Obviously I've gone out of my way in my career to not look good, so it's always nice to, every once in a while, get the opposite going.

I think comedy is funnier when it's real.

I think the whole concept that women aren't funny is dead. It's over; it's done.

I think the genetics of being Irish are that you sort of prefer when it's rainy and cloudy. It's just genetic.

It's easy for people to strike if they're not working on a regular basis.

I love Tig Notaro; I just think she's so awesome.

I feel like people are funny, and women are people, so I'm sick of the distinction.

I feel like I'm the luckiest actress in the world.

I do have a lot of female friends who are stand-ups and also women who are actresses and also happen to have an act.

I cannot believe that in all the years that there have been female stand-ups, there has never been a show just for them.

Well, one of the things I love about 'The Office' is that it has so much heart.

The only differences between a cult and a religion are the numbers of adherents and the degree to which they are marginalized by the rest of society.

You know the most common phrase in the movies is 'let's get out of here?

The less you blame others the more you will succeed.

I mulled over what he had told me as I savored the Scotch. Not bad, really - like a beer that's been in a brawl.

I'm glad I started so young, because you are really able to endure so much at that age.

It is one thing to be sick of your own infirmities and another to understand that the people you love most are sick of them also. You are very near then to being friendless in the world.

The once-unthinkable loss of the AAA rating will constitute a further hit to already fragile business and consumer confidence.

All's love, yet all's law.

See what I have to put up with every night?

Awards don't really mean much.