Jane Lynch Quotes
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When I was a young person, when I was in high school, we did a very emotional and wonderful - for us, life-changing - production of 'Godspell.' It really, really was the highlight of my high school time, and it was for everybody else in the cast, too.
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The world, universe, God, whatever you call it, has so much more in store if you just sit back and relax and do what's right in front of you.
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But now that I've matured, I've realized that - at the end of the day - what's really important is the work, not what people think of me.
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When you get out of school, you just go where the wind blows: Here's an audition; there's an audition. And before you know it, you're where you're supposed to be. And that was Second City.
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I've never been a cheerleader. It's so outside of my range of things I could ever do.
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I do like to go to movies. I like to be in the theater. I like the event of it.
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I was filled with angst all the time, but when it came down to it, I dove into what was in front of me, and I always did my best. I invested 100 percent. And that's what saved me.
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I auditioned for a one-act version of 'The Princess and the Pea' called 'The Ugly Duckling,' and I was cast as the King, starting a pattern of being cast in roles originally intended for men. I went to the first rehearsal, and I didn't get any laughs, and I choked and I quit. I walked away from it and joined the tennis team.
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It has to come from a truthful place in order to be funny.
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I know it sounds new age-y, but what I've truly come up with is that you really need to trust that you're on your own path, as long as you stay true to it and you show up, which is 99% of it.
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Television is really fertile ground, and it's because of platforms like Netflix and Hulu and, of course, the cable channels like HBO and Showtime.
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I've never really had specific goals and stuff like that - I think I sort of learned early on that if you kind of let life roll in at your feet, you will get a lot of great stuff if you are just aware and open to it.
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It was my own internalised homophobia. I didn't want to be gay.
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Football is very masculine and, to me, a metaphor for war.
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I love being in these ensemble comedy movies. I love working with a bunch of people and coming up with, you know, How can we make this moment funnier?
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The funniest people are usually the best actors, I believe.
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It's really fun to come to the same place to work every day.
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I think my cruelty hides beneath the surface a lot more than Sue Sylvester's.
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I worried too much when I was a kid.
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When I was a kid, we would get McDonalds on Christmas Eve, and that was a big deal because the closest one to the south side of Chicago was a 35 minute drive away. I remember opening the bag and smelling those fries, and even now when I smell them, it reminds me of Christmas Eve.
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You know 'Ninotchka?' I recommend it. It's kind of a mess, too. It was before, you know, we got slick editing tools, so it kind of chops along.
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When I was younger, I actually wanted to be in the spotlight. To have people want me, want to have a piece of me.
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When I'm not feeling good about how I look, I figure if I just buy the right piece of clothing, I'll feel all right.
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The comedians who I admire that are really good, they always take it to a deep psychological place.