version of the joke.

Its 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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.