Jenny Slate Quotes
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It's strange: I've done so many things up until I did 'Obvious Child,' including writing children's books and making 'Marcel the Shell.' To me, the through-line is incredibly clear: it all comes from wanting to be connected to my own inner voice and not wanting to be on somebody else's agenda if that means that I can't be myself.
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People want to see comedies where characters aren't sacrificed for the jokes.
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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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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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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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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 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 really like it when things are earnest.
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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 just want to be able to be creative.
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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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I waited my whole life to be a woman, so now my clothes are fairly tight.
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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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It takes a while to realize that just because you're a stand-up comedian and you do comedy, you're not going to be good at all comedy.
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It's 2014, and the fact that anybody has to fight for the right to do what they want to do with their body in a safe and responsible way is infuriating.
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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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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'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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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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Comedy can be a little brutal, but not in a satisfying way.
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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.
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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 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 grew up idolizing Madeline Kahn and Lily Tomlin and Carol Burnett, Ruth Gordon, Rosalind Russell, Amy Irving, women who were stylish and real actresses who did real work and could not be replaced with anyone else. You cannot cast anyone else in Madeline Kahn's roles.