Jane Lynch Quotes
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Will Ferrell in 'Talladega Nights.' He's a very generous performer. He's kind of just one of the guys, but his name happens to be above the title.
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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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When I was a kid, I wanted to be a boy. I really had gender issues.
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It has to come from a truthful place in order to be funny.
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My parents felt judged by me.
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I think my cruelty hides beneath the surface a lot more than Sue Sylvester's.
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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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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 I look back, I think I must have been hugely motivated. I would have loved for somebody to say, 'You go for it!' I just didn't have that.
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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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It's really fun to come to the same place to work every day.
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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 worried too much when I was a kid.
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I don't have to talk to a surgeon to play a surgeon, you know what I mean?
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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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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 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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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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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'm fascinated by Greta Garbo. My cat's named Greta, and I have a framed photograph of her from 1949.
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The comedians who I admire that are really good, they always take it to a deep psychological place.
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I've always sung. My dad had a song in his heart and on his lips 24/7. A lot of the time, it was the same song and the same phrase over and over again.
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It was my own internalised homophobia. I didn't want to be gay.