I am extremely square and obedient in nature!
Acting is really about showing up that day and telling the writers what you feel like saying.
One of the great things about doing animated movies is that you don’t have to dress up or put on make-up.
I’m married, you know. I love my husband and I have a child.
I was a very confident little kid.
I really love cursing a lot. But as I get older, I realize it’s a little unseemly for women of a certain age.
I feel like I represent normalcy in some way.
I still want Oprah to play my best friend. I want to spend time with Oprah.
Yeah, it’s tough being smart and sexy, too. I have to say, I’m really not that attractive. Until I met my husband, I could not get a date. I promise you it’s true. My husband Jeff Richmond saw a diamond in the rough and took me in.
You don’t just decide to destroy a person by making up stuff, and no one at ‘SNL’ is writing to go after someone.
When I was going to school in, like, ’84 to ’88, you didn’t have cell phones. There was no e-mail, if you can wrap your brain around that.
I’m more of a writer than an actor, and I used to say that I’m mostly an improviser, though I haven’t improvised in awhile.
I want to spend time with Oprah, and I don’t know what I need to do to make that happen.
I think people fetishize glasses in general. You could put glasses on a rotting pumpkin and people would think it was sexy.
I was the editor of the school newspaper and in drama club and choir, so I was not a popular girl in the traditional sense, but I think I was known for being relatively scathing.
You know who DOES have a funny bone in her body? Your Mom every night for a dollar!
Finally the world would see my full range of comedy characters – from grouchy librarian to Russian librarian.
Your initiations are worthwhile.
When I first set out to ruin SNL, I didn’t think anyone would notice, but i persevered because like you trying to a do a nine- piece jigsaw puzzle, it was a labor of love.
If a bout of “creepy face” sets in, the trick is to look away from the camera between shots and turn back only when necessary. This also limits how much of your soul the camera can steal.