There are a couple of things I want to impart to ladies who want to be in comedy: One, you don’t have to be weird or be quirky to get your job done. And two, comedy skill is not sexually transmittable.
TINA FEYIn most cases being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way.
More Tina Fey Quotes
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Life is improvisation.
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I want to thank my parents for somehow raising me to have confidence that is disproportionate with my looks and abilities.
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It is an impressively arrogant move to conclude that just because you don’t like something, it is empirically not good. I don’t like Chinese food, but I don’t write articles trying to prove it doesn’t exist.
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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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In my experience, the hardest thing about having someone “come out” to you is the “pretending to be surprised” part.
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When actors are too good-looking, I can’t memorize them. For example, I have never seen a picture of Sienna Miller where I didn’t say, “That girl’s pretty. Who is that?
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Don’t waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions… Do your thing and don’t care if they like it.
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I don’t like a tremendous amount of conflict. I don’t think that fighting and passion are the same thing.
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This weight of embarrassment came over me, and I felt like I was sweating from my spine out. But I realized, ‘Okay, that happened, and I did not die.’ You’ve got to experience failure to understand that you can survive it.
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I think someone should design exercise machines that reward people with sex at the end of their workouts, because people will perform superhuman feats for even the faint hope of that.
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I was first in my class at Johns Hopkins, so?” Make statements, with your actions and your voice.
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And I can see Russia from my house.
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To me YES, AND means don’t be afraid to contribute. Always make sure you’re adding something to the discussion. Your initiations are worthwhile.
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Ah, babies! They’re more than just adorable little creatures on whom you can blame your farts.
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Thomas Jefferson-another gorgeous white boy who would not have been interested in me. This was my problem in a nutshell. To get some play in Charlottesville, you had to be either a Martha Jefferson or a Sally Hemings.
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