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" Without a doubt, the worst part of being a mom is having to floss my kids' teeth every night. It's so tedious. "
Molly Shannon
Without
Doubt
Mom
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" I love comedy, but I did always consider myself a dramatic comedian. "
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" I really love having lots of down time with my kids. "
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Time
Having
" I think that, being a mother, you would do anything for your children. Their pain is your pain; if they're in pain, you feel their pain. "
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Feel
You
" My dad was a real fun guy, and despite his personal problems, he was a great father. It wasn't easy, but he did a good job of raising my sister Mary and I all by himself. "
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Father
Sister
" I've definitely read stuff that I've been offered where I've been like, 'I can't do this. I think somebody would be better in this than me.' I don't want to do something if I don't feel like I can do a good job serving the material. "
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Me
Better
Feel
" When I see a mom embarrassed because her kid is having a temper tantrum, I'm like, 'Please! Do you think I've never gone through that?' Women tend to be too hard on themselves. "
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Women
See
" I never think I want to try to be funny. And humor, if there is anything funny, should come from a real place. "
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Want
Think
Place
" I'm very driven by writing. Coming from 'Saturday Night Live,' because it's such a writing job, and we all write our parts on the show and create characters, I'm so respectful of good writing. "
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Live
Create
Writing
" I like both movies and TV, so I don't have some big grand plan. "
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Big
Grand
Plan
" I lead a very normal life. I'm just so happy being a mother that everything else revolves around that. If a movie falls through or a TV show doesn't get picked up, I'm pretty easygoing about it because I'm just like, 'Yay, I get to be with my kids more!' "
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Life
Normal
Mother
" I'm no way one of those comedians who want to do drama. I really do love comedies. I hope to go back to it. "
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Love
Want
Hope
" I definitely have loads of respect for writers and the art of writing. "
Molly Shannon
Respect
Writing
Definitely
" I used to watch 'SNL' when I was babysitting, after I put the kids to bed. It was the Gilda Radner and Bill Murray era. I loved it. "
Molly Shannon
Loved
Bed
Babysitting
" When I was on 'Saturday Night Live,' all I did was work. "
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Live
Night
Did
" There was a period where I stopped auditioning because I was like, 'I don't have the heart.' There's just so much rejection. "
Molly Shannon
Like
Heart
Rejection
" If you can write and create original characters, do your own show, develop your own material, it gives you more power than just waiting around to be hired. "
Molly Shannon
More
Create
Power
" People would be like, 'Oh, 'Saturday Night Live' is such a stepping stone!' And I remember being like, 'A stepping stone?! This is my everything! I could just stop right here! This is the pinnacle!' "
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Night
Remember
Saturday
" She's true to herself and she's determined. She has things going against her, but she forges ahead despite all of that. I think that's encouraging. She's got some problems, but she has hope and tries to plow through things. I think that's a good role model. "
Molly Shannon
Role Model
Think
Hope
" I used to get painful crushes on really unavailable guys. "
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Painful
Guys
Get
" Losing my mom at such a young age had a profound effect on my life. "
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Losing
Young
Age
" I actually went to college with Adam Sandler. He was a dramatic actor, too! "
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Actor
College
Dramatic
" I went to drama school at New York University. "
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School
New
Drama
" The love of a parent, that connection, it's eternal. "
Molly Shannon
Parent
Eternal
Connection
" I guess I have a positive attitude about divorce because I have some friends who've gotten divorced, and I'm like, 'Well, if it's better, then - good!' "
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Good
Friends
Positive
" When I was 12, my friend and I tried to sneak onto a plane from my hometown of Cleveland to New York City! My dad encouraged us - he was a wild guy, big on jokes. "
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Hometown
Wild
New York
" I just try to laugh at the little things. Like, I'm always amazed by how long it takes two kids to get dressed and out the door. Every morning I say, 'Come on! Let's go! Five minutes!' And they're still in their underwear. Or they say they're ready, but they're not wearing shoes. "
Molly Shannon
Shoes
Door
Little Things
" Mary Katherine Gallagher is an exaggerated version of me, how I felt when I was little. "
Molly Shannon
How
Felt
Me
" I think I'm a really hard worker, and I feel like my attitude is to just enjoy the process of being creative and developing and 'just throw a bunch of stuff against the wall and see what sticks.' "
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Feel
Think
Attitude
" I think things get a lot better after high school. I think the ones that struggle during that time tend to have better experiences after. "
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Struggle
School
Better
" I had to babysit a lot when I was in high school, and I missed a lot of parties. I felt this longing, like, 'Oh no, I'm going to miss meeting the love of my life at that party!' I feel like that's very Mary Katherine Gallagher. "
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My Life
Love
High School