All my references are 50 years old-when somebody shot J.R., you know? Oh my god, I'm 100!
Growing up an only child with a single parent is probably why I'm an actor.
I've made out more this season on a family-friendly show than ever in my actual life.
If I had a normal job and had been moving up, I'd be management level now.
It's great to have an acting job in the age of Reality TV.
Some people think my father was a spy, because of working for that government agency in Vietnam, but he can't find his car keys, much less keep a national secret.
The parts for women, you're either like the quietly suffering wife or the wild girl.
The thing I don't like on television is when somebody does something that makes absolutely no sense just for the shock of it.
You want the story to end when it's supposed to and not be squeezed for somebody's financial gain.
While filming the 2007 film Because I Said So, there was a scene that required Lauren and her co-stars Diane Keaton, Piper Perabo, and Mandy Moore to walk around in their underwear. This proved to be awkward scene for many people, but especially Lauren, who has been quoted saying "We're all in our underwear, and it's just not right." You can sense Lauren's discomfort when you watch the scene; she is shown in her underwear for literally one second, and then she quickly puts on a robe, while her three co-stars linger a while before covering themselves up.
Starting with the Season 7 episode To Whom It May Concern and continuing through out the rest of the season, Lauren was made a producer on Gilmore Girls, in what was supposed to be an attempt to persuade her to sign for an eighth season.
Actor Jeff Bridges taught Lauren how to juggle on the set of the film The Amateurs.
In 2005, Lauren was one of People Magazine's '50 Most Beautiful People.' She is found at the "Beauty at Every Age, Age 38."
Lauren was offered the female lead in the film Click but she turned it down due to scheduling conflicts with working on Gilmore Girls. Kate Beckinsale got the part instead.
As of January 2007, Lauren lives in West Hollywood, California.
Lauren almost didn't get the part of Lorelai Gilmore on her critically acclaimed series, Gilmore Girls because she had a full season contract with another series titled M.Y.O.B, but the series was cancelled after 4 episodes and Lauren got the role which catapulted her to stardom.
In 2003, Lauren was featured in a commercial for Aquafina with her TV daughter Alexis Bledel from her critically acclaimed series, Gilmore Girls.
Lauren was ranked 13th on E! Online's "Hollywood's Bachelorettes: Sexy and Single" 2004 list.
Lauren donned several costumes on the Halloween's of her childhood, including a Coconut, an Upside-Down-Man and a Bluebird. In the latter year, the Bluebird costume wasn't dry so her father put it in the oven and Lauren went to school with grill marks on her back.
Lauren started her own production company in 2003 called Good Game. She runs the company with Kathy Ebel, a close friend from college.
Lauren did a public service announcement for the organization "Women's Voices. Women Vote." The goal of the organization is to get more women to go out and vote.
When Lauren was growing up her father would take her to the bookstore and buy her as many books as she could carry. To this day Lauren says that she never leaves home without "a book to read if things get boring."
Lauren joined "The March for Women's Lives Celebrity Coalition" in April 2004.
Lauren's hair takes one hour to blow dry straight.
Lauren loves Japanese culture. When she was younger she had a Japanese nanny for two years. Her first word as a child was in Japanese.
One of Lauren's actress heroes is Diane Keaton. The two worked together in the film Because I Said So.
Lauren enjoys running and is an active cyclist. Having finished college; Lauren travelled across France and Spain on her bicycle, and to this day Lauren bikes to get from place to place on the Warner Bros Studio lot.
Lauren is a Roman Catholic.
Lauren was once offered money to pose nude in Playboy Magazine, but she declined.
While starring in the movie, The Pacifier, along side Vin Diesel, Lauren did her first and only stunt in the movie, in which she was to jump off a wall. Her stunt double was not used for the only stunt in which Lauren's character had to do, because she hurt her knee while attempting the stunt on the day of the shoot.
Lauren's favorite movie is The Philadelphia Story.
Lauren was the last guest ever to appear on The Rosie O'Donnell Show.
Lauren is right-handed.
Lauren says that if she could step into the shoes of any rock star for a day, it would be Madonna.
Lauren says that she is in the entertainment business because of the musical Funny Girl.
Lauren worked as a music camp counselor for many years and the only song she knew how to play on the guitar was "Leaving on a Jet Plane."
Lauren has three half-siblings named Chris, Maggie, and Shauna; two from her father and one from her mother, who divorced when she was five years old, due to her mothers desire to pursue a music career. Her oldest sibling is 16 years younger then her.
Lauren is a big-time procrastinator; she likes starting things, but not finishing them.
Lauren considered getting a shamrock tattoo, as a shout-out to her Irish heritage.
Lauren has been romantically linked to actors Matthew Perry and Marc Blucas.
Lauren is 5'9" tall.
Lauren refers to actor Benjamin Bratt as "Mr. Superhottie."
Lauren's grandparents thought she should be on Friends, which ironically was on opposite of her show, Gilmore Girls.
Lauren's Awards & Nominations: -2002 Golden Globe Awards: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series (Win) -CNN: Showbiz Today Star of Tomorrow (Win) -2002 Screen Actors Guild: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series (Nomination) -2005 57th Annual Emmy Awards: Best Dressed at the awards themselves. -2005 Teen Choice: Choice Parental Unit (Win) -2006 Teen Choice: Choice Parental Unit (Win) -2006 Family Television Awards: Best Actress (Win)
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