“There's something innately funny and warm about being Jewish. I think ...” — Ari Graynor Quote

There's something innately funny and warm about being Jewish. I think it's something to be embraced and respected.

The truth is, there are so few female roles in movies. That's really limiting. As an actor, you wanna be able to sink your teeth into something. You don't want to just be the best friend. You don't want to just be the girlfriend.

I would love to be in 'Downton Abbey.' That's the thing I thing many people would have a good laugh with me saying anything like that. I feel like that's the next phase of my career. To reprove to everyone that I can do things besides the crazy characters.

Sometimes you can fall into bad habits on film or rest on your laurels, and you can't do that in theater. I think it's such a useful tool as a person and as an actor to go back and forth between those two mediums.

I got out of college in 1997, and TV embraced me very quickly.

I've completely embraced life in Florida after growing up in the Midwest. This is home for me.

I was warmly embraced by the Tea Party. They openly seek more minorities.

The fantasy genre has so far rather embraced me, and I'm incredibly grateful for that.

No culture that has ever embraced homosexuality has survived.