Jenna Fischer Quotes

Every project you finish has value.

Invest in the people in your lives. Find that friend who makes you feel ten feet tall and bulletproof. Build them up and encourage them. Show up for each other no matter how big or small the occasion. Link arms and walk into any crowd, fake laughing like you own the world and you will!

The single best thing an actor can do, both professionally and personally, is to create their own work.

Sometimes that’s all you need to help you move forward: You need the right person to listen.

All of us have bad luck and good luck. The man who persists through the bad luck—who keeps right on going—is the man who is there when the good luck comes—and is ready to receive it.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” —Anaïs Nin

Gone are the days of buying stamps and mailing audition submissions. Today we have the internet. No more post office.

(If you are thinking of moving to Los Angeles, some good spots for voung actors to live are West Hollywood, Los Feliz. Silverlake, Eagle Rock, and Studio City.)

If you look closely at episodes during Season 1, you can see her writing checks. I used to worry someone would pause their TV, zoom in, and steal her account and routing numbers. (This probably isn’t possible, but that’s how my brain works. I have a little Dwight in me. That’s what she said.)

What happened next is perhaps one of my favorite Angela stories ever. Still a little stung by our Ivy experience, Angela was determined to salvage a “star” moment for us. She coyly said to the photographer, “Do you know who she is? She’s Pam from The Office.” He looked at us blankly. Angela then motioned to the group. “We are the ladies of The Office.” Still nothing. Angela pushed harder. “On NBC. The Office. On NBC.” Finally, the guy’s face lit up. “Are you serious?!” But he didn’t raise his camera. Instead, he reached into his pocket and produced a business card. He said, “Here’s my card. If you ever want to tip me off on when celebrities will be out and about, I’ll give you a finder’s fee.” It took us a minute until we all collectively realized that he thought we worked IN AN OFFICE at NBC. OMG. We died.

I was always inspired by Billy Bob Thornton and how he made Sling Blade, how he made and financed that movie based off of a short. I always feel like, if I’m going to sell something, I want to show a short. That would be my advice to people who want to pitch. Make it yourself and show it. Because it’s a visual creation. Show them. And, more than anything, you have to prove that you’re the only person that can make the show. Make people trust that you believe in it so much that you are the best and only person who can do it.

Finally, don’t compare yourself to anybody. It’s the hardest thing to do, to not compare. But, really, the worst thing you can do is compare yourself to anyone. I loved Chris Farley and I wanted to be Chris Farley and it took me years to realize . . . I’m not Chris Farley and I’ll just be me.

A lot of people give up just before they’re about to make it. You know, you never know when that next obstacle is going to be the last one.

And most importantly, she accepts me where I am. Sometimes I am at my best, and other times I am just not where I want to be. But she is steadfast. She is my constant, an unwavering source of support no matter what. I had never had that kind of unconditional acceptance in a friendship before.

There are only a few times in your life when you know exactly how someone else is feeling.

Your job as an actor is to create a consistent body of work.

found someone who had the answer: His name is Robert D’Avanzo,

Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.” —Winston Churchill

Artists frequently hide the steps that lead to their masterpieces. They want their work and their career to be shrouded in the mystery that it all came out at once. It’s called hiding the brushstrokes, and those who do it are doing a disservice

to people who admire their work and seek to emulate them. If you don’t get to see the notes, the rewrites, and the steps, it’s easy to look at a finished product and be under the illusion that it just came pouring out of someone’s head like that. People who are young, or still struggling, can get easily discouraged, because they can’t do it like they thought it was done. An artwork is a finished product, and it should be, but I always swore to myself that I would not hide my brushstrokes.

The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend feeling sorry for themselves.” —Barbara Corcoran

I needed to stop comparing myself to other people and commit to an actor’s life, with all its ups and downs. Then, I needed to change my approach. Being an actor is a lifestyle. I wasn’t able to shop at Pottery Barn because I hadn’t chosen the well-worn path of a conventional job. I had chosen the path of an artist. I needed to embrace my decision.

Keep away from the people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.