When you see another tall woman on the street, you nod, sort of like Orthodox Jews.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I look completely like my mum. She's very foreign, very Jewish.
Maybe there's something about the outsiderness of being Jewish that makes for a fiery feminist type.
Sometimes people who are Jewish are held to a higher standard which sometimes we take great pride in.
The funny thing is that I write and I act a lot about being Jewish, but I don't really think about it as a regular person.
No matter where you go in this world, you will always find a Jew sitting in the beach chair next to you.
While I am very much Jewish 'identified,' I'm not a very religious person.
I'm half Jewish, but no one believes me because my looks lean a little WASP-y... It's sometimes hard for me to get the roles I'm drawn to.
I think the thing that I most appreciate now is that stereotypes involving Jewish identity activate fears of persecution that exist in the present day.
Sometimes people come to my shows and think I'm a Christian artist, and they put their hands up in the air, like they do. But first of all, I'm a Jewish girl from the Valley, and I'm from Los Angeles. It's funny to be misinterpreted.
The orthodox Jewish faith practically excludes woman from religious life.