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" 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. "

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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. "

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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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" I'm a huge 'Bachelor' fan! "

" The podcasts that keep my attention are those where I can feel the hosts and guests are enjoying themselves or are really passionate about the subject matter. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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 had a teacher who recommended I take improv classes in Chicago - I'm from Evanston, Illinois - so I did improv classes at Improv Olympic, and that kind of opened me up. "

" My improv definitely shows a different side of myself, which is more true to what my real humor is and what my real personality is, and I think - I guess 'wild' is a good word for it. I'm still sweet! But I won't let anyone walk all over me. "

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

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

" I was invited to do an all-female improv festival in Portland called All Jane, No Dick. The person running it asked me if I had a female improv team, and I just said yes and then figured out who I would want to bring with me. We had such a fun show together that we decided that we should keep doing it. "

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

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

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

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" So many of my characters have really crazy physicalities, so it's really fun to be able to say, like, 'I'm an elf who's the size of a dollar bill!' "

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

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" 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've done 70 different characters on my podcast. But in terms of characters that I revisit a lot, I think there are 10 that I know more in-depth. "