Paula Pell Quotes
My specialty at 'SNL' was doing triage. There was always a great need for someone to say, 'Make this funnier. Give me an ending for this. What's a better big laugh for this towards the end? What's a better physical joke in this?' And I just really, over time, honed that specific thing so well.
Quotes to Explore
-
I feel like I've grown up a bit. I'm a bit more confident, and I've been reading more, and I've had a little more time to myself. I went on this writing trip to gather my thoughts about where and who I am in this world, and why we're all here.
-
When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
-
I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor.
-
People just don't sit down and watch shows live anymore. They DVR it. They stream it; they watch it on Netflix or iTunes.
-
Properties have different characteristics, like companies, and the market throws up more opportunities because it is inefficient.
-
I'm a Persian Jew, and we don't speak Hebrew.
-
I never was in the Nation of Islam... I mean, what I call myself is a natural Muslim, 'cause it's just me and God. You know, going to the mosque, the ritual and the tradition, it's just not in me to do. So I don't do it.
-
Too many times, the international community has not prepared the post-conflict period in time.
-
If you're not bruised up, then you're not doing an action film in a real way.
-
At one point, I had 14 pairs of golf shoes.
-
I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
-
Girls are going to school again in Swat Valley. And that is great.
-
I like Jaykae. He's a great artist, and I absolutely love Dr. Dre's album and a bit of Calvin Harris now and then.
-
You need to prepare the child you have for the world that exists.
-
What I have yet to see is a real woman choose a younger man because he spent six hours a day at the gym trying to sculpt his abs.
-
From now back to the past, we can observe clearly that none of us is free.
-
I'm a big sports fan. College football is my favorite.
-
I have learned how to breathe, to use my cords differently. I had been tilting my head in a way when I talked that wasn't good for my throat. I've been working on all of that, and it seems to be helping.
-
I wouldn't be comfy going toe to toe launching a new scripted show against broadcast.
-
Transcendental Meditation, for me, has been a way of turning down the outside racket and turning up the bandwidth of instinct, intuition, concentration, attention. On the light ends, it's a power nap. On the strong ends, it's a giant battery, and that battery doesn't run out.
-
The new fashion is to talk about the most private parts of your life; other fashion is to repent of your excesses and to criticize the drugs that made you happy in the other times.
-
The markets make a good servant but a bad master, and a worse religion
-
Weird Al was something that kids would listen to. It's funny, super funny, smart. It's just kind of jokey. I remember hearing 'Smells Like Nirvana' before hearing 'Smells Like Teen Spirit.' That's how it really worked. I think it's just such a cool thing how he introduced us to so many cool bands. Even Queen - 'Another One Rides the Bus.'
-
My specialty at 'SNL' was doing triage. There was always a great need for someone to say, 'Make this funnier. Give me an ending for this. What's a better big laugh for this towards the end? What's a better physical joke in this?' And I just really, over time, honed that specific thing so well.
