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" It's interesting: when you're kind of 'known' for being a writer, people don't think you've done anything else. "

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" 'Bridesmaids,' I think, opened up a door to allow women to show a bunch of different women in different ways of being funny. It was kind of like an arrival moment. "

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" Tell your daughters and their daughters that if they want to be a firewoman, they can be a firewoman. If they want to be an astronaut, they can be an astronaut. If they want to run their own business or run for president, they can do whatever they put their mind to. "

" Society has this deeply rooted love of seeing women fail. "

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" I'm actually from a small town about an hour and a half south of Chicago. "

" Tina Fey is my mentor, whether she likes it or not. "

" I'm a huge fan of Ace of Base. 'The Sign?' I love that song. "

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" There's still only maybe three female writers or two female writers to 10 guys in any kind of writer's room. "

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