Things are never simple when it comes to the human heart.
— Gillian Jacobs
I haven't done improv since I was in middle school.
I wasn't necessarily looking to do comedy on TV, but I don't think it's an accident that I ended up on 'Community.'
We're all alone in this world.
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.
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.
I say the word N-U-C-L-E-R the same way that George W. Bush says it.
Like, I'm hyper-conscious about going to bed on time, and doing my seven-step skin care routine at night.
'The Comeback' is my favorite TV show of all-time because it's just brill. It's Lisa Kudrow's show about what it's like to be an actor on a TV show. She's so amazing on it.
You can convey a lot of emotion with just some eyebrows and mouth movement.
I've definitely run from the cops in the New York City subways.
I think, you know, when you're an actor who's had periods of unemployment, it makes you feel really good to have a job - to say that you're expected somewhere, do you know what I mean?
They didn't really encourage my goofy, comedic side at Juilliard.
I am not a big 'Hunger Games' fan.
A lot of people I went to college with felt like they wanted to pursue theater exclusively, so I don't think that I really was in competition with people that I went to school with.
I've had a very positive experience in L.A. in the comedy world and found everyone to be very nice and welcoming. It's been really fun.
'Fresh Air' I listen to, like, every day.
It really does mean so much when your cast mates, who you respect so much, tell you that you made them laugh.
Acting by yourself is pretty darn hard, especially having to do physical comedy.
I think 'Glee' was a freshman comedy, and I think whenever it's your debut season, you get compared a lot to the other shows, regardless if there's any sort of overlap in content or tone or anything, just because you came out in the same year.
I'm a very law-abiding citizen, and I've never consciously broken any law. I get nervous just jaywalking in Los Angeles!
It's really nice when life comes full circle and you get to work with people four years down the line.
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?
Some girls say they don't feel comfortable in flats, they only feel comfortable in heels; I am not one of those girls.
Inspiration strikes at very funny times.
You know it's a good show when you involve fire and dolls and unitards.
I always want to do something I haven't done before and get to work with other actors, writers, or directors that I want to work with.
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?'
I have a lot of good stories for talk shows about the conditions in which I worked.
I'm a pretty goofy person. I'm an awkward dancer, for instance, and a terrible singer.
I think I signed some contract, early on in my career, that I will only kiss Steve Carell when I do a movie.
I think that there are a lot of really beautiful Christmas carols, and then sometimes there are horrible renditions of them that are played to death in malls that make me sad. I try to avoid stores where they're playing bad versions of Christmas songs on repeat.
I'd say I've gone to grad school for comedy being on 'Community.'
'The New Yorker's fiction podcast I like a lot, where they have authors pick short stories by other authors that appeared in 'The New Yorker.'
Ken Jeong might be my biggest fan.
You've got to get as literal as you can get to convince people sometimes that you can do something.
I think if I was in over 250 films, the world would get pretty sick of me. I would probably never get put in anything ever again.
I've thought a lot about how if something horrible happened, and if it were like 'The Road' situation, I've decided I don't want to survive past the death of society as we know it.
I'm not really a rapper!
As opposed to trying to make a kiss look romantic or sweet or passionate, it's kind of fun to just have the freedom to make it look weird, goofy and awkward.
My poor, problematic feet don't let me wear anything much over a three- or four-inch heel.
I haven't ever seen 'Lost'... I'm sorry.
There is a great degree of comfort with your family when you're on a TV show.
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.
I'm a worry-wart, I'd say.
Boy, you know, it's amazing how your brain can turn into a sieve, and you can literally forget episodes that you have shot.
I would love it if 'Community' could have a trajectory like '30 Rock' and choose when to go out.
I think we've probably all read a word that we've never heard pronounced out loud, and we try it out in a sentence and fall on our face.
Even something as stupid as Vine videos makes you feel like you're making things on your own.
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.
