“To have your childhood dream realized is a really big deal.”
“To grow up with the loss of your mother is a scar that never goes away.”
“I would love it if you would come in and teach me how to really do you.”
“I learned the enormous power of writing for yourself, especially now that people seem to be receptive to the fact that women can write.”
“No, no, no. Your accent is so beautiful.”
“Before I had children, everything about my life was devoted to Saturday Night Live.”
“I’ve never set out to write a funny movie or be a funny comedian as a woman. I am a woman. I don’t really have a choice in the matter. My goal is just to be funny.”
“I like comedy as a group sport.”
“Without a doubt in sketch comedy there are fewer women than men.”
“I don’t know if comedy is a male sport. I always wondered that.”
“I feel like I come from a smaller off shoot of black people because I am mixed. People say I’m African American but that doesn’t include the other half of me.”
“I was a loud child, and if my mother sang to me, I would be quiet.”
“There are days when I wonder why my mom couldn’t be here to see this.”
“I never thought I’d get a chance to do what I’m doing. It’s such a dream.”
“I have an equal opportunity womb!”
“Lord knows I had what you could call many fashion Don’ts in my day.”
“I really love laughing.”
“If my time with my kids is shorter than it was yesterday, it’s better than nothing.”
“I still have a fantasy of being a musician when I grow up.”
“I’ve been writing joke songs since I was a kid and it served me well at S.N.L. I can write those in my sleep. In fact, I have.”
“I feel like I’m a drag queen.”
“Most of my life I didn’t feel very normal. There’s definitely been some moments where I feel like, all right, I’ve finally graduated and I’m a normal lady.”
“You don’t want to be the first person to tell your 5-year-old, like, ‘You’re going to have a life filled with disappointments and letdowns – enjoy!’”
“I get anxious. That lovely Jewish guilt that comes with ancestry.”
“I’ve met people who are baffled by children, as though they were never children themselves.”
“I think that people who don’t like kids are awful people.”
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