Alison Brie
Alison Brie
Alison Brie Schermerhorn, known professionally as Alison Brie, is an American actress. She portrayed Annie Edison in the NBC and Yahoo! sitcom Community, Trudy Campbell in the AMC drama Mad Men and the voice of Diane Nguyen on the Netflix animated series BoJack Horseman. She starred in several films, such as Scream 4, The Five-Year Engagement, The Lego Movie, Get Hard, Sleeping with Other Peopleand How to Be Single...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth29 December 1982
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
30 Rock' is probably one of my favorite shows. It's just joke after joke after joke.
A lot of people come to Los Angeles and think that they're going to be famous, just like that.
I always wanted to play a mental patient. I was fascinated with playing crazy people in college, and I don't know if I ever quite perfected it.
I don't think being flawed is a bad thing for a character... nor do I think it's a bad thing for a person in life, because that's how we all are.
I enjoy doing drama, and I enjoy doing comedy equally.
I feel like any time John Oliver is added to something, the comedy is instantly there. He's so funny.
I like to be in pain when I'm getting massaged. That way I know I'm getting my money's worth.
I think most of the time with independent films, you don't know where it's gonna end up. I've done a number of films that may never see the light of day, so it ends up being exclusively about the content, material, the characters and the story. Things that you maybe wouldn't get an opportunity to do otherwise. So, as an actor, obviously it's so different.
Honestly, my favorite kind of dancing is just lettin' loose. There's something great about the carefree flinging of your body to great music. It can be so joyous.
I get pigeonholed into type-A personality characters, but I'm really not type A. I'm kind of a spaz.
I think it's important to be honest with yourself about what you want and it's important to be honest with your partner about what you need.
You wanna do a lot of backstory for your character - as an actor, you wanna research that. But on the show, it's fun to remain in that naive place as you go along, and be able to continue to discover things about your character as the writers come up with them.
Your opinion is not influenced by anyone when you're alone at a matinee. It's just you and the movie.
I like to have my breakfast in bed, and I use that time to watch the recorded shows on my TiVo. I seldom watch shows in real time - I'm always at work.