Amy Sedaris Quotes
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I swear I want to be a food model.
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It was more of their quirky show. It was more like a cult show. The ratings weren't really that high.
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You think in a different way when you don't have any money. The joy of poverty is that you use your imagination to come up with stuff.
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I wouldn't call myself a shut-in. I have the ability to leave my home; I just choose not to. But because I'm such a homebody, it's important to be surrounded by things I love.
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I'm not ambitious.
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I love theatrical props: a cup filled with solid fake tea, say, or a collection of fake food, including a rubber turkey, which, during the holidays, I wrap in tinfoil so it appears to have just come out of the oven.
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I just like to have the ideas. Other people can help see them through.
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We're all used to seeing pretty people. I want to see real people.
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I feel so free and open to ideas, and I get inspired by everything.
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People always think I'm Amy Poehler, which never bothers me. I mean, Amy Poehler is great.
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My father and I have a very good relationship. We always got along. But I always scold him.
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I love costumes. My dream growing up was always to have my own costume and prop shop.
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My favorite things often have a story behind them and are usually handmade or discovered at a flea market.
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I like to entertain in all aspects. When you're with somebody and you're out, you want to be entertained. I like to be around entertaining people. Even if they're bored, and you're in a convalescent home, there's something entertaining about that, in a way.
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I really don't like going out. I don't like restaurants because I don't like the idea of someone, a waitress, being responsible for my evening. I like seconds, and more, and lots of conversation, and I've always hated the idea that in a restaurant an evening just ends. I find that incredibly depressing.
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I like crafts that are made out of necessity because they're a little naive - you made it because you needed it.
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I like to make things, but I looked at old craft books on weaving or mosaics or whatever, I'm like, 'I don't really know anything about that stuff.'
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I always find something to keep me busy.
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If I know I have to memorize lines, I'm really gonna try to memorize lines. It's hard for me sometimes, because somebody wrote these words and you're trying really hard to get them the way they said it.
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People that know me know that I cook. I cook every night.
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I'm not a good storyteller. I always think I'm going to get interrupted, or something's going to get edited. I think that comes from being in a large family, so you have to get your story in really quick or someone cuts you off.
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I always knew I didn't want kids, and I didn't want to get married.
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I like to decide the night before Thanksgiving that I'm gonna do it, and I'll see what riff raff is around. Then I get that last-minute surge of energy. But if I had two weeks to plan, sometimes I wish I wasn't doing it. But very seldom does that happen.
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You know when you watch old movies, it's always the small parts you remember, the character actors who come in like a breath of fresh air.