Amy Landecker

I was a Chicago theater actress until my early 30s, so I got to do a lot of meaty stuff in theater.

'Curb' is 100 percent improvised, which is wild. I'd never done anything like that.

I feel like handling a narrative in fiction is a wonderful way to teach stories that then open a pathway to reality and understanding.

I love the idea that we're going to be genderless and boundaryless in the future.

I know people who try open relationships. People I really care about, they're fine with it. That's a personal decision.

I'm not someone who had to worry about aging on camera. I was already aged when I got there.

I learned about not just being with someone because I don't want to be alone: being willing to be alone, and then find something that feels right and just reaching for companionship for companionship's sake. Not letting drama lead my life.

Families just have so many secrets and dysfunctions.

I think human beings are funny, tricky things.

I am very close to a number of actresses who are trans and hungry for parts.

I have a combination of self-love and self-loathing, just like most people.

I'm the second wife of Paul Reiser on TV.

I made a sort-of living in the beginning of my acting career as a reporter. I think my very first job was 'Early Edition' as reporter no. 1, and for 'Light It Up,' I was reporter no. 2.

I can do a really loud monkey call. I can put both my legs behind my back. And I can stick my fist in my mouth.

Everyone's so used to taking care of actors and directors, but people in the crew are there the longest and working the hardest.

I feel like sometimes, when I talk about 'Transparent,' I'm in a cult. And in some ways, I guess I sort of am, although it's a cult that pays me, and I don't pay it, so maybe that's a really good cult.

Network cable reads are always kind of stressful because it's the first time everyone's read through it out loud.

Once you know trans people, all you wanna do is protect them. They're not out to hurt anybody. They are trying to live.

It's actually one of the hardest things for trans people, is to go to the bathroom.

I think that with these streaming shows, sometimes it takes a little time for everybody to - because they know they have time, you know it's up there - you'll get to it when you get to it. It sort of like, 'Oh, it's on my list.'