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" I went on a road trip and ended up in Portland, Oregon, and from there, I did non-stop theater. I had just graduated, and I had all these ideas about what good acting was, but I hadn't put any of it into action. I spent five years honing my acting chops. And then I had this epiphany one day that I need to go to L.A.; I need to be on a sitcom. "

Michaela Watkins

Good

Day

" When I got 'Trophy Wife', the first fear is, 'This could go away;' the second is, 'It's here and I love it; I hope it gets a second season.' "

" I know friends who have this sort of incredibly intimate relationship with their sibling. And I don't get it: it wasn't like that in my family. In some ways, I'm envious, because they have someone that's so completely in their corner. And at the same time, I imagine it may at times feel like it's stunting. "

" Because I do mostly comedy, I'm usually working with friends, and it's usually a ball. "

" My mom is an avid musical theatergoer. My dad would always get a subscription to the Syracuse Stage. I was always exposed to theater. So I went to a theater conservatory at Boston University. "

" I don't come from a Hollywood family. I don't have Hollywood friends. I didn't have any connections. "

" I have this weird optimism that when things are not good - like, really, genuinely not good - that we shall persevere. "

Michaela Watkins

Optimism

Things

" I get to do physical comedy! When do women get to do physical comedy? Very rarely. "

" My dad is a mathematician; I think we both have that problem-solving, looking-for-patterns way of thinking. "

" I'm definitely an observer of human behavior. I always have been. "

" My rule of thumb is to always do what's on the page first. Then you can talk to your director about playing with it. Improv frees me up in a character, but I would be mortified if the writers who agonized over their words assumed I thought my improv was more valuable. "

Michaela Watkins

Words

Page

" Maybe women get to a certain age and they no longer have a filter; they're considered crazy people or something. "

" I'd love to do a Marvel movie. "

" I say yes to everything if I like the overall thing that's being put out there. I'll do anything with David Wain. "

" I do think non-linearly. So I think that comes off as nervousness or anxiety in a person. "

" I just want to make people laugh, and I want to do that the best way possible. "

" A great time in my life was being totally single and actively not dating. Just saying, 'I'm gonna not be in a relationship. I'm gonna not date.' That was a super fun, awesome time. "

" Rejection and I are old friends. "

" You know how when you're alone with your cat, your cat is kind of silly and goofy and kind of crazy? And as soon as people come over, your cat is like someone you've never met before? You know, poised. That's sort of what it's like working with Jennifer Lopez. "

" When you're casting a show, you have your idea of who you want it to be, and of course, those are going to be very well-known names. "

" I realize I love crazy ladies. Of course I don't like to think of myself as one, but maybe I am, too. I dunno. I'm always drawn to them; I think it's because I'm attracted to people who aren't in the business of people-pleasing: saying what they really think, not passive-aggressive at all. "

" I made a pact with myself when I was 12 that I would only work with people who make me happy. I choose happy. "

" When my parents were divorced in the late '70s, early '80s, the climate was that you should screw over your ex as much as possible - get the worst lawyer in the world, all that. That's not what people are out to do anymore. It feels cruddy to try and destroy each other just because you're breaking up. "

" As much as I would have loved to look like Jennifer Aniston in 'Friends,' that didn't happen. And I really tried! I hit that gym! I got a flatiron. But it didn't happen. "

" Everyone's job is invaluable. Film and TV production is collaboration. "

Michaela Watkins

Collaboration

Job

" As far as celebrity, people don't stop me on the street and know who I am. It's more like, 'Doesn't she remind you of so-and-so's ex-girlfriend?' It's always somebody's ex-girlfriend. Somebody ex-girlfriend who's 'crazy.' "

" I love comedies, both broad and subtle. "

" I love working so much. For me, working equals happiness. "

Michaela Watkins

Working

Much

" What's fun now is that I have a show at USA that I co-wrote called 'Benched.' I'm completely behind the scenes and not the actor at all. "

" I am just scared to death of online dating. "

Michaela Watkins

Dating

Scared