Betty Gilpin

Growing up, I was a self-loathing Igor who carried the queen's books. My job was to be the sarcastic sherpa, quietly providing the farce and adoration, then becoming part of the wall when cued.

Both of my parents are actors, so I grew up backstage with them. I would see some of their shows 30, 40, 50 times. I would have it all memorized. I loved it.

I'm on a billboard in Times Square, but my bathroom is still dirty, and I have toothpaste on my face.

When I first thought about wrestling, I thought about it as this foreign thing that I would have so much trouble accessing, and then, day one of researching it, I was like, 'Oh, I know what this is! This is theater. This is playing pretend.' It was really easy to connect to.

I would do musicals in high school where there was dancing, and I would sing my verse, and then they would choreograph it so when I would take an eight-count to back up to the back of the stage while the other dancers covered me up because my body was totally... I was always in newborn-deer mode.

There's nothing fake about flipping over and landing on your back.

If I'm brought the wrong order at a restaurant, I don't send it back, because I don't want the waiter to get mad at me.

I went to theater school where there is a lot of holding each other's faces and crying, and a lot of kid gloves.

Being an actor, I've thought about being in the male gaze.

I'm like Elaine Stritch everywhere.

My mom used to play a lot of super character-y parts... so I was sort of raised to be a clown.

You would think that wrestling has so much to do with being aggressive and having a big ego, and it's exactly the opposite.