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Daily Inspiration Quote by Maria Menounos

"I'm really excited, because the character, Jules, is a really awesome character. I'm really excited to be playing her, and overall, I'm really excited to be getting back to my acting roots"

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The repetition of "I'm really excited" is doing more than communicating enthusiasm; it’s a defensive charm offensive in a media ecosystem that treats actresses’ career moves like a referendum. Maria Menounos isn’t just announcing a role. She’s reassuring an audience (and industry gatekeepers) that this choice is both emotionally authentic and strategically sound. The almost comical insistence on excitement reads like a preemptive answer to an unasked question: Why this project, why now, and what does it say about where you belong?

The phrase "Jules... is a really awesome character" is deliberately nonspecific, the kind of praise that keeps NDAs intact while still signaling that the role has enough substance to justify the pivot. "Awesome" works as a crowd-pleasing placeholder, a safe adjective that avoids overpromising depth or prestige while still framing the part as a step up from mere gig work. It’s PR-speak, but with a recognizable human pulse: an actor trying to sound grateful without sounding desperate.

The real tell is "getting back to my acting roots". That line carries the subtext of reclamation. Menounos has long been associated with hosting and entertainment news, industries that can quietly brand you as adjacent to acting rather than fully inside it. "Roots" implies legitimacy, a return to the original identity before the detours of visibility and branding. It’s a bid to be taken seriously again, packaged in the friendly language of excitement so it doesn’t read as ambition.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Menounos, Maria. (2026, January 16). I'm really excited, because the character, Jules, is a really awesome character. I'm really excited to be playing her, and overall, I'm really excited to be getting back to my acting roots. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/im-really-excited-because-the-character-jules-is-134139/

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Menounos, Maria. "I'm really excited, because the character, Jules, is a really awesome character. I'm really excited to be playing her, and overall, I'm really excited to be getting back to my acting roots." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/im-really-excited-because-the-character-jules-is-134139/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I'm really excited, because the character, Jules, is a really awesome character. I'm really excited to be playing her, and overall, I'm really excited to be getting back to my acting roots." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/im-really-excited-because-the-character-jules-is-134139/. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.

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Maria Menounos (born June 8, 1978) is a Actress from USA.

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