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" Acting is really about showing up that day and telling the writers what you feel like saying. "
Like
Feel
Day
" After college, I knew I wanted to work in comedy, so the first thing I did was go to where the comedy was. I moved from Charlottesville to Chicago, because that's where The Second City and Improv Olympics are. You have to go wherever you need to go to study what interests you. "
You
City
College
" A Harvard Medical School study has determined that rectal thermometers are still the best way to tell a baby's temperature. Plus, it really teaches the baby who's boss. "
Boss
School
Way
" An interim government was set up in Afghanistan. It included two women, one of whom was Minister of Women's Affairs. Man, who'd she have to show her ankles to to get that job? "
She
Women
Government
" Being a mom has made me so tired. And so happy. "
Mom
Me
Made
" Doing one movie every two years is about all I can handle 'cause, being the creator at '30 Rock', my year there starts in the middle of June and goes back around until March. "
Two
Year
Rock
" Even when I was at 'SNL,' I didn't do impersonations. I always wanted to be the kind of person who could do them - I always thought they were the coolest thing on the show - but I didn't have any experience. "
Thought
Kind
Show
" Every kid has something they're good at, that you hope they find and gravitate toward. "
You
Something
Find
" For my first show at 'SNL', I wrote a Bill Clinton sketch, and during our read-through, it wasn't getting any laughs. This weight of embarrassment came over me, and I felt like I was sweating from my spine out. But I realized, 'Okay, that happened, and I did not die.' You've got to experience failure to understand that you can survive it. "
Okay
You
Me
" I am constantly amazed by Tina Fey. And I am Tina Fey. "
I Am
Am
Amazed
" I am extremely square and obedient in nature! "
Nature
Obedient
Square
" I didn't get on TV until I was 30, which is really fortunate because you are who you are at that point. "
Point
Get
You
" I do like to start on time; I like to set the bar high for people. "
Bar
People
Time
" I don't enjoy any kind of danger or volatility. I don't have that kind of 'I love the bad guys' thing. No, no thank you. I like nice people. "
Love
Thank You
People
" I don't like a tremendous amount of conflict. I don't think that fighting and passion are the same thing. "
Passion
Conflict
Think
" I don't like my feet. I'm not crazy about anybody's feet. But I have flat feet. "
Crazy
About
Like
" I don't want to be somebody else. "
Else
Somebody
Want
" I dreamed of being an actress when I was a little kid because you don't know then that the writer writes everything the actor is saying. But as I got older, I got into college and became more aware that writing is another option, and I started getting into it, too. "
Saying
Know
Kid
" I feel like I represent normalcy in some way. "
Feel
Way
Like
" I feel like it's harder to get women to show up for movies. "
Feel
Women
Up
" If you're an actor and you don't get cast in stuff a lot, then put together a show or hold play-reading nights at your apartment. Make your own opportunities. "
Actor
Opportunities
You
" If you want to be a screenwriter, take an acting class to get a sense of what you're asking actors to do. Learning other skills will help you communicate with people and respect what they do. "
Learning
Respect
You
" If you want to make an audience laugh, you dress a man up like an old lady and push her down the stairs. If you want to make comedy writers laugh, you push an actual old lady down the stairs. "
You
Dress
Laugh
" I got a fan letter on the back of a prison menu. And I remember thinking, 'Well, they get pie. It's not so bad. They get pie on the weekends.' I want to say blueberry and also a Boston cream pie. Not so bad. "
Prison
Pie
Boston
" I grew up in a family of Republicans. And when I was 18 and registering to vote, my mom's only instruction was 'You just go in and pull the big Republican lever.' That's my welcome to adulthood. She's like, 'No, don't even read it. Just pull the Republican lever. "
Welcome
You
Family
" I have to say, I'm really not that attractive. Until I met my husband, I could not get a date. "
Husband
Get
Date
" I have two daughters, and we live here in Manhattan, and having gone through the Manhattan kindergarten application process, nothing will ever rival the stress of that. "
Nothing
Two
Stress
" I like to delude myself that I'm in the old-Hollywood mode. I just tailor my clothes well and try to keep my skin clear. While it would be great to work out an hour a day, there is something inherently sort of selfish about it. I can't do it. "
Myself
Selfish
Day
" I like to write about women, not so much about the way they relate to men, but about the way they relate to each other. And I don't think anyone's really doing it. "
Women
Way
Think
" I'm a big fan of 'The Office', both the British and the American versions. "
British
Fan
Office
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