Jessica Rothe
Jessica Rothe

I love down-and-dirty and grit. But I do think that my favorite dramas are ones that are dark comedies because I think that the only way the audience and the actor can really go as dark and deep as you may want to go is if there's some levity added to it.

Jessica Rothe
Jessica Rothe

I watched horror films growing up, and I would love watching them with friends. But then, I would spend the next week sleeping in my parents' room because I would be so scared.

Jessica Rothe
Jessica Rothe

I loved Jamie Lee Curtis. I think she is brilliant.

Jessica Rothe
Jessica Rothe

I did know that I could do scream very well. When I was in high school, I got a very strange job one Halloween filming screams for a radio station. I would just go into a soundstage and scream and scream and scream, and everybody would put on ear plugs, so I had an inkling.

Jessica Rothe
Jessica Rothe

When I decided to do 'Mary + Jane,' one of the things that I was most excited about was the demographic that we would predominantly be reaching out to, which is 12- to 25-year-old women.

Jessica Rothe
Jessica Rothe

I love movie musicals because I think there is an amount of emotional honesty that's needed to portray someone who feels so deeply that all they can do is break into song.

Jessica Rothe
Jessica Rothe

I was trained in classic theater, so I love me some good old crying.

Jessica Rothe
Jessica Rothe

I would love to play a Bond Girl one day, but I'd also love to work on a project as challenging and heartfelt as 'Room.'

Jessica Rothe
Jessica Rothe

I think it's very important for young women, young people and older people as well, to know that love is important, but it's also important to find a partner who respects you and loves you the way you deserve to be treated.

Jessica Rothe
Jessica Rothe

I, in middle school, started really, really liking country music because it tells a story. It's really dramatic; I'm really dramatic. There's a lot of emotion. It was like, 'This is a perfect fit,' and I was teased mercilessly for it.

Jessica Rothe
Jessica Rothe

The first time I ever saw a horror movie, I think I was in middle school, and we watched 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' and 'It' at a slumber party.

Jessica Rothe
Jessica Rothe

Idris Elba blows my mind.

Jessica Rothe
Jessica Rothe

I absolutely love reading.

Jessica Rothe
Jessica Rothe

When I was a kid, my parents told me that every time we went to see a play or musical, I would sit there with my mouth hanging open completely immersed. I think it has just always spoken to me, been the thing that makes me feel alive, seen, and the way I can express myself.

Jessica Rothe
Jessica Rothe

I love getting to be someone else, to explore the parts of myself and other people that we may keep locked away or have no idea exist within us. I also love starting new projects because I always walk away with such a wonderful new group of friends.

Jessica Rothe
Jessica Rothe

Change is hard. A lot of times, at the end of films, even if they're amazing, I look back, and I'm like, 'I don't think anyone changed,' and that's an important thing to see.

Jessica Rothe
Jessica Rothe

It's very rare to watch a movie and think, 'That's the movie we shot!' So many things happen, with edits and things getting cut out.

Jessica Rothe
Jessica Rothe

I grew up on musicals, and I love them so much.

Jessica Rothe
Jessica Rothe

I love power ballads and the earnest lack of irony and emotion that exists in '80s music, along with synth guitars, of course.

Jessica Rothe
Jessica Rothe

'Happy Death Day' had so many things that, at the time, we were like, Oh no, no, no, no! that ended up being brilliant, so I knew it was special to me.