I've always been very positive and very resilient.
— Krysten Ritter
I'm not always the first person to run out and see something I'm in. I don't know; for me, that's not why I did it. I did it because I wanted to act. I don't really think about the end result. I don't feel like I have to see it - for me, it already happened.
There are different audiences out there, and everyone has different tastes of what they want. And it's a good thing because otherwise, there wouldn't be enough stuff to go around.
I'm definitely scared by commitment.
For solace, I love a book that opens up my perspective.
When I moved back to New York, I saw a lot of girls knitting on the subway, and it had a bit of a comeback.
If we're at a lunch table, I'm going to always sit with the girls. That's just kind of how I am. I always gravitate towards women. I know how to communicate with women.
I love 'House of Cards,' I love 'Bloodline,' I love 'Orange is the New Black,' so I had written on my refrigerator that I was looking for 'groundbreaking television on Netflix.'
I was always an outcast, even in my family.
I try to bring myself to every role. The last thing you want to seem like to other people is a talking head or an actor reading lines.
I'm all about time management. I have gotten my makeup prep in the morning down to, like, four minutes. There's just not enough time in the day.
I have a lot of girlfriends. That's sort of my whole thing is, I have really, really deep friendships, more so than anybody I've ever met.
If you really want something, you've gotta just do it and not wait for other people to hand it to you.
If they want to do a 'Defenders 2,' I'm in.
I hope to someday have a fully functioning production company.
I believe in women having a voice, being empowered, speaking up, and having ideas.
For me, rehearsal is very important, and I spend a lot of time doing it. Also, I work with my acting teacher for hours and hours before walking onto any set.
There's only one person for every job. You can try all you want, but if you're not right for it, you're not gonna get it.
Marvel and Netflix have proven they know what they're doing.
I'm very into dresses, shoes, and makeup.
My favorite acting books are Stella Adler's 'The Art of Acting' and 'Sanford Meisner on Acting.'
I have such a crush on Tony Robbins and his passion, empathy, and sheer talent.
Yarn, patterns, and needle sizes have come such a long way since your grandmother's afghans. Creatively, there is just so much to get into, so much to play with. It's an amazing way to turn inward and get off your phone.
I think backstory is really important to know because I'm all about prep work. I like to do all of my work right away, as soon as I get it. I'm incapable of procrastinating on anything, so I like to do all of the work.
I knew I could always work harder and be better and show I'm more prepared. I had a whole science to, like, how you have to arrive 17 minutes early to something. If you're 20 minutes early, that means you're too eager, but 17 minutes gives you time to, like, settle, sign in, use the ladies' room, have some water, and get comfortable.
Netflix is like sitting at the cool kids' table. Netflix is amazing. We're the biggest fans of not only working there but of the company in general.
Whatever headspace you need to live in for your character is sort of where you stay in between scenes.
I love Tina Fey because she acts and she writes and she's hilarious and does a lot of different things.
I feel really fortunate that I've been given a lot of roles that were very different from each other. For me, variety is the key. I don't want to play the same thing over and over again.
It's really hard to sell a script, and it's even harder to get a movie made. It just almost never happens.
With 'Jessica Jones,' I'm in almost every frame of the show.
The most rewarding thing is having a job that you love. It's not a luxury that everyone in this world enjoys.
I've been bouncing around from comedy to drama and TV and film.
I think it's important to be flexible and free, and you can't be free and spontaneous if you don't know what you're doing.
I just sort of choose to see the good in things, and I choose to - I don't know - look on the bright side, as cheesy as it sounds.
It's rare to get a part in a show that's greenlit, let alone two shows that have been greenlit.
To be honest, I didn't love the high-fashion world because models aren't always treated that well. I was a scrappy kid from a farm, and that world felt a little snobby. But I was grateful for it, and my photo shoots now are really fast because I know my poses.
For escape, I love popcorn thrillers that you can read in a weekend, like 'Sharp Objects' and 'The Woman in Cabin 10.'
My Instagram is basically all knitting, my dog, and a little bit of 'The Defenders.'
When I'm breaking in a character like Jessica Jones, I have this amazing opportunity to create her backstory. It's all of the work that happens before I'm ever on camera... Writing 'Bonfire' was like doing all of that fun stuff; it was like 300 pages of prep work.
'Daredevil's a great show; I feel like 'Jessica Jones' is a great show, and I feel like they really are tapping into something.
A lot of actresses start out modeling because it's a great way to sort of get your foot in the door. That's all it is, though. They open the door, and you have to walk through it.
I think that the more comfortable and the more you rehearse - granted, I don't like to take the air out of a tire; there is a fine line - but I think the freer you are with your dialogue, for example, the more open you are to a good idea walking up to you.
I try to put a positive spin on things.
I'm a total girl's girl.
Sometimes, as an actor - and I've witnessed this with other actors that I've worked with - you don't realize that it's not all about the actor.
I didn't know how to throw a punch - why would I? Who knows how to throw a punch? Now I do it all the time, and it makes me feel strong.
What I'm doing is making sure that I have a balance, and that allows me, I think, to be a better actor and to more easily and quickly access all of the emotions on the scale. I make sure that I read a book on the weekend or read something or do my knitting or do the things that I need to do for myself, like 'Game of Thrones.' Get that balance.
I'm sort of missing that part of my brain where I look at anything as a challenge. I always have.
I don't fight for much, but when I fight for something, it's usually because I think I'm going to be right.
