Allison Williams
Allison Williams
Known for her starring role as Marnie Michaels on the hit HBO drama Girls. She wrote and starred in a series of sketches for the comedy website FunnyorDie, playing a newlywed Kate Middleton.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth13 April 1988
CityHartford, CT
CountryUnited States of America
successful college parent
I've wanted to act since I was little, but my parents told me I couldn't pursue it until after college. The understanding was that I was lucky enough to be able to go to college and that it's important to being successful in life.
dad thinking pbs
My dad keeps joking about sneaking into my grandparents' house and switching out their HBO for PBS so they think I'm on 'Downton Abbey.
fashion crazy college
I'm so happy that I finished college. Going into this crazy vortex of scrutiny is tough. If I was younger than I was now and I was going to fashion shows, I might have this distorted sense of self. I might rely on those cameras. Because when I was 18, I was half-baked.
clothes breeze
I would prefer to keep my clothes on. Unless there's a brisk breeze or something, I tend to keep them on.
thinking people important
I just have always been so interested in the way actors and actresses present themselves to the world because I think it is very important and it affects the way people see you as an actor.
shows
Look at Jennifer Aniston: She's America's sweetheart for a reason. You know what she's going to look like when she shows up to something, and there's something so comfortable about that.
love
Everyone wants to feel like they were the one and only person that the other person could ever fall in love with.
exactly knows life wants
The idea of a young girl who knows exactly what she wants with her life is the most threatening and unappealing thing you can imagine.
audition excited implement taken
'Girls' was my first audition. I'd just taken an audition class, and I was excited to implement those tools.
million thinks
I am not someone who thinks that a million products will mean that you'll look perfect.
love
I love dancing. It's one of my favorite things in the whole world.
emmys golden great movies stars television
The Emmys is great, but the Golden Globes, you have the stars of television and the stars of movies in one place.
although coke diet eat hard order palate round
I'm not a dieter. I have the palate of a 7-year-old boy, although I'm working on it. I order off the kids' menu! I'm working hard to eat more fruit and veggies and round it all out, but I'm a big pretzels and Diet Coke kind of girl.
industry knives learned lever sees sticking swiss
Actors are like Swiss Army knives - we're ready to use any lever at any moment. But I learned long ago that, unfortunately, this industry only sees the one thing sticking out that they know us from, and that's the only thing they can imagine.