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" Our work should be a reflection of society, and if you're not concerned with including all of society, then I don't really know what you're doing making art in the first place. "

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" I wasn't picked for the improv group in college - not because I wasn't good, but because I was told I didn't fit the group, didn't gel with their dynamic. "

Sasheer Zamata

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College

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" I was actually going to work at Tokyo Disney. I thought, 'I'll work in the family!' That was my postgraduate plan. I didn't really have any plans lined up, but I was going to audition for this big band jazz show that was at Tokyo Disney. I think the concert was, like, for a year or something, and I thought, 'Yeah, that's what I'll do!' "

" I want to have an empire. I want to make my own stuff. "

" I eventually moved to New York with just a couple unpaid internships. Meeting people and going to go the Upright Citizens Brigade, I was able to get a lot of connections, find some odd jobs, and be taken more seriously. "

" I'm really impressed every time Kanye comes to perform at 'SNL' because he finds a new way to make that space work for him. "

" It's so wonderful that women continue to break down barriers and change societal expectations, but women still suffer discrimination for their gender, class, and race. "

" If you're a stranger, and you've never met me before, I'll probably be more reserved and quiet. If you're my friend, you probably see the same stuff that you see me do onstage. "

" There's definitely ways to get your anger out and not have to yell and kick and scream and fight people. That's not my jam. That's never how I've been. "

" I would love to be a villain. "

" I just love movies where they blow stuff up, in your face, and it's so excited and cool. "

" I feel so lucky and so privileged that I like writing for myself. Like, I don't have to wait for somebody to create a part for me or a project for me. I can just do it. And that's so great. "

Sasheer Zamata

Myself

Wait

" I do think that people have a desire to talk about issues they may have wanted to avoid before. "

" I've always been talking about race in some sort of capacity. "

" I'm no longer in my 20s, and I think, by default, the rose-colored glasses are off. "

" There's such a rich history in 'SNL' of political humor, and I think audience members expect that from us. "

" I am honored to continue the fight for equal economic opportunities, the right to choose, and an end to gender-based violence by serving as an ACLU Celebrity Ambassador. "

" When I moved to New York, I didn't know how much improv and comedy would play into my life. I thought I was going to do theater and Broadway and stuff. "

" I want to be in a Marvel movie. I want to be a superhero. "

" I just followed the fun. I just followed the things I was really interested in, and it turned out to be what I needed to do. "

" I'm a big fan of Donald Glover in general. "

" My favorite Kanye album is 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.' "

" My personality is definitely calm and chill. "

" UCB has been compared to a cult and a pyramid scheme, and it's all that stuff. "