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" I never really thought I wanted to become a movie star. "

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" I really love comedy and weirdly enough, I love how my journey has ended up. I get to laugh all day long. "

" You know, right now, they say - I don't know who says this, but somebody told me - there's three male roles to every female role. And I guess I'd work on evening that up. Making great roles for women. It's just such a huge challenge. "

" Blythe Danner is somebody whose career I admire. She's a great actress and does good work, but also has a life of her own. I love my job but, at the end of the day, I want to come home and watch a movie and drink a bottle of wine with my husband. "

" I was never the class clown or anything like that. When I was growing up and doing theatre in Seattle I was always doing very dramatic work. Now I can't get a dramatic role to save my life! "

" I never imagined being able to make money from acting - and now I can. "

" I've been acting since I was 9, but in college I entered the drama program, and I didn't excel at it at all, kind of for the first time. "

" My comedy does not come from a place of deep cynicism, and I tend to play characters who are naive in some way. "

" There's definitely a loneliness and, like, an internal element to being a performer. "

" There was a time when I was willing to marry any cute boy that looked at me. "

" I can't stand confrontation, which maybe is a character flaw. But having said that, I do feel like when I do get upset - which is rare, as my husband and family would say - I have a hard time letting go. "

" I try to keep my head on straight and take nothing for granted. "

" You have to be willing to accept the idea that people may think you're stupid. "

" Life is too short to be in relationships where you feel this isn't fully right. "

" One of the things that comedy has given me over the years is a really good ability to laugh at myself and to not take things that don't matter too much too seriously. I feel that very little offends me anymore and I'm really grateful for that because I think I was a pretty uptight little kid. "

" Motherhood is like a big sleeping bag of guilt. "

" The hardest thing in my industry is longevity, getting your next job. It's hard to get the first job, but it's so much harder to get the sixth or seventh as a woman. "

" I know a lot of actors talk about the importance of wardrobe, and it always seems like it's kind of a cop-out, maybe, because it seems like a minor detail to some people. But I think it's hugely important. "

" You have to create your own stuff. It's really exciting to create something, sell it, and feel like I'm not just a pawn waiting to be cast. "

" I'm not a very good lover. I'm so nervous about my sexuality. "

" I feel really grateful that I am in comedy, and I love doing it. "

" 'Overboard' was the movie that I put on when I wasn't feeling great, and it always made me feel better. I could watch it a gazillion times. So when they approached me to be a part of this remake, I was terrified because I felt like there's no way anything could live up to the original. But it was thrilling. "

" I love being a part of a romantic comedy. I've done a lot of comedies but haven't always had a ton of romance in them. "

" Hollywood studio executives don't recognize the value of female performers as much as male performers. "

" Yeah, I do like scary movies, especially the ones that don't take themselves too seriously. "