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.
TINA FEYDon’t be too precious or attached to anything you write. Let things be malleable.
More Tina Fey Quotes
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Start with a ‘Yes’, and see where that takes you.
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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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Don’t be too precious or attached to anything you write. Let things be malleable.
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So, my unsolicited advice to women in the workplace is this. When faced with sexism, or ageism, or lookism, or even really aggressive Buddhism, ask yourself the following question: “Is this person in between me and what I want to do?”
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Some people say, “Never let them see you cry.” I say, if you’re so mad you could just cry, then cry. It terrifies everyone.
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I do like to start on time; I like to set the bar high for people.
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Why are my arms so weak? It’s like I did that push-up last year for nothing!
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You can tell how smart people are by what they laugh at.
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I was a little excited but mostly blorft. “Blorft” is an adjective I just made up that means ‘Completely overwhelmed but proceeding as if everything is fine and reacting to the stress with the torpor of a possum.’ I have been blorft every day for the past seven years.
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My work is my work. I take my work seriously but I don’t take myself too seriously.
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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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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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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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I had to get back to work, .. NBC has me under contract; the baby and I have only a verbal agreement.
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To say I’m an overrated troll, when you have never even seen me guard a bridge, is patently unfair.
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