Jenny Slate Quotes
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When I was growing up, I was so fascinated by Mel Blanc and all of the different voices that he did for 'Looney Tunes' and watching Robin Williams record voice-over for the genie in 'Aladdin.' It always seemed to be a major honor - something you have to earn. Like people trust you when they want to have you there without seeing you.
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I think that there have been a lot of fear-based assertions that feminism is about aggression, and that is incorrect and untrue. Feminism is about equality; that's what it's about.
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You are not waiting for your life to start. It's going on right now.
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I think sometimes in comedy the characters are often sacrificed for the joke, and it's more important for it to be funny than for there to be love.
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I feel a lot of life in me and a lot of creative energy, and I think it's better suited somewhere it can run free.
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I got great sex education, and I always knew that if I wanted to be sexually active, I had to have safe sex.
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I think my friends would say I'm pretty goal-focused but whimsical.
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I didn't hit puberty until I was, like, 17, so I love to talk about that.
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Comedy can be a little brutal, but not in a satisfying way.
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People want to see comedies where characters aren't sacrificed for the jokes.
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I've become very interested in the ways things can change even with someone you've known for many years and you've committed to for life. How drastic can you damage things in the way you speak to someone?
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I think, from a really early age, I just wanted to be an actress. And I ended up doing comedy because it was the thing that kind of, like, came out of my nature the most easily. But, I've always wanted to do as many different kinds of performances - whatever I could.
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My grandfather was a lot like a white Jewish George Jefferson, and he did not enjoy my work very much.
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For some reason, I never watched Lifetime but just discovered it. I was like, 'Oh, it's all rom-coms!'
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I waited my whole life to be a woman, so now my clothes are fairly tight.
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I learned my lesson early in my career that it's not helpful to go and look at what other people's opinions are.
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I just really like it when things are earnest.
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I fidget and change my outfit a lot. It's really a way of keeping myself comfortable.
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A woman who is not ready to have a baby making it work is not a happy ending to me. It's a personal nightmare.
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I guess some people want to be performers because they want to be famous.
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Don't think twice. If it's a character that you feel compelled to play and story that you feel needs to be told, don't think twice.
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I always wanted to be a children's author, and I have a really big library of children's books. All the ones from when I was little, they are just so beautiful. I read kids' books, and they calm me down.
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I just want to be able to be creative.
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It's not good for me to see things while they're being edited. I can be highly critical, so I try to stay away.