Amy Sedaris Quotes
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I swear I want to be a food model.
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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 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'm not ambitious.
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We're all used to seeing pretty people. I want to see real people.
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I always knew I didn't want kids, and I didn't want to get married.
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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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I love costumes. My dream growing up was always to have my own costume and prop shop.
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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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I feel so free and open to ideas, and I get inspired by everything.
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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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My favorite things often have a story behind them and are usually handmade or discovered at a flea market.
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I just like to have the ideas. Other people can help see them through.
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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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More men than women like 'Strangers With Candy'. Pretty girls don't like the show. They don't like to see an ugly lady.
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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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My father and I have a very good relationship. We always got along. But I always scold him.
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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 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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I have no desire to carry a movie.
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I have a lot of fake food in my apartment, but I'm picky about it. Old plaster food, like from the '50s is really nice, hollowed out paper-mache food from old plays - the new stuff just looks too good.
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I like to just make things... If I have the TV on, I'm not just going to sit there. I want to do something with my hands; I've always got a project. Or I get a small group of people over, and I say, 'Let's make these things today.'