Jenny Slate Quotes
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I don't have any horror stories of trying to start as a comedian and eating it constantly on stage.
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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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If I'm going to have baked goods in the morning, the rule is that I have to make them myself.
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We love rom-coms, but it's getting to where we don't identify with any of the women in them.
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If I'm not the best aunt in America, then I don't know what's going on.
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I think of my gender as a part of my complex humanity.
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There is something to grace and deportment, but you determine that for yourself. That's something you own.
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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.
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It was so quick for me on 'SNL.' It's not something I consider to be, like, one of the big spaces in my career.
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You don't have to be in the brightest, shiniest state of being an individual to feel like you're exceptional.
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I do think that character types trend. As a female comedian, the parts that come my way are often terrible women.
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That was something that I learned: It's actually okay if the way that I do my best is when I'm treated well.
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I'm tired of someone being called 'quirky' because they tripped or got a stain on their shirt. It's like a beautiful blonde lady who's quirky because she has bedhead, or she's quirky because she sometimes says the wrong, cute thing. I like it when women are quirky as human beings.
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I feel I have to be totally cemented in my position, all: 'You can't tell me what to do with my body', but there is another part of me that is, you know, myself: vulnerable, with lots of doubts.
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I would go so far as to say I would not have the life that I have right now if it wasn't for Gabe Liedman. He is the first person I met in my adulthood that I felt was truly delighted by me and understood me and also was curious about me.
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I think that, unfortunately, people who are maybe threatened by feminism think that it's about setting your bra on fire and being aggressive, and I think that's really wrong and really dangerous.
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I spend so much time hoping things for myself.
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I never noticed my voice. I did become aware as a little kid at camp that I liked doing accents. We'd do plays and skits, and I realized I loved speaking in voices that weren't my own.
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I don't like taking physical risks at all. I take a lot of emotional risks, and I don't feel like I need to get on a bike or a horse or jump off of anything ever.
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It's exciting to play someone who is a bit tougher than I am. I liked feeling those adjustments.
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I tend to be a bit of a workaholic, but I also can't function without some sort of domesticity as well.
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I think I was aware when I started doing stand-up, especially on my own, that, yeah, I'm getting up on stage, and I'm a woman, and I dress in a sort of typically feminine fashion.
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I'm usually a fairly harsh critic. It depends. I tend to really not watch my work, because I just feel uncomfortable, and I can be highly critical.
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I want to write a studio movie, but probably one that's for me to be in.