Kate McKinnon Quotes
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For 'Ghostbusters,' the thing that makes it such an amazing franchise and an amazing idea is that it is adds the element of physics and technology. It's not just about ghosts. Who the heck came up with that? It is such a good idea, such a unique combination of stuff from different genres. Ghosts and sci fi.
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I love Jared Hess' movies. He's such a weirdo and such a nice, funny guy.
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I do get approached occasionally, but not a ton. I'm unrecognizable because I'm coated in cat hair and sweat. And there's a sort of yeti quality to my presence... so I don't think that people can see the face.
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Even when Facebook came out, and I was in college, I found myself never putting anything on it.
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Progress, real progress, makes me cry harder than anything. When the world itself grows.
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I'm a physical comedian first - and I'm a woman before that.
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I found I could speak louder and was more comfortable if I was doing it in someone else's crazy voice.
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A good impression is sort of a juxtaposition of disparate elements.
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My mom watches really obscure stuff on IFC. She's a real comedy fan. She knows everything that's going on.
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I can relate to pushing yourself because you want to help and move culture toward justice.
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What's not to love about a crazy cat lady? You have to be very giving to be a crazy cat lady.
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I love gross kissing. I think it's the most fun thing to do.
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I think that any sort of fantasy or sci fi that is grounded in something that could ostensibly be real - 'Jurassic Park' being my favorite example - is that much more prescient because it means that much more. Maybe one day, what if?
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I started watching 'SNL' when I was thirteen or so; those were the Molly Shannon/Ana Gasteyer/Cheri Oteri years.
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You just have to work super hard, and if you have a passion, that's the most beautiful thing in life, and you just have to bust out and do it, baby!
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I have always had eclectic obsessions: astrophysics, music theory, the Mongol empire and its history, and the history of the Silk Road, to name a few.
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It's hard to write a comedy sketch.
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If I had my druthers, I would be a brain in a jar, with a burlap skirt around the cart I'm on - I don't attend to my physical being much.
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I admire my boss, Lorne Michaels. He never stops producing. I think, for him, comedy is a tool of compassion, a way of rallying people together and saying, 'Guys, isn't the world bonkers? Aren't we all just trying our best?' There's a tenderness in everything he does.
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You've gotta believe in yourself, and you just have to work harder at it than you've ever worked at anything before in your life. And if you keep doing that and keep believing in yourself, great things do happen.
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Comedy has become, I think, a very important branch of public intellectualism. But it still ain't Washington.
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Getting recognized on the street is fine, but I never really wanted to be famous.
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I just like playing unique characters that I love.
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I have only had positive interactions in relation to my impressions of people, which I'm happy because I do them with love, and I hope that the people who I do them of really like them.