Amy Sedaris Quotes
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People that know me know that I cook. I cook every night.
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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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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.
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I failed first grade, which is my biggest problem. You always feel like a failure, like you're stupid.
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But I love how people who are musical, they know how to dress.
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Don't make anybody a homemade gift. Unless you're really good, or it's going to be really practical. If it's a little thing you think is cute 'cause you made it, just forget it.
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I live in the moment.
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My characters always like themselves.
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I'm not a first-place person.
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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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Whenever I do your show, sometimes I get a little check in the mail and then I take that check and buy a new pair of shoes, and then I wear those shoes the next time I do your show.
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I have a couple freeloader friends, but it's okay. I know they're gonna come in with their arms flying in the air empty-handed.
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I'd just much rather see an ugly person take the trash out than see somebody really pretty taking the trash out.
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I like to play unattractive people who think they're pretty. You can do what you want, but I prefer to look interesting.
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I never really take shortcuts. I was always one of those people who, instead of cutting across someone's yard on the way home from school, I would go to the end of the block and turn.
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I hate playing pretty or sane people. Most people are not attractive or all there.
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I can't imagine going to an all-girls school. I went to a public school.
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My kitchen's pink, like skin-tone pink, and I lowered my spice rack so it's eye level - it's true! - and my phone, so I can reach it when I fall, it's right there.
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Usually I'm the one asking somebody to do something because I don't know how to finish it. I'm like, 'Do this for me' because I'm just resistant to learning.
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I love cop shows and crime books and thrillers, and before I die I'm gonna play a cop.
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I'd rather have a part where you walk into a room and you leave. That's perfect for me.
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I'm always more attracted to the unattractive.
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David and Dad didn't get along too well growing up. I mean we all got along, but it was harder on David, because David wasn't going to be the son that Dad wanted. But now they're like best friends.
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Books are challenging and inspirational to me.