Jayma Mays

I like jeans and t-shirts.

I have a weird crush on Meryl Streep.

When I changed my degree to acting, I almost gave my parents heart attacks.

Whether it's buying products or researching what you're buying, or just becoming aware of what you're buying, you're saying so much with the money that you're spending.

When I buy something from Raven & Lily, I know that it is good, it is not harming anything, and the people making it are being helped.

If everyone had a business model like Raven + Lily, I feel like the world would be an awesome place to live in.

I'm constantly bumping and banging into things.

I used to lose my keys a lot.

Jane Lynch is incredibly quick-witted, very intelligent, and extremely humorous. Also, on top of that all, just a very wonderful, warm, kind person. She's definitely someone to look up to.

You'd probably think I'm schizophrenic if you looked in my closet.

I grew up singing in the church choir, but I've not really had any training.

I love sneakers. I live in Keds.

I'm really drawn to comedy. I grew up in the South, so I'm drawn to all things southern, so my role in 'Getting On' has been fun for me to play something southern - I always feel like I understand those characters more because of where I was raised.

I'm a huge fan of Laurie Metcalf and Niecy Nash.

In 'The Smurfs,' I was actually a live action character. So, I was a real person in that movie. But I was working with animated characters, which is very strange because they're off recording their work, and we're kind of reacting to nothing when we're doing the film.

When you're a little girl, you kind of gravitate towards all of the princesses and things.

I loved 'The Carol Burnett Show' - I thought she was the funniest lady I'd ever seen.

I love Britain. I'd like to work there. Maybe a BBC crime show; I love those. A thriller would be something different.

When I first moved to L.A., I cleaned apartments after people moved out. When people move, they leave stuff behind and haven't cleaned for weeks. I like to clean - I have no problem with cleaning - but some apartments were filthy and disgusting. And there'd always be a random flip-flop left somewhere on its own.

My mom was a big 'Smurfs' fan, so she would force me to watch every Saturday morning. I had no choice in the matter. I would jump downstairs on Saturday morning, 'Hurray, cartoons!' and she would say, 'Smurfs! That's what you're watching.'

I say something bad every day, but I like to swear sparingly because it has more impact.

I did math in school, obviously. And I loved all my math teachers.

I was so focused at 21, maybe to my own detriment because I didn't allow myself to have fun. I was constantly looking for the next audition and working to pay the bills.

I was really across-the-board, like a nutcase. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life, so I just did everything. I was even part of FHA, Future Homemakers of America. How lost was I?

I definitely know that I'm quirky. I know that I'm different. Red hair definitely made me different growing up.