Laura Prepon
The main thing I learned doing love scenes with a woman was, if it's there, it's there.Collection: Scene
Food is a passion because I basically grew up in a kitchen.Collection: Passion
I like to think I'll just be walking down the street one day and stop and meet someone, like, Oh my god, you're awesome, and then we start dating.Collection: Thinking
It was really cool because you can tell that she directs in a way that she wants to be spoken to, as an actress. That's really nice, and you appreciate that. Dealing with the actors was more important to her than anything else, which was really nice.Collection: Nice
Of course, we're supportive of the gay and lesbian community. I've just never portrayed that on camera. Once I met Taylor [Schilling] I knew that it was going to be really comfortable and okay, but the nudity was a little bit of an issue for me.Collection: Gay
Well, I had done nudity in one other thing, but nudity for an actress is a very particular thing. It has to do with the material, and making sure it's not gratuitous, that it's done in a way that's shot beautifully, and it's for a reason. And I'd never played a lesbian before.Collection: Actresses
Well, the clothes are really cool that we wear. The sets are so funny, because it's like everything is so real.Collection: Funny
Working hard and appreciating the accomplishments that have come from that keeps me grounded.Collection: Appreciate
When I have to do a scene where I feel vulnerable as an actress, I always grow from those experiences, so I welcome them. Even though it may not feel amazing at first. You have to embrace it and use it to improve yourself.Collection: Use
Modest. When they meet me, they think I'm going to be outgoing, but I like things low-key. I don't like people to think I'm bragging.Collection: Thinking
When you're in prison, there's no hiding. These women are not hiding behind towels and shower curtains. They go to the bathroom with no doors on the stalls. It would actually look weird, if these women were hiding.Collection: Doors
As actresses, our schedules are really wonky and we work weird hours. For me, personally, I watch pretty much everything on Netflix, and I watch all the episodes in a row, when I can. I don't really watch much of any live TV anymore, and I feel like a lot of people are doing that now.Collection: People
When I'm pushed outside of my comfort zone, I feel vulnerable. That's also one of the reasons I like being pushed out of my comfort zone, because it makes you grow as a person.Collection: Comfort
Eating healthy and taking care of my body and my mind really make me come alive, and seeing others doing that inspires me to stay with it. I always feel great when I do.Collection: Inspire
Love your fellow man, and take care of each other and your environment.Collection: Love You
I keep my center by really making sure I am nourished and taking care of my body. I cook all of my own food and always make sure I am eating healthy, nourishing, comforting foods. I feel derailed when I don't do this.Collection: Healthy
When I feel connected, mind-body and spirit, I feel centered.Collection: Mind
I know that when you take care of yourself and are happy and healthy, you are better for those around you and your environment.Collection: Healthy
I know that many ailments can be healed with food by nourishing your body instead of taking drugs.Collection: Drug
I love cooking and spending time in mine.Collection: Cooking
What inspired me was that I knew there were so many other people who were struggling with the same things I was and didn't have answers. When I finally started to heal, that was the inspiration. My body changed, my energy level changed, and my overall well-being improved.Collection: Struggle
When I see an amazing play or movie, it inspires me as an actress and a filmmaker.Collection: Play
When I see a beautiful piece of art, it inspires me to be creative.Collection: Beautiful
When you eat pure food that isn't genetically modified, your physical and mental state does improve and it's worth the effort to make that happen.Collection: Effort
I do think this is where television is going, and I think that it's awesome to be a part of a show like this because we are these pioneers into this new medium. And it's working. When you look at the success of House of Cards and Arrested Development, which I love, this is how people are watching television now. It's pretty cool to be a part of this whole thing.Collection: Thinking
The thing that sucks is that there’s so much false data because people are in mystery as to what Scientology is, so they just kind of make up stuff.Collection: Data
What's great is that a lot of us are playing so against type in this, and it's awesome. All of the writers put faith in the fact that we know what we're doing. We have creative freedom, and it's awesome. I think it all worked out. Everybody on the show is so good.Collection: Thinking
Whenever there's a nude scene, it's always uneasy. You're not in the comfort of your own home with your significant other.Collection: Home
And other people get the opportunity to leave prison, and then they do something to get put back in there because they can't actually function in society. It's really cool because you get to see all these different women, their backstories, where they come from, their upbringing and why they get to where they get to, and they're all completely different. It's really cool that you get to see all those storylines.Collection: Opportunity
I've never played a manipulative, drug-smuggling lesbian before. For me, it's pushing me in an area that's great. There are days when I'd read the script and I'd be like, "Oh, God, I can't believe I have to do that."Collection: Believe
I get to wake up and do what I love every day and I don't take that for granted. I feel grateful for it every day.Collection: Grateful
Food is a passion because I basically grew up in a kitchen. My mother was a gourmet chef and I'm the youngest of five kids. We would always congregate in the kitchen.Collection: Mother
My fitness routine includes things that are not stressful on my body - swimming, yoga, stretching, and rebounding.Collection: Yoga
My fitness routine includes things that are not stressful on my body - swimming, yoga, stretching, and rebounding. When I used to kill myself in the gym, it had an adverse effect on me because my body would be so stressed out and constantly in fight-or-flight mode.Collection: Yoga
Food nourishes you, brings people together, and I feel that anybody can bond over food.Collection: People
I eat organic and cook my food whenever possible, and I live by the 80/20 rule. Eighty percent of the time I'm Stash all the way, 20 percent I enjoy the things I want.Collection: Want
To make a long story short, I auditioned for the role of Piper because I read the pilots every year and this show was head-and-shoulders above any pilot I've read in awhile. It was amazing. So, I read for Piper and I knew that I wasn't really right for it, but I loved it so much that I wanted to read for it.Collection: Years
When you work with an actor, it's cool because they know what it's like to be directed themselves. Jodie directed a scene with me and Taylor that was when she starts talking to me again in prison and it's our first actual confrontation that we have, where some stuff comes out.Collection: Talking
It's cool because you get to see that some of these women are there because they should be. They're actually not good people to be in society. And then, other people are there because they just made a really retarded mistake.Collection: Mistake
It's funny, I used to say on 'That 70′s Show', you could really put us in any decade, and it was about the people and the characters and that we cared about each other.Collection: Character
But, I swear, they’re turning Donna into Annie Hall this season. More ties. More suits. But they’re also keeping her really motivated, ya know? Like, wanting to be a rock journalist. Wanting to be the first woman president.Collection: Ties
On a lot of shows that I've done, we had the same directors, which was cool. But then, it's also great to do shows where the director changes every week because you get to see all these different personalities and see what you like dealing with better, as an actor. But, Jodie was amazing.Collection: Personality
There's a particular hierarchy in the prison - class distinctions, high-school cliques. You have to learn how to navigate.Collection: School