Quotes
From Alexis:
Is there anything you miss about working on 'Gilmore Girls'?
"I just had lunch with Lauren Graham [her mother, Lorelai, on the show]. I do miss working with her every day, but we still see each other. I saw her in 'Guys and Dolls' on Broadway, and she's amazing. I think I always liked the fact that I got to play a teenager that wasn't necessarily a stereotype that fit into like a high school category. [Rory] was more like a real person, even though I think she was quite idealized in some ways that I think were unrealistic. I was excited to play someone smart and driven and just have a different example on television for teenage audiences."
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Alexis' thoughts on Lauren's performance in 'Guys and Dolls':
"I went last weekend. She's totally amazing. She sings beautifully, she dances... I was totally wowed."

"My favorite episode is the first one, the pilot. I’m not sure why, maybe it makes me sentimental in a way, it was my first acting job, and in it are the first few scenes Lauren and I shot together with seven years of working closely to follow."

From Lauren:
Question: What is the cast of Gilmore Girls like,...?
"...I have such a nice friendship with Alexis, and we are completely different. Alexis is the girl who plays Rory. She's a very quiet person, she kind of fell into acting. I wanted to be an actor from the time I was in sixth or seventh grade. She, is from a small-ish town in Texas and is having her first years in Los Angeles and doesn't go out a whole lot and, you know, is very kind of, um, not chatty person. And we have such a wonderful working relationship and I feel so thankful, to have become her friend. And I just think it's just an interesting, lesson in, I don't know, how two people who are very different can really work well together and, and um, and balance each other out. We really have become a nice team." SMASH Event June 13, 2003

Question: You and your TV daughter, Alexis Bledel, have great chemistry onscreen. You must be close pals offscreen, too?
"I'm so lucky to have Alexis. We're close in a specific kind of way. She's a perfect partner. We really help each other get through those long days. Our birthdays are six months apart exactly so, astrologically speaking, we're opposites. And I think we complement each other in a way that I'm really thankful for."

Question: In this film you’re working with Olivia Thirlby and Kat Dennings, who are both up and coming young actresses. When you’re working with girls that age, do you have a sense of mentorship or passing down your knowledge?
"Mostly the idea of striving to do a good job, but I really relate to them as peers.
It was the same thing when I was working with Alexis [Bledel] on Gilmore Girls, which was her first big job. In that situation, we became friends over a long period of time, and I’ll always have a sense of looking out for her, and wanting to know what she’s doing. I’m always available should she have questions."
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Question: Watching your mother/daughter adventures on Gilmore Girls. Do you dream of having a daughter of your own?"
"Sure. I love having kids in my life. And it's not at all the same, but I know a lot of teenagers — more than some moms I know — and I've been really, really lucky to have two amazing kids on my show who I love spending time with. Of course, Alexis [Bledel, who played her daughter on Gilmore Girls] will always be my first."
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Mutual:
Alexis: "For me, I was in high school, and I think The WB was kind of starting so --"
Lauren: "You watched "Dawson's Creek" when we started."
Alexis: "Everybody watched "Dawson's Creek."
Lauren: "Not everybody watched it, you watched."