There's something about music that makes me feel like a different person, that feels like an escape..

It's the reason we go to films and watch television: to escape the mundane nature of life and see another world and see ourselves in that other world….

I love nerdy work. I love writing notes. I try to go back, as much as I can, to feed what happens and why they do what they do..

Those darker sides, the things that we don't want to admit about ourselves - that's what excites me..

As a kid, I wanted to be a boy because I equated that with strength. There's a problem with that. It's only growing into my own womanhood that I real….

So much of how you look at yourself in the mirror reflects how you feel about yourself, and how you comport yourself..

All the foundation work you plant in the early seasons pay off in stronger storylines deep into our seasons. I think that only aids in performance..

Sometimes I'll go into a shop and speak in a different accent to see if I can pull it off. But then somebody will be like, 'Where did you say you wer….

I think the fact that my parents are still, "Hey, great, that's great!" and not, "We need you to do this and be a star!" - it was never like that. My….

The most bizarre demographics come up to me. Men in their 50s come up to me and are like, "Alison is my favorite. I hated her at first, and now I lov….

I have trouble sleeping, at the end of the night. There's a lot of stimulus and my brain is processing a lot of different arcs and personalities. I'm….

I'm fascinated with psychology, and with why a person walks the way they walk or why they walk into a room the way they do or why we are the way we a….

My brothers are so much a part of who I am, and such a large part of my heart and my drive. I've never had a kid, but I understand that whole, "I wou….

As artists, you always want to push yourself. There's always new territory..

It's wild to be seen differently and have more visibility, but it's rewarding..

Clothing and makeup and hair and all of that so much indicates the kind of person you are inside and the person you are presenting on the outside. So….

I'm so inspired and stimulated by the work that it doesn't ever feel like work..

Go with your gut every single time. It’s never, ever wrong. Even if feels like everybody else is telling you that you need to do this or do that. You….

I've learned a lot about the limits of what I can do, as an artist, or what I'm willing to do. It's a lot of responsibility to carry a show and to sp….

Trust your gut. You know yourself, so don't let somebody else tell you who you are..

Have fun, be yourself, enjoy life and stay positive..