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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When you leave L.A. and go to another city, guys are normal again. They like girls their own age.
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I can't get the serious roles. People don't see me that way.
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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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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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I wasn't funny. My brother was the funny one in the family.
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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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There is something about a phony that creeps me out so much.
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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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Gina Gershon was a year ahead of me in college.
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I don't think my career would be as good if I were a serious actress. Comedy is less age-conscious.
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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 wanted to be a dramatic actress. Life doesn't go the way you think it's going to go.
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Werner Herzog, when I auditioned for 'Bad Lieutenant,' he had never seen any of my films. He thought I was this actress living in New Orleans and it was my first job.
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I was the cocktail waitress, and Sandra Bullock was the host, and this guy came in and persuaded me to try improv with Gotham City Improv.
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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 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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Unless you write your own movies... you can't really say what you want to say.
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The minute I started doing comedy, the doors opened.
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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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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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There are some people who make you feel less lonely.