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Julia Louis Dreyfus
American
Actress
About the author
It's much more acceptable for men to work and father kids. There's an inherent inequality, because we want to do it all, and I don't know how we can do this all.
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress
#Want
#Kids
#Work
#Men
#Father
#Inequality
L.A. I could live without.
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress
Making a movie is a long, dull process. There's a lot of waiting around.
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress
#Waiting
My goal is, of course, for this show to do well, and I would love it if people liked it.
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress
#Love
#People
#Goal
New York is nice, but I don't like it as much as I used to.
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress
Doing a half-hour TV show is a dream.
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress
#Dream
Some people can sometimes really invade your space and kind of never leave you alone.
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress
#People
#Space
It is, I think, harder for women. I haven't quite figured it out, and all of my women friends haven't figured it out -how the hell do you do this? How do you work and have families?
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress
#Work
#Friends
#Hell
#Women
When I got pregnant my foot grew, but I was denying it. I've been denying it for three years.
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress
#Years
We are 5 percent of the global population and consume a third of the total resources - on some level we should all feel guilty relative to the world.
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress
#World
#Population
There's a pressure regardless of that to do a good show.
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress
#Pressure
The war and terrorism in the Middle East, the crisis of leadership in many of the oil-supply countries in the developing world, the crisis of global warming - all these are very clearly tied to energy.
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress
#World
#War
#Leadership
#Energy
#Oil
#Countries
#Crisis
#Terrorism
#Global warming
The Seinfeld motto: No learning, no hugging.
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress
#Learning
The schedule of doing a live TV show every week is very difficult.
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress
The fact of the matter is that everybody treats me pretty much as one of the boys, which I take as a great compliment.
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress
#Pretty
#Fact
#Boys
#Compliment
When I was growing up, I always thought my hair was messy.
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress
#Thought
#Hair
#Growing up
Elaine is just in pain. I think Elaine has become very, very sad woman. She is someone who is in deep need of many hours of analysis and I like to think that I'm not that type of person.
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress
#Woman
#Deep
#Pain
I guess if I wrote a book one day, it would be about hair.
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress
#Day
#Hair
I dropped out of college my junior year to do Saturday Night Live, and I didn't even consult my parents. They were very supportive because they had no choice.
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress
#Night
#Parents
#Choice
#College
I always wanted to perform.
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress
As an actress, it appeals to me because I love the idea of playing those in-between moments, the sort of behavioral stuff that one might not normally see.
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress
#Love
#Idea
#Moments
Even my great grand-mother did impressions.
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress
If you feel rooted in your home and family, if you're active in your community, there's nothing more empowering. The best way to make a difference in the world is to start by making a difference in your own life.
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress
#Life
#Nothing
#Family
#World
#Home
#Difference
#Community
Before computers, telephone lines and television connect us, we all share the same air, the same oceans, the same mountains and rivers. We are all equally responsible for protecting them.
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress
#Mountains
#Computers
#Television
#Oceans
#Rivers
I'm particularly fortunate to be in a position where I can bring my child to work and be able to get good child care. Not a lot of women have that.
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress
#Work
#Women
#Care
I have no agenda except to be funny. Neither I or the writers profess to offer any worldly wisdom.
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress
#Writers
#Wisdom
#Funny
I've actually considered going with my married name, Julia Hall, but all the paperwork.
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress
#Name
I really do like to work. I will work again. But on my terms.
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress
#Work
#Will
I think Elaine would go out with anyone if they showed interest in her. She's nuts. The woman's nuts.
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress
#Woman
#Interest
I walk around feeling a sort of existential guilt all the time; and honestly for me this house is a way of feeling less guilty about the universe.
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress
#Time
#Feeling
#Universe
#Guilt
I'm not the type to cut back on hot showers, but there's no harm in hot water when it's warmed by the sun.
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress
#Harm
#Sun
#Water
And Seinfeld is so quick: we crank out one show a week, and the hours are very reasonable.
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress
Everybody seems to know me. It's very strange.
Julia Louis Dreyfus,
American
Actress