86+ Rashida Jones Quotes On Education, Diversity And Diversity And Inclusion

Rashida Jones is an American actress, producer, and writer. She is best known for her roles in the NBC comedy series Parks and Recreation, The Office, and Angie Tribeca. She also starred in the films I Love You, Man, Our Idiot Brother, and Celeste and Jesse Forever. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Rashida Jones on love, education, leadership.

Top 10 Rashida Jones Quotes

1. Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies
2. I have six brothers and sisters. We all look totally different: blonde hair, curly hair, green eyes, dark eyes, dark skin, light skin. It's just how it is.
3. Fail fast. Fail often... The most talented people in the world have bad ideas. That's a good thing to learn.
4. I was like, 'Oh, my God, girls are so pretty and soft. No stubble burn! What am I doing with guys?' [I] haven't dipped back since, but I was very appreciative of the experience.
5. I am generally cast as the dependable, affable, loving, friend-wife-girlfriend.
6. Men do weird things when they experience fear. It's like a fight or flight thing.
7. I'm not easily offended. I have a pretty high tolerance for raunchiness or shock value, so I'm the wrong person to use as a gauge.
8. I definitely work pretty hard to stay present and focused. I've also tried to create a life for myself where I'm surrounded by honest, loyal, and funny people, because I like to laugh.
9. It's really fun to write cuss words. Just in general.
10. I realize my need to be liked or my need for strangers to rate me well, even with their words and their thoughts, I'm not alone in that, and the whole thing is set up culturally so we feel that way.

Rashida Jones Short Quotes

• Streaking through a large crowd has always been a secret fantasy of mine.
• People don't believe this, but Hollywood really is a meritocracy.
• People are not enjoying life because they're trying to be something or brand themselves.
• It's such a fortunate life, if you can work as an actor.
• I would be an idiot to say comedy is easy, but it does come naturally. It never feels forced.
• I tend to leave the house without makeup all the time. I'm kind of lazy that way.
• I like to be in a European city where I can speak my language.
• I find it scary to sing - scarier than acting actually.
• I can fall asleep anywhere.
• I do have very strong, very conflicted feelings about rating systems and social media.

Rashida Jones Quotes About Love

I love fashion, but maybe I love it peripherally. — Rashida Jones

My dad always tell me to make decisions from love and not from fear. — Rashida Jones

I do have designers that I love to wear, like Philip Lim and Marc Jacobs whose stuff I know will look good on my body. But still, I always like to express myself by changing things up. — Rashida Jones

When a thing you love faces adversity, you start to feel more protective of it. Also, you take an inventory all the time. You ask yourself, "Is this worth all my fighting?" — Rashida Jones

You can love somebody and it can change your life but it doesn't mean that you're necessarily right to be together forever, but that love will change your life forever. And that's okay. — Rashida Jones

I love going to weddings. — Rashida Jones

I'm a sponge. I'm obsessed with comedy. I'm obsessed with the idea that you can make somebody laugh, and I love to be around people who can make other people laugh. — Rashida Jones

I don't really mess with Instagram much, but I get why people love it. Because to me, it's better to tell a story through a picture than 140 characters. — Rashida Jones

Be friendly to everybody; protect yourself; people sometimes want a piece of you for no good reason; and always do things out of love not fear. — Rashida Jones

I love broad comedy. It has its place. If I were to do that, I'd love to do physical comedy. — Rashida Jones

Rashida Jones Famous Quotes And Sayings

There've been times when I have existential conversations with myself, and I've thought about leaving and trying to apply my education better. But ultimately it doesn't really matter. Learning how to write, learning how to write papers and structure, that's been very helpful for writing. — Rashida Jones

For the most part, there's so much of me in my characters. — Rashida Jones

Music will always be a part of my life, but career-wise, acting is where my heart is. — Rashida Jones

Mostly, though, college was me trying to look cooler than I was. There were definitely some Carhartt jeans and backward kangol caps in my repertoire. — Rashida Jones

I think people kind of come in who they are, and it sort of doesn't even matter who their parents are - it can affect you a little bit, and you can be guided and shaped. — Rashida Jones

I did a lot of theater in school. I thought maybe I wanted to go to law school or be a judge or a politician. And then I just kind of got smitten by the process of rehearsal and working with other actors and those kinds of challenges. And then comedy. — Rashida Jones

I have a lot of girlfriends, but there's something that's so easy for me about hanging out with guys. It's fun, because I feel like they accept me right back, which is really nice. — Rashida Jones

I think I'm a natural appreciator of comedy. I was definitely not the girl in junior high that all the guys wanted to date. They wanted to date my friends - which was great, because I had to be funny. — Rashida Jones

I wish for myself as an adult that I cared less what people thought of me, especially people who don't know me. — Rashida Jones

If you feel like you can't actually do the right thing and you're headed off into the field of justice, maybe there's no point in going into it. — Rashida Jones

The minute you feel like there's nothing left to learn, whether it's with your career or life, you're done. — Rashida Jones

The justice system is flawed, and that just because you're overtly guilty doesn't actually mean you're actually going to go away, to jail. — Rashida Jones

Invest in your brain, invest in your talents. Those things can appreciate and they get better as you get older. — Rashida Jones

You can't really invest in your looks as the only thing because it's a depreciating asset. It's like putting money into a stock that's going down. — Rashida Jones

Sometimes I look at where we've come to, and how much technology and advancement there is, and I can't believe that we're not this perfectly balanced, beautiful, peaceful society. I'm shocked that we're so deeply polarized, that there are people who want progress and they feel guilty for wanting progress, because it somehow seems un-American, because being American means staying ignorant and going backward. — Rashida Jones

I would [call myself a feminist], yes, I believe in the unadulterated advancement of women. And we have so far to go still. — Rashida Jones

Once, a friend’s mom said to me when I was very young 'You can't really invest in your looks as the only thing because it's a depreciating asset. I think this is trueit’s like putting money into a stock that’s going down. Put your money, put your effort, invest in your brain and talent which will appreciate and get better as you get older. — Rashida Jones

I've been really lucky with acting, in that I can do things I believe in and feel good about, and feel good about myself. If for some reason one day that ends, I won't do it anymore. If I feel like I have to compromise myself to continue to be in this industry, I don't want to do that. — Rashida Jones

People are very nice to me, and they've been nice as my career has gotten better and I've gotten more jobs. But the reality is that if I decided tomorrow that I didn't want to act anymore, it's not like people are going to be like, "Please, come back!" — Rashida Jones

I took a Groundlings class in my 20s, and I was terrible. They didn't even pass me to the next level. — Rashida Jones

I've never been in a writer's room. — Rashida Jones

Everything French is amazing, especially creme brulee, but then burnt sugar works for me in any capacity. — Rashida Jones

Timing is everything with relationships. — Rashida Jones

There's room for everything in everybody. — Rashida Jones

With acting, the stark reality for women is that it's nearly impossible to get older in an elegant fashion as an actress. Either you're fighting your age, or you're having to own it in a way that feels inelegant, or you're Meryl Streep and you're an angel from God. — Rashida Jones

I was a chubby, chubby little tub-tub. At the times when it mattered: twelve, thirteen, and fourteen. I'm so happy I was. If you're beautiful young, you really miss out on developing parts of yourself. — Rashida Jones

I would [call myself a feminist], yes. I believe in the unadulterated advancement of women. And we have so far to go still. I do think because women are so clever and flexible and such good communicators, it been hard for men to evolve and keep up. I think we could do a little better to help them out. — Rashida Jones

Women tend to double-speak - I'm definitely guilty of that. — Rashida Jones

Everything is about consumerism. If there's money to be made, there will be an audience and people will feel empowered and I truly believe that women haven't fully tapped into their potential as a market. — Rashida Jones

I have no issues with my identity. — Rashida Jones

I'm friends with a lot of my exes, but it took time. We didn't just get into it. I don't think you can be friends until you're cool with them dating someone else. That's when you know. — Rashida Jones

Women can do anything, and I want to see that. I want them to make more movies for girls, and just for girls. I want studios to start doing that. — Rashida Jones

I feel like until you show every side, you're not doing the gender justice. — Rashida Jones

There's no sense that you can knock on your neighbor's door or be part of a local community group, and that's part of your responsibility as a human being. — Rashida Jones

I don't like expectations. — Rashida Jones

Control the publics perception of you and nobody will care if you have any talent. — Rashida Jones

I think it's a relatable concept - when you have a long-term relationship or marriage, and you want to try to be friends with that person, because you kind of grew up with that person and they know you better than anyone, and how it's just impossible to make that transition seamlessly. — Rashida Jones

I probably wouldn't be acting if I didn't grow up in Hollywood. — Rashida Jones

My pet peeve and my goal in life is to somehow get an adjective for 'integrity' in the dictionary. 'Truthful' doesn't really cover it, or 'genuine.' It should be like 'integritus.' — Rashida Jones

I don't think that there's been one example in history where somebody has openly talked about their personal life and it's done them any good. — Rashida Jones

Good rom-coms have some reflection of the way things are, the sign of the times. — Rashida Jones

I hate to be a broken record - my parents have a lot to do with that too, because that's how they live their lives. — Rashida Jones

For the most part, having more money and more fame make your life harder. It just does. I've seen it happen with people. You know, it's so hard to stay normal. It's so hard to stay happy. It's hard to remember why you were doing what you did in the first place. — Rashida Jones

In early high school years, I was pretty chubby, and I spent a lot of time on my computer, before it was cool to have a computer - because there was a time that was true. So that's where I developed my personality. — Rashida Jones

There was a time when I let go of the reins and thought, What's meant to happen will happen. That's probably one of my biggest faults as a person, and something that I've had to work really hard on: believing in this idea that the universe will decide for me. The universe is not going to decide in your favor. — Rashida Jones

I have a father who came from nothing and conquered the world. The last thing I'm going to do is sit here and spend his money and try to look pretty. That's not interesting to me at all. — Rashida Jones

I can be pretty persuasive if I believe in something strongly enough. — Rashida Jones

A question I get asked a lot is 'What is it like to play the straight guy all the time?' And I'm totally okay with it. — Rashida Jones

I think there is this thing where people are impressed - it gives you a leg up in the sense that people won't treat you like a run-of-the-mill actress. They'll assign "smart" to your word bank, your adjective bank. — Rashida Jones

I want a baby and I want a family, for sure. — Rashida Jones

I have a deep respect for musicians, and I feel like I would want to be so prepared and so well-educated and deep in the process before I ever release anything. — Rashida Jones

I have friends who have no choice; they came from whatever town, they didn't have anybody in entertainment and they just knew they wanted to act and they did it. — Rashida Jones

There's a sense of entitlement and isolationism that I think is really dangerous, and the way globalization and technology have been used isn't really for the best. — Rashida Jones

When I see somebody sun-drenched in a shot with their espadrilles and a cup of coffee, I'm like, "Your life is amazing. It's so perfect." I get drawn into that very easily so it totally worked, because the visual style sucks you in. It makes you want that. — Rashida Jones

I like to wear what make me feel great, which can mean the color, or that the fit's right, or that it's just an interesting piece of clothing. I like to change it up. — Rashida Jones

I do feel there is a certain amount of distance and apathy that's created when you feel like there's a distance between you and the other people. So it's very easy to... when you have an app that sets it up where you very clearly swipe somebody's face off of your screen because you don't like the way they look, you're asking people to not appeal to their best selves. You're asking people to be brutal. — Rashida Jones

Life Lessons by Rashida Jones

1. Rashida Jones has demonstrated that hard work and dedication can lead to success, no matter the industry.
2. She has also shown that taking risks and trying new things can open up opportunities that you may not have expected.
3. Finally, Rashida Jones has demonstrated the importance of staying true to your values and beliefs, even when it may be difficult.