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" I had always done broader characters, but going to UCB and speaking to my own voice was important for auditioning for TV and film. "

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" Most people have kind of done something that could put them in jail at least for one night. "

" Doing 'Comedy Bang! Bang!,' you have to play at the top of your abilities, so it is so fun to get that opportunity. I've grown a lot as a performer just working with those guys. "

" I love improvising on the spot. I like that pressure. "

" I love L.A. and feel attached to this city, but I don't identify myself as being a part of it. "

" Improv changed my life in the best way. I gained so much confidence and really learned how to use my sense of humor to do something other than make sarcastic comments to the TV, though that remains one of my best skills. I stayed in Chicago for college mainly to continue doing improv, which was an awesome decision for me. "

" I believe that each person can make a difference, but it's so slight that there's basically no point. "

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" For me, what really excites me about my characters and what pushes their core is the kind of dark, sad side of life. "

" Getting to be the 'weird roommate' on a sitcom was a dream come true. "

" I would really like to create my own show. And I really wanna meet Oprah. "

" I'm more of a tomboy - I fall into the jeans-and-a-T-shirt style, for sure - but I have a girlie side to me. "

" The connective tissue between storytelling, advice, and comedy is passion. "

" It's like, if you tweet anything about One Direction, you'll get a lot of hate - immediately. They're just searching the words and then writing back to anybody who writes about them. "

" The audition process for 'Are You There, Chelsea?' was overwhelming and exciting. It was my first pilot season and one of the first pilots I auditioned for. "

" I love the mall, and I love Howard Stern and Oprah. "

" That's what's so great, I get to play any character in the world. And I think that's one of the things that makes doing 'Comedy Bang Bang' or other improv podcasts so fun, as well as my own, is that you can really explore a character deeply for a long period of time that is nothing like yourself. "

" I love creating characters that are ridiculous and flawed. To me, the most important thing about comedy is the joy it can bring to the performers and the audience alike. I love making people laugh and not over-thinking things. Some of my favorite moments are when I am doing an improv scene with friends, and I can't stop laughing during it. "

" I definitely get inspired by people who are disgusting on some level. "

" I think I was always a class clown growing up and a funny kid. I never really knew how to channel that until I got into high school. "

" I love watching 'The Real Housewives of New York.' That's my guilty pleasure. But I don't even feel guilty. I can just watch it, zone out, and forget about my problems. "

" Society is really coming to a point where they're not asking if women can be funny anymore. We all know they obviously are. "

" I love watching people tell stories, because it's very vulnerable. "

" Doing improv really got me started in my whole career. "

" A lot of my characters are born out of a small grain in a person that I heighten and take to that next level. They're not based on anyone I've ever met, but they are these extreme versions of something. "

" It's really fun to play a character that fights back and say what she means. "

" I live for watching TV and partying with my book club. "

" I kind of see it as my personal therapy to get on stage and do characters. "

" When I was growing up, I watched every sitcom imaginable. "

" I think that by doing the podcast, I've grown to actually enjoy hosting a little more and realize that my role is a bit of a host, even though I thought I was totally avoiding that by creating this construct. But hosting a late night show has never really been a goal of mine in particular, but it could be fun. "

" I'm really thankful for my improv background. "

" Comedy is my first love; that's my main goal in life - to keep doing comedy. "