There are so many things I'd like to do. I'd really like to be in a period piece that takes place in old New York or old Hollywood and wear those costumes and that makeup.

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.

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.

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.

The only God-ordained fear is the fear of God, and if we fear Him, we don't have to fear anyone or anything else.

I had this wonderful career and thought I would retire as a teacher.

I've never seen people enjoying their husbands' deaths so much

We are who we are because somebody loved us.

I love every second of being a mom.

Nobody died. how can you kill an idea? How can you kill the personification of an action?" "Then what died? who are you mourning?" "A point of view.

The greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened.

I don't want people to say I'm a solid quarterback. I want to be the best, and I'll continually work until I get there.

If writing is thinking and discovery and selection and order and meaning, it is also awe and reverence and mystery and magic.

You can't wait for the perfect situation. Find something you love. People you love. And get out there and you'll discover it.