Carrie Brownstein (Carrie Rachel Brownstein) Quotes

I feel like I came in comedy's side door, and still feel very fraudulent in many ways.

Carrie Brownstein

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• It's really rare to come across a character, a show, or a movie that allows you to completely play four or five different characters within a season, let alone a week.

  

  Omari Hardwick
  • Different
  • Character
  • Movie

• When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.

  

  Randy Pausch
  • Men
  • Attention
  • Simple

• The Baltic Sea is becoming more and more polluted. Not everybody living near the shore of the Baltic Sea is protecting it. It is the water of life for countries like Finland and Sweden.

  

  Harri Holkeri
  • Life
  • Water
  • Sea

• We were fortunate to have the Russians as our childhood enemies. We practiced hiding under our desks in case they had the temerity to drop a nuclear weapon.

  

  Kary Mullis
  • Childhood
  • Hiding
  • Drop

• I don't invest in companies where my mental model is that they need to get themselves acquired in the next few years - or ever.

  

  Sam Altman
  • Years
  • Model
  • Invest

• Every show finds its groove, I would say. The first season is the season to figure out the dynamics, the workflow.

  

  Falk Hentschel
  • First
  • Say
  • Season

• Although the story of George and Lennie in 'Of Mice and Men' ends on a depressing note, there is a peculiar aura of human dignity in it, a hint of redemption.

  

  Jay Parini
  • Men

• The more I can hear, the more I can learn, the better off I'll be.

  

  Joe Sakic

• Everybody thinks people who promote PETA don't eat meat, but I think animals were made to be eaten.

  

  Dominique Swain
  • People

• Designing a product and understanding how it filters through into the market and into the rest of the company is very important to me.

  

  Alexander Wang
  • Important
  • Rest
  • Understanding

• Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

  

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

• I don't like it when you look too styled and wear one designer from head to toe.

  

  Jessica Szohr

• Put the right people in the right places, and then you trust them to do the right stuff.

  

  Dara Khosrowshahi
  • People
  • Trust

• There are big winners in Paul Ryan's 'Roadmap,' and you can guess who they are. He would cut taxes for the wealthy, completely eliminate the corporate income tax, and create a value added tax.

  

  Jan Schakowsky
  • Value

• Growing up, I was told I could be anything I wanted to be. There were no limitations restraining me just because I was a girl. Then I joined the military.

  

  Martha McSally
  • Up
  • Girl
  • Growing

• I wanted to design clothes to help build confidence.

  

  Jessie James Decker
  • Help
  • Confidence
  • Design

• My grandma actually put me in girdles when I was around nine or ten because I had hips even then, and she didn't want boys to be attracted to me. Having hips meant you were a full-grown woman, and I was too young for that.

  

  Coco Austin
  • She
  • Grandma

• I'm from Louisville, Kentucky, and nobody gets out of there. So I'm like, how am I gonna get out of there? Nobody else can. So it took some time. The struggle made me realize I didn't really want to be 'normal' anymore.

  

  Bryson Tiller
  • Time
  • Struggle

• It is such a social thing, laughing. Two thousand people in a room laughing is such a great buzz and they tend to laugh much more in a group.

  

  Jimmy Carr
  • People
  • Great

• The thing is, comedy's gone in a weird direction. People are really into ironic comedy and fakeness and cleverness.

  

  Louis C. K.
  • People
  • Comedy
  • Weird

• For me, I believe comedy's about taking risks, taking chances, working in a safe environment where you're comfortable making a fool of yourself. It's so critical, especially in comedy, to just have all those right pieces in place.

  

  Michael Spiller
  • Believe
  • Comedy
  • Environment

• The existing program, as it has been developed in the last 70 years, provides a stable monthly income that has prevented seniors, almost 50 percent from falling into poverty. I don't think we want to erode the principles of that system.

  

  Olympia Snowe
  • Poverty
  • System
  • Program

• Television is a lot of fun. It's faster-paced. The schedule is really desirable, I guess. But as far as films go, and I've only done a couple; film is like a definitive beginning, middle and end. You know your character's arch.

  

  Eric Dane
  • Done
  • Character
  • Fun

• I feel like I came in comedy's side door, and still feel very fraudulent in many ways.

  

  Carrie Brownstein
  • Comedy
  • Feels
  • Doors