Morgan Saylor Quotes

‘Homeland‘ does have that ability to tear the rug out from under you.

I really love independent films. There’s something so determined about the people who work on them.

On an average day, I have two things to read in my purse: a book and a play.

I was never good at that Disney/Nickelodeon kind of acting. It’s not really my cup of tea.

I like pushing myself as an actor.

I can express the brooding part of myself on-screen. It’s kind of fun to get to do the bratty things I really wouldn’t do. And then I get to go back to my regular life.

I grew up kind of in the country, in western Georgia. And then I moved a lot closer to Atlanta, and I started doing plays, and when I started doing film, I think I really started to love it.

I try to stay away from the Internet.

I’m not good at Disney acting. I’m really not. I never was on that audition list, which I don’t mind. I don’t know. I look back, and I’m kind of wiping my forehead at the thought of, ‘What if I had gone that route?’

When I’m in New York and L.A., I get recognized a lot more.

It’s so insane to me that this is my actual job, that I get to come to set and do what I enjoy doing and get paid for it.

I like records. My favorite is Simon and Garfunkel.

There are some parts I like about school. I like math a lot, and I like physics.

When I went to prom, I was in a group picture, and a parent zoomed in and took the picture of only me. I was weirded out, and later he was like, ‘Sorry, I was sending that to my sister.’

I get so bummed when I have to return the clothes I’m lent. It’s easy to feel so special, but like Cinderella, you lose your shoes.

I’m self-conscious about a lot of things.

I don’t like shoes. I get a lot of splinters, though.

I like to live in New York and with people I know who have normal jobs or go to school.

I’m trying to be more put-together. My closets are very messy. I like Rebecca Minkoff; her clothes are casual, but cool. I love Band of Outsiders. And ASOS makes a lot of good stuff. I can get lost on their website for hours. I don’t like to spend a lot of money on clothes.

Everything you’re doing is a chance at an opportunity, so why not give it your fullest and try?

I do use FaceTime because I’m frequently isolated from friends and my boyfriend, so I get that.

I like to read on the train.

One thing about New York is you can understand how you’re perceived really easily if you just get on the train, by the way people look at you.

Everybody gets lonely.

I understood the feeling of being 17 and living with your parents somewhere, and then being 18 and living in New York and having a city at your disposal.

I would not openly categorize myself as a sullen teenager, but that kind of role comes more easier to me than a bright, perky thing.

I make notebooks for characters, and it kind of becomes a bible.

I’m not very good at keeping secrets.

I’m such a dork, but I really think there are derivatives to be found between story arcs and character motivations. And the way you evaluate functions is a really interesting way to look at stories and the way you act. I really believe it.

I try to miss as little school as possible.