Gillian Jacobs
Gillian Jacobs
Gillian MacLaren Jacobs is an American actress. She portrayed Britta Perry on the NBC/Yahoo! Screen comedy series Community and stars as Mickey on the Netflix series Love. Jacobs has also appeared in television shows such as Fringe, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Good Wife, and Girls, and in films such as Gardens of the Night, The Box, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, and Bad Milo!...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth19 October 1982
CityPittsburgh, PA
CountryUnited States of America
I've had weird, weird acting jobs. Low-budget filmmaking where you find yourself in really bizarre places.
I'd say I've gone to grad school for comedy being on 'Community.'
I think in theater it demands that you say the same words every night and make it feel fresh and new. Improv demands that you be operating at the highest level of your creativity intelligence. So these two skills are both very important but I've seen people who are very skilled at one area struggle with the other. Either improvisers feel constrained by having to say the same thing over and over again or people who are really good at doing scripted work feel intimidated and exposed doing improvisation.
I haven't ever seen 'Lost' I'm sorry.
I wasn't necessarily looking to do comedy on TV, but I don't think it's an accident that I ended up on 'Community.'
I never thought I would be in a comedic role; my past is in drama.
Without agreement you just have people arguing.
I had my life Monday through Friday in school, and then I had my 'real life,' which was my acting class on Saturday.
You can only do so many serious dramas in a row before you want to break. You want a change.
I think when you're in a relationship, either you have something or your partner generally has something that you're having to deal with.
Your agents and your managers will always say stuff to you like, "It's really important to make a good first impression on a casting director. And even though you didn't get that job, because you did well that means they'll keep bringing you back in." But when you really just need a job to pay your rent, that stops being very consoling.
Ken Jeong might be my biggest fan.
An analogy is like a thought with another thought's hat on
My mom wouldn't know Tom Cruise if he punched her in the face.