Seriously, I’ve just realized that almost everyone is a fraud, so I try not to feel too bad about it.
TINA FEYYou can’t control things by being nervous.
More Tina Fey Quotes
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Everybody kind of gets to be the person they didn’t get to be.
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Whatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don’t just sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles.
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I feel like there is a lot of inherent humor in the stress and insanity surrounding that process.
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Every kid has something they’re good at, that you hope they find and gravitate toward.
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If you ever start to feel good about yourself… …. they have this thing called the internet.
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Life is improvisation.
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I can’t possibly take time off for a second baby, unless I do, in which case that is nobody’s business and I’ll never regret it for a moment unless it ruins my life.
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You transition as a mother from literally just pulling a booger out of that person’s nose whenever you see one until at some point they assert: “No, I’m a person. You can’t fix my underpants on the subway.”
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If you want to be a screenwriter, take an acting class to get a sense of what you’re asking actors to do. Learning other skills will help you communicate with people and respect what they do.
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‘How do you juggle it all?’ people constantly ask me, with an accusatory look in their eyes. ‘You’re screwing it all up, aren’t you?’ their eyes say.
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People lose their minds, trying to prove their parental worth by getting their children into one of five colleges; when there are thousands of good colleges across the United States – and elsewhere.
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I like to crack the jokes now and again, but it’s only because I struggle with math.
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Sometimes you want to have a very productive Saturday to feel that you are in control of your life, which of course you are not.
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According to a new study, women in satisfying marriages are less likely to develop cardiovascular diseases than unmarried women. So don’t worry, lonely women, you’ll be dead soon.
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I do like to start on time; I like to set the bar high for people.
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Politics and prostitution have to be the only jobs where inexperience is considered a virtue.
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(My proudest moment as a child was the time I beat my uncle Pierre at Scrabble with the seven-letter word FARTING.)
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Nothing is creepier than a bunch of adults being very quiet.
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I hire people that are good, and aren’t crazy. Or assholes. Because that takes up too much time. There are just as many good people who are not crazy.
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My ability to turn good news into anxiety is rivaled only by my ability to turn anxiety into chin acne.
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It will never be perfect, but perfect is overrated. Perfect is boring on live TV.
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You do not have to sleep with a comedian to learn what you’re doing. Male comedians will not like that advice, but it is the truth.
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Don’t waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions; go over, under, through, and opinions will change organically when you’re the boss. Or they won’t. Who cares? Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it.
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Don’t be too precious or attached to anything you write. Let things be malleable.
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An acting teacher once told me, ‘Greet everything with yes… Even if you abandon one idea for another one, saying yes allows you to move forward.’
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Lesson learned? When people say, “You really, really must” do something, it means you don’t really have to. No one ever says, “You really, really must deliver the baby during labor.” When it’s true, it doesn’t need to be said.
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