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I just want to be able to be creative.
I know that I don't like being teased.
It's important to say women are complex.
I just want to work hard. I love that feeling.
I spend so much time hoping things for myself.
I just really like it when things are earnest.
I'd like to be in a tiny indie where I'm lost at sea.
I think of my gender as a part of my complex humanity.
I am a comedian and I started in stand-up when I was 22.
I don't always feel comfortable being outwardly aggressive.
I like dressing like I'm going on a date when I'm on stage.
Comedy can be a little brutal, but not in a satisfying way.
I really like working. I can't think of a job I didn't like.
I just want to be able to do something that's interesting to me.
I love waking up in the morning. It makes me feel really excited.
I tend to watch things that aren't really the genre of my own work.
I think my friends would say I'm pretty goal-focused but whimsical.
Although I do stand-up - doing actual stage work is terrifying for me.
If I'm not the best aunt in America, then I don't know what's going on.
I want to keep growing and I want to be an actress for as long as I can.
I waited my whole life to be a woman, so now my clothes are fairly tight.
Not often is there as much of a vulnerable side as there is a funny side.
I guess some people want to be performers because they want to be famous.
I didn't hit puberty until I was, like, 17, so I love to talk about that.
I just left wishing that it was longer because I enjoyed it so thoroughly.
If you're in a good marriage, you have the sense that it won't be forever.
I think, in general, finding the right time to have a baby is pretty scary.
People want to see comedies where characters aren't sacrificed for the jokes.
I've called myself an accidental activist because I came to it not on purpose.
I sometimes think my earnestness is confused for stupidity, but it shouldn't be.
Using creative expression as a means to a professional end makes me curl up a bit.
I don't like feeling hemmed in and I don't like feeling that I'm repeating myself.
A lot of people think that I'm one of the women from 'Broad City' - and I'm just not.
I'm not one to wallow, but I am one to feel the sting of a slap for a while, I think.
I fidget and change my outfit a lot. It's really a way of keeping myself comfortable.
I like any film where the female characters are complex and have a functioning imperfection.
We love rom-coms, but it's getting to where we don't identify with any of the women in them.
I'm competitive and I have a messy purse, but otherwise, I like people to think I'm a winner.
If you don't respect each other and let it lie, it can be embarrassing or really frustrating.
A lot of times what's satisfying to me in comedy is when a woman successfully does self-care.
If I'm going to have baked goods in the morning, the rule is that I have to make them myself.
Infidelity is not freedom. It's a momentary respite from stressors that are going to come back.
I always loved to sing and was very, very loud. I wanted to be a movie star, like Judy Garland.
I want to make every kind of movie that I can make. I don't really care if they're big or small.
I have no regrets. The best thing to happen to me was for Lorne Michaels to hire me and fire me.
It's exciting to play someone who is a bit tougher than I am. I liked feeling those adjustments.
I don't have any horror stories of trying to start as a comedian and eating it constantly on stage.
If you make a careless choice, you can really ruin things and it can take awhile for them to repair.
I don't make a lot of mistakes, honestly. I'm an A-student, I'm an Ivy Leaguer. I need those things.
For some reason, I never watched Lifetime but just discovered it. I was like, 'Oh, it's all rom-coms!'