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" I pride myself on being tragically uncool. "

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Believe In Yourself

" If I had my druthers, I would be a brain in a jar, with a burlap skirt around the cart I'm on - I don't attend to my physical being much. "

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" I had this dream in my head of, if I got hired by 'SNL, what that moment would be like. And I dreamed that I would, like, collapse on the sidewalk and cry to the heavens. I got this call, and it didn't happen naturally. But I did it anyway because I wanted to have that moment. So I did collapse. "

" I've never had a couch that needed to be cleaned or learned how to couch-clean in general. That feels too grown-up. "

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" I love the produce section at the grocery store. "

" I have no skills. I'm bad at most things. "

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" It's hard to write a comedy sketch. "

" Getting recognized on the street is fine, but I never really wanted to be famous. I just wanted to have mastered the art of sketch comedy. "

" The first impression that I liked doing was an impression of Cheri Oteri's Barbara Walters impression on 'SNL.' I found that I could mimic that pretty well, and people got a kick out of that. "

First Impression

" Comedy is a tool of togetherness. It's a way of putting your arm around someone, pointing at something, and saying, 'Isn't it funny that we do that?' It's a way of reaching out. "

" I love doing impressions of politicians because the task is always to imagine the private lives of these people whose job it is to project an image of staunch, unflinching leadership and grace, and that's just not how human beings, in their heart of hearts, work. "

" I tried for a short time to be something I wasn't, and had no success with it. It's a practical solution to just be yourself. "

" I can't do choreographed movement. It has to come from my heart... and my pelvis. "

" I was just never discouraged from doing something wacky like trying to be a comedian. "

" Some people look at movies and think, 'Oh my gosh, that's so amazing.' But to me, I look at a politician or a scientist and think, 'They're creating the content of humanity.' "

" I started watching 'SNL' when I was thirteen or so; those were the Molly Shannon/Ana Gasteyer/Cheri Oteri years. "

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" I'm a very low-key person, but for some reason, I like to act out. "

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