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" Instead of going into politics, I decided to go into comedy, which is the second most daunting career path for a woman. "

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" Molly Shannon, for example, is someone I've always really looked up to, because her comedy is so physical and wild and unembarrassed and brave. "

" It's certainly strange to do sketch comedy with cue cards at midnight in a skyscraper as opposed to in a basement with your friends. "

" My dad always said that 90 percent of marital problems could be solved by getting your blood sugar up, and he's right! So I would say pick a partner who's forgiving when you have low blood sugar and threaten to drive your car through your shared home. "

" There's a creative freedom with being under the radar. But I guess if you're too under the radar, you get canceled? "

" All of my favorite actresses are comedians at heart: Shirley MacLaine and Madeline Kahn, Diane Keaton and Debra Winger. And they are all amazing dramatic actresses, but everything they do is funny. "

" I went to drama school at NYU for serious acting. So I was doing Chekov and Sam Shepard plays. "

" I'm the girl that writes feverishly in my tiny trailer on set. "

" Kenya Moore is everything to me. She's everything. "

" When you're on a road trip, anything goes. "

" Everything related to 'SNL,' that was very sudden - from the time I found out I was joining the cast to the time I could read on a blog that someone watching the show thinks I'm fat, that was about 30 days. That blog part, that could've moved a little more slowly. But hey - it's all material, right? "

" My mom worked tirelessly on getting equal rights for women. "

" If you're going to be part of a nationally televised show that airs live and do sketches that haven't even been brainstormed a week earlier, you really can't be afraid to fail. "

" It's always great to get to do what you love and to do something that hopefully people will see and love. "

" When I was 13, I was in my tent at Girl Scout camp, trying to change out of my bathing suit and talking at the same time. I fell out of the tent in front of everyone with my bathing suit around my ankles. I was humiliated - but no amount of humiliation has ever seemed to stop me. "

" I love Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Adele. "

" I can never turn my creativity off. "

" Once I made a boyfriend dress up as Woody Allen from 'Annie Hall.' "

" I know this is a weird niche, but a lot of my female friends have these strange stories where there their dads have seen the small successes of their daughters and have decided that they are creative as well. "

" Frankly, 'Bride Wars' got made because movies with women need to be about weddings and love. "

" I'm a voyeuristic American. "

" You only feel as good as your last sketch. "