Jennifer Coolidge Quotes
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The standup thing has been really fun, really seeing the United States instead of reading about it.
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When you're an actress, there are only a few times you can really get paid. One of them is doing a sequel. They can't fake you or hire another actor to play you.
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I wasn't funny. My brother was the funny one in the family.
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I can't get the serious roles. People don't see me that way.
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Keri Russell is one of the prettiest girls I've ever seen in my life. She's one of those girls that doesn't have that thing when you walk into the trailer in the morning, and your face is all bashed in - like a lot of actors, even the beautiful and handsome ones.
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When you leave L.A. and go to another city, guys are normal again. They like girls their own age.
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Unless you write your own movies... you can't really say what you want to say.
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I play so many weirdos in movies that it's nice to play an attractive woman.
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Standup is just dirtier, a far more risque kind of thing.
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Thank God for Stifler's mom. I don't know if life would be this fun if I didn't have that.
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I wanted to be a dramatic actress. Life doesn't go the way you think it's going to go.
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I have a storage unit, as I moved out of a bigger house into a smaller house in L.A. I put all my stuff in a storage unit, where I have the most amazing collection of bad paintings, which took me 10 years to put together.
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There is something about a phony that creeps me out so much.
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Meryl Streep was my hero. I wanted to be that type of actor more than anything.
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I get the gold-digger part six times weekly. I can play those women into the ground, but I don't want someone telling me that's all I can do.
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I do have to say, there is this incredible benefit to being older. I never thought I'd say that. I've figured out that show business isn't the end-all. I thought I'd never be tired of Hollywood, of the experience, and I have to say there's some relief. As you get older, your taste changes.
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I love that topic, the whole relationship thing, and I think that's why I love all this stuff, the Jane Austen stuff.
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'Best in Show' legitimized me, and it was a great experience in Vancouver for six weeks with all those dogs!
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I'm so lucky I got a career in my 30s because these young girls aren't allowed to have their 20s. It's all being documented.
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Gina Gershon was a year ahead of me in college.
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The one thing that has helped sustain my career as an actress and a comedian is that people generally view me as fundamentally stupid.
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It was always the cliche of men leaving their wives for younger women. The playing field is sort of even now. Women make their own salaries. They can do the exact same thing and can have a younger man.
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I kind of waited for opportunities to be handed to me. I think I was lazy, and when things didn't go right, I just said, 'Oh well.'
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If you're playing a character that someone doesn't like, that's okay, but if you're voicing your own opinions, they actually don't like you!