Darby Stanchfield
Darby Stanchfield
Darby Stanchfield is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Abby Whelan in the ABC political drama series Scandal. Stanchfield is also known for roles as April Green in the CBS post-apocalyptic drama series Jericho, and as Helen Bishop in the AMC period drama series Mad Men...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth29 April 1971
CityKodiak, AK
CountryUnited States of America
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I've been pulled over five times for speeding - and talked my way out of every single ticket!
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When I moved to Los Angeles, I was straight out of grad school, and I didn't have a single credit to my name. I knew one person in town - another actor whose name is John Billingsley. I just had to audition and audition and audition. I was plugging away for 15 years. So I earned my stripes!
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When I'm grateful for all the blessings, it puts away all the stress about things not in my control. Things like long hours, aging, pollution, scandals... it helps me create perspective by just focusing on being grateful. Take that moment twice a day with yourself.
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When I met Oprah, the first thing I thought was, 'She is the most amazing hugger ever.'
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My favorite cast member of Scandal is Josh Malina.
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I am a bit in love with a new designer, George Hobeika; I have worn him a couple of times on the carpet. Ralph Lauren is another one I really have fun with.
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The biggest scandal I was ever involved in was - in high school, at a basketball game, I shot and scored for the other team.
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What I miss most about living in Alaska is the fishing.
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I'm a very private person, so I didn't like this idea of tweeting about me. And then I realized, 'Oh, this is actually a brilliant device in terms of interacting with the fans'. It's a lovely way to just get back, to thank the fans for watching the show. And to live tweet is kind of like getting the rewards of doing live theatre.
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From a personal standpoint, playing someone judged negatively by her friends is not difficult.
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Every time there's a cut in the action, we joke and dance around, there's show tunes and fart noises.
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When I get ready for a high-profile event, it's really about sleep and making sure I'm eating something healthy, and then it's always important to stretch to stay limber. No matter what, you want to feel as loose as possible, because it's easy to get full of excitement or tension with all that's going on.
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Over at the Olivia Pope & Associates set, we're like middle school children. Every time there's a cut in the action, we joke and dance around; there's show tunes and fart noises.
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As a kid, we had one television channel and a sad little roller rink. And there was not much else to do. So I used my imagination all of the time growing up. That's the main way I played. When we moved and I went to high school, I did my first play, and I was completely addicted to theatre. It felt like home; it felt natural.