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" Society is really coming to a point where they're not asking if women can be funny anymore. We all know they obviously are. "

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" I would really like to create my own show. And I really wanna meet Oprah. "

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

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

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

" You have to go as hard as you possibly can, or it's going to be weak. Whenever I find myself not committing fully to a character, it's not as funny. It doesn't have that clear point of view, and you find yourself wandering all over the place, whereas committed characters make strong choices that are clear to the audience. "

" I often play characters on TV shows that are more sweet and naive and just kind of puppy-dog eyes, and I don't think I am like that as a person. "

" For me, what really excites me about my characters and what pushes their core is the kind of dark, sad side of life. "

" 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 feel like that would be pretty strange to meet a voice actor as a kid. "

" 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. "

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

" A lot of my characters are born out of a small grain in a person that I heighten and take to that next level. They're not based on anyone I've ever met, but they are these extreme versions of something. "

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

" The connective tissue between storytelling, advice, and comedy is passion. "

" I love the mall, and I love Howard Stern and Oprah. "

" The secret to podcast success is sticking with it and making it fun for yourself. "

" 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. "

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

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

" It's like, if you tweet anything about One Direction, you'll get a lot of hate - immediately. They're just searching the words and then writing back to anybody who writes about them. "

" I live for watching TV and partying with my book club. "

" 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!' "

" I love improvising on the spot. I like that pressure. "

" I love watching people tell stories, because it's very vulnerable. "

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

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

" I think I was always a class clown growing up and a funny kid. I never really knew how to channel that until I got into high school. "

" The audition process for 'Are You There, Chelsea?' was overwhelming and exciting. It was my first pilot season and one of the first pilots I auditioned for. "

" 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 love L.A. and feel attached to this city, but I don't identify myself as being a part of it. "