I want every day to be the most boring news day ever. I want every day to be about spelling bee champions and baby basketball. It’s better to have no comedy material than a horrific news day.
TINA FEYI like to crack the jokes now and again, but it’s only because I struggle with math.
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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For my first show at ‘SNL’, I wrote a Bill Clinton sketch, and during our read-through, it wasn’t getting any laughs.
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There are no mistakes only opportunities.
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You can tell how smart people are by what they laugh at.
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If you are a woman and you bought this book for practical tips on how to make it in a male-dominated workplace, here they are. No pigtails, no tube tops. Cry sparingly.
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North Korea referred to The Interview as absolutely intolerable and a wanton act of terror.
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I think women dress for other women to let them know what their deal is. Because if women were only dressing for men, there would be nothing but Victoria’s Secret. There would be no Dior.
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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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When I turned 50, I looked in the mirror and I thought: “Hey, this isn’t the dress rehearsal, this is life and I don’t know how much longer I’m going to have!”
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It will never be perfect, but perfect is overrated. Perfect is boring on live TV.
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You’re not in competition with other women. You’re in competition with everyone.
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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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Nothing is creepier than a bunch of adults being very quiet.
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I’m not that good looking… nobody is that good looking. I have seen a lot of movie stars, and maybe four are amazing looking. The rest have a team of gay guys who make it happen.
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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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