There's absolutely no part of what I do that my dad doesn't have the utmost pride in. It doesn't matter what the job is - he's... supportive. Same with my mother.
— Madeline Brewer
When I went in for the 'Orange' audition, I was just doing what my agency told me to do. Truth be told, I wasn't prepared. I didn't even know how to prepare. I couldn't remember my lines.
After 'Orange' wrapped and my character wrapped, I felt like I went through a bit of a mourning period.
I trained classically for 11 years and then studied musical theater at AMDA New York. My dad is a singer-songwriter, so I followed in his footsteps.
I did my first play when I was 7.
We have a beautiful right in this country, which is freedom of speech.
It is one of the most ignorant things you can do to a person, to say they're nuts or they're crazy. It diminishes the layers of who they are as a person.
I studied Shakespeare at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City, and 'Orange' was my first audition ever for TV or film.
Fullscreen is doing some really interesting work. They are taking these YouTube stars and people who have made entire careers out of social media and bringing them into an even bigger limelight on a new entrepreneur platform - and that's fascinating! That's genius to me.
A mirror reflects what you see, and a black mirror shows the dark side of it.
I hated it at first, because I hate the cold even though I'm from a cold area, but I love Toronto. I think it's gorgeous. I think it's an amazing city. Everybody runs here or rides a bike. I've had to become more active so I don't feel left out.
The best thing about my job is meeting people who are able to express their creativity in a way that suits them and gives them purpose.
I like the exactness of baking. I'm not someone who's like, 'I'll just throw a bunch of stuff together. This is gonna taste delicious.' I am a rule follower: I really like the measuring. It's completely tedious, but I love that. It's calming. And I am a total sweetaholic.
When I was in Toronto shooting 'Hemlock Grove,' I'd spend a couple of hours in the makeup trailer every day because my character had all these tattoos. I was telling one of the artists how bored I was - I didn't really know anybody - and he said, 'Pick up a ukulele and start playing. They're 30 bucks for a cheap one.' And I did!
When I told my mom I was auditioning for 'The Handmaid's Tale,' she lost it. She was so excited.
It's excruciating to be away from your child.
You can't turn individual human beings into baby-making machines.
A lot of the best of what's come from working on 'Orange Is the New Black' is working with the Women's Prison Association and kind of getting to see firsthand what they do for incarcerated women.
I get my love of acting from my dad.
Filming with Laura Prepon, Taylor Schilling, Natasha Lyonne, it just blew my mind.
I grew up in Pitman, New Jersey, which is a tiny 2-square-mile town near Philadelphia. Everyone knows each other there.
Netflix gives a lot of creative and artistic freedom to its actors and to its production team and whatnot.
Whether people agree with you or not, take an active role in what happens in your life.
When it comes to fashion, I never wear makeup and always stick to black clothing.
'The Handmaid's Tale' breaks my heart. It's a show based on the book written in the '80s by Margaret Atwood - who is a spectacular talent. That book is a work of art.
I'm a horror fan in general.
When you read a book by its cover, you see one thing, and then you find out so much more about them as a human.
That's one of my favorite things about 'Hemlock Grove' is that it's just unique and really just weird, and that's really what's happening with Miranda when she kind of gets thrown into the middle of this vampire-werewolf world.
I look for roles that are a good story for me as an actress and what I think will grow me as an actress and person. I also just really enjoy working with people who are passionate about what they do.
I had an amazing French teacher in high school - it was the one class that I enjoyed. And I studied opera for 11 years, so I did a lot of singing in French.
I do think everybody pays their dues in Gilead, whether you're the most high-up commander or not. Everybody has to face the consequences of their actions.
When I first read the scenes I got to audition, I just could tell there was obviously something there. The writing speaks for itself, but also it's just the fact that 'The Handmaid's Tale' is such an amazing story. I had never read the book before I auditioned.
I'd never wear something that's too generic.
My mom loves me a lot, and I think if I was taken from her, she would have lost her mind.
I don't need a man to tell me he loves me; I don't need this industry to tell me it loves. I love myself.
With any character, you have to put part of yourself into it because we are the soul that brings that character to life.
I listen to everything: The Pixies, The Beatles, The Avett Brothers.
I was really an actor before I knew I could sing. And I just put the two together and went to musical theater school. But acting is a huge passion of mine, so it doesn't matter which medium as long as I have the opportunity to grow and to learn from a piece of work and work with good people, and on a very good-quality project.
I'm, like, a tiny musical theater fairy.
Let your voice be heard. Don't stand idly by and let things happen to you. Question everything; be informed.
'Hemlock' is so intelligently written and brilliantly put together. Every detail in the show is there for a reason, and it fascinates me.
'Black Mirror' was amazing.
I'm realizing that a lot of people don't really care what happens to other people as long as it doesn't affect them.
I'm not tough.
'The Handmaid's Tale' will blow people away.
I can only speak for myself and what feminism means to me, and that is equality for every human being: equal rights, equal representation, equal pay, etc.
I have an all-black Mahalo ukulele - it's like my baby. It has brought me so much peace and comfort.
I grew up doing musical theater. I went to a school for musical theater, so that was always what I wanted to do growing up.
I want people to be awake. I want them to be aware.
Clothes should always feel personal.
