I always just wanted to be a movie actress, like Lily Tomlin or Ruth Gordon. I just imagined myself being in a movie, wearing stylish women's clothing the way I saw Amy Irving wearing it.

There are so many different stories. You can choose to tell them, or not, but they certainly have the right to exist

Don't be snarky, but don't be saccharine. Don't pander, but don't shut people out. Go straight down the line with the performance.

I'd like to be in a tiny indie where I'm lost at sea.

I just want to work hard. I love that feeling.

Sometimes you watch comedians and feel like they're jerking off in front of you, but they want you to see how big it is.

I tend to be a bit of a workaholic, but I also can't function without some sort of domesticity as well.

I think my comedic style is at once bashful and explosive. It's a little bit perverted, and a little bit ladylike and old-fashioned, which is a great mix. Sort of tangy.

I'm competitive and I have a messy purse, but otherwise, I like people to think I'm a winner.

I don’t think men have time to be funny because they have to make all of our rules about what we can do with our vaginas.

Although I do stand-up - doing actual stage work is terrifying for me.

Right human relations is the only true peace.

Fortune has played me a sad trick by letting me live on and on.

I think it's important for women to be around other women and learn from each other.

If one looks at the works of Newton to Einstein, they were never scientists in the way modernity understands the term.

The rich live the same all over the world.

There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies.

Love has no awareness of merit or demerit; it has no scale... Love loves; this is its nature.

My mum taught me that redheads shouldn't wear pink, red or orange, but if you choose the right shade, such as a bright orange or a cherry red, it can look fabulous.

Nothing lasts forever. Should I?

It is for the latter that I always wanted to be an actor: to play characters who are always on the move.