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Humor is very healing.
I don't write punch lines.
I'm trying to be truthful.
I'm from an Irish Catholic family.
I don't think of myself as a comedian.
I wanted to be a story teller so badly.
I lived in an apartment near Wrigley Field.
I have a great affinity for senior citizens.
I am on the phone with my sisters every day.
Everywhere I go, people think I'm Helen Hunt.
Would I like to be the lead girl? Who wouldn't?
Restaurants in Chicago are seldom disappointing.
When the Pixar people call, you jump at the opportunity.
My dad was a man of great wisdom in his short time here.
I loved when my folks would watch 'The Dean Martin Show.'
I really appreciate the everyday stuff as far as material.
If I couldn't be Dick Van Dyke, I wanted to be Art Carney.
When you fail by your own standards, it's a form of success.
My home is in Chicago, but I have an apartment in Los Angeles.
You gain a certain maturity from being a nurse in a cancer ward.
Everyone hopes to get a fall slot, but I'm just happy to get on the air.
Just 'cause there's snow on the roof doesn't mean there's not a fire inside.
I am a storyteller, and I take great pride in the storytelling and a great joy.
I thought of school as a captive audience. It gave me a chance to work on my material.
I don't understand the rewarding of behavior that is less than classy. I don't get it.
All my brothers and sisters are really witty, and I would just sit back and enjoy them.
If you're authentic, people smile because they sense there's a piece of themselves there.
If I've learned one thing in life, it's: Stand for something or you'll fall for anything.
When you're the mom in a big family comedy, you have to get your personality when you can.
I don't have the fear I won't be able to think of something else to write. It's what I do.
I thought of Second City as just the greatest therapeutic job anybody could ever dream of having.
I grew up in a working-class neighborhood, so there was always a sense of struggle, but we had hope.
Hollywood is what you make it; you have to choose company with care because you become what they are.
There's nothing funnier than religion. Try explaining it to a kid. I had it all wrong when I was a kid.
I'm a blue-collar Chicago girl raised on wonderful movies my mom took us to, ones that had a lot of heart.
I think you have to see the high highs and the low lows to get to the core of what makes us tick as people.
I would hope to have some of the same audience that Oprah has earned. And I would love to earn that, as well.
Anything Pixar does, you know, I really just am in awe of them and thrilled to be included in anything they do.
I don't know if I realized that I was funny, but I realized how healing and important humor was in my childhood.
When you're an actress, you are a part of the storytelling process. You have to do the same thing when you direct.
Improvisation, if you play it at the top of your intelligence, leads to a kind of truth that people find really accessible.
What kind of woman irons her husband's sheets? Even the clothes I wear, I just throw 'em in the dryer with some golf balls.
When a fan holds out Helen's picture for me to autograph, I usually sign it Linda Hunt - just to make their heads really crazy.
The thing about Pixar, they don't do the 'trend is your friend.' They're really about timeless story telling, and that's pretty great.
I won't wear fur-never, ever. I'm an animal lover. I wouldn't even wear faux fur. I prefer to go the cheap route and not shave my legs.
I won't wear fur - never, ever. I'm an animal lover. I wouldn't even wear faux fur. I prefer to go the cheap route and not shave my legs.
When I first landed at Pixar, I felt like I found this creative oasis with John Lasseter... It's what you thought Hollywood was going to be.
But I'm thrilled to be employed, and to work with all my friends and people that I admire. You're just lucky to work - that's the bottom line.
If you can maintain your standards and your integrity and you fail, it's OK. It's when you sell out and you fail that you feel pretty sick inside.
My only power is my ability to do something with passion and do it well. It's also something someone cannot take way from me, so it's very valuable.