My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out. Zosia Mamet More Quotes by Zosia Mamet More Quotes From Zosia Mamet Success isn't about winning everything; it’s about achieving your dream, be that teaching middle school or flying jets. And no matter what we as individual women want, no matter what our goals, we have to support one another. Zosia Mamet teaching dream school I hate that we look at women who choose not to run a country as having given up. I get angry that, when a woman decides to hold off on gunning for a promotion because she wants to have a baby, other women whisper that 'she's throwing away her potential.' That is when we're not supporting our own. Who are we to put such a limited definition on success? Zosia Mamet running baby country Comedy arises out of necessity, because some things are so dark that you have to laugh about it. Zosia Mamet comedy dark laughing For me, it's owning the fact that I have a sensitive disposition along with a rampant imagination that makes up stories and convinces me they're true. I feel things intensely, and that sometimes brings me on wave of profound sorrow. Zosia Mamet sorrow imagination profound All the characters on 'Girls' are growing and changing, which is how real people behave, especially when we're young, trying to figure out who we are, doing things that are the polar opposite of our characteristics. Zosia Mamet girl real character I had a very old woman come up to me on the subway and tell me that the faces that I made in the first episode when a guy is going down on me, that she still makes those faces when her husband goes down on her. Zosia Mamet guy husband faces We kept the old male ideas of success: power and money. We need new ones! Zosia Mamet males ideas needs People idealize or reminisce about their 20s, but nobody tells you beforehand that it's hard and unglamorous and often very unpleasant. Zosia Mamet reminiscing hard people I am a private human. Zosia Mamet humans No matter what we as individual women want, no matter what our goals, we have to support one another. Zosia Mamet support goal want I would have been miserable in college. I always hated school. Zosia Mamet miserable college school I haven't found it to be particularly enjoyable... ninety percent of the time when I go on dates, I'm thinking, 'I could be reading my book instead.' Zosia Mamet reading book thinking I have a ships bed, which totally plays to my obsession of, if I were not an actress, I would be a pirate. Zosia Mamet pirate bed play Give me an 18-hour day on set or in the theater, and I will be the happiest person alive. Zosia Mamet hours alive giving But my father was also the one who told me I needed to clean up my mouth or I'd never find a man. What's very important to him is manners. Show up on time. Always send thank-you letters. He is one of the more thoughtful humans I've ever met. He's a great man and a very good dad. Zosia Mamet thoughtful dad father I am an avid reader! As for writing, I might - someday. But we'll have to wait and see. Zosia Mamet avid waiting writing I don't know if I would call myself a religious human. Zosia Mamet humans religious knows I think any actor in their right mind is afraid of getting pigeonholed. Zosia Mamet actors mind thinking My mom was onstage when she was pregnant with me. Zosia Mamet were-pregnant my-mom mom The lighthearted moments of 'Girls' are really not speckled throughout and that to me is just super exciting, to be able to delve into the darkness that you are greeted with in your early 20s and the fear and what that makes you do, the places that you can potentially go with that. Zosia Mamet able girl darkness
