voice actress Quotes

"The creation of the UCB Theatre is by far my proudest professional accomplishment."

"If you can surf your life rather than plant your feet, you will be happier."

"Education is power, it changes your whole life, it can create a life for yourself. So the more educated you are, the more you learn about what you care about, you become a more caring person. And if you can...

"It likes it when you don’t depend on it. It will reward you every time you don’t act needy. It will chase you if you act like other things (passion, friendship, family, longevity) are more important to you. If your...

"I find that, in general, the amount of sharing men do with each other in one year is about the same as what I share with my female friends while we wait for our cars at the valet."

"If you do a scene and you really like a character in it or a premise in it to write it down and to work on it so that you can have five or six characters that you can pull...

"Aw, I feel bad if [Taylor] was upset. I am a feminist, and she is a young and talented girl. That being said, I do agree I am going to hell. But for other reasons. Mostly boring tax stuff."

"Take your risks now; as you become older, you become more fearful and less flexible. And I mean that literally. I hurt my knee this week on the treadmill, and it wasn't even on."

"I have these meetings with really powerful men and they ask me all the time, 'Where are your kids? Are your kids here?' It's such a weird question. Never in a million years do I ask guys where their kids are....

"I've failed a million times on stage. I've listened to notes that I knew weren't right. I've pitched ideas and let other people change them, knowing that it was the wrong choice. The question you have to ask yourself is:...

"You become more attractive when you love yourself. You ATTRACT the right things when you have a sense of who you are."

"Any actor or actress that tells you that they don't watch their stuff is lying."

"I ate two waffles, a banana and cereal with blueberries. And that whas between my two breakfasts."

"Change is the only constant. Learn to surf your life instead of planting your feet."

"I find my relationships at 40-plus are really emulsified, juicy relationships because you have more of a sense of who you are and who you want to be around."

"I like bossy girls. I always have. I like people filled with life."

"Well, the first thing we do is take our brain out and put it in a drawer. Stick it somewhere and let it tantrum until it wears itself out. You may still hear the brain and all the shitty things...

"The only way we will survive is by being kind. The only way we can get by in this world is through the help we receive from others. No one can do it alone, no matter how great the machines...

"Rooting for other people's failure does get in the way of your success...when you can wish good things for people and rejoice when they get it, so many gifts and blessings come to you that you can't even imagine."

"Just breathe. Sometimes you're only a few breaths away from feeling better."

"I hope and assume that every good comedy writer, no matter the age, has a moment where they discover how great Cheers is."

"I just want to help other women achieve as much as they can in society without restraints being imposed on us. It's the most natural and normal thing to want to defend your rights to equal opportunities, equal pay for...

"I have a boyfriend who knows how to settle me. He puts his hand on my chest and tells me boring stories. On one of our first nights together I woke up apologizing for my snoring and he pulled out...

"Sleep can completely change your entire outlook on life. One good night's sleep can help you realize that you shouldn't break up with someone, or you are being too hard on your friend, or you actually will win the race...

"It is time to leave. Oprah has spoken."

"Earlier today former Vermont Governor Howard Dean became the new head of the Democratic National Committee -- no word on who will be the neck."

"I had already made a decision early on that I would be a plain girl with tons of personality, and accepting it made everything a lot easier. If you are lucky, there is a moment in your life when you...

"I think chemistry is about not acting, but reacting, and not talking, but listening."

"I used to get my hair dyed at a place called Big Hair. It cost $15. They just used straight bleach, so my hair was the color of white lined paper, and my eyebrows looked like they were done with...

"I had no idea how to get guys to notice me. I still don't. Who cares?"

"An interesting thing about the beginning of our friendship and professional collaboration [with Tina Fey] was that the improve scenes we would do together were basically dramatic and not funny at all."

"I think we should stop asking people in their 20s what they 'want to do' and start asking them what they don't want to do. Instead of asking students to 'declare their major' we should ask students to 'list what...

"Telling me to relax or smile when I'm angry is like bringing a birthday cake into an ape sanctuary. You're just asking to get your nose and genitals bitten off."

"Meryl Streep is not here tonight. She has the flu - and I hear she's amazing in it."

"I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody's passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn't mind leading."

"If boys say something that's not funny, you don't have to laugh."

"I like to do things that challenge me and make me nervous."

"I think we should stop asking people in their twenties what they 'want to do' and start asking them what they don't want to do."

"I think if I have established anything in my book, it's that a key element of being my friend is being comfortable with my forced fun."

"Be yourself! And then tell us about it! And then let's dance!"

"It's easier to be brave when you're not alone."

"You deserve love and you'll get it."

"Don't start a scene where two people are talking about jumping out of a plane. Start the scene having already jumped. If you are scared, look into your partner's eyes. You will feel better."

"I asked people who have already finished books for advice, which is akin to asking a mother with a four-year-old what childbirth is like."

"It's interesting that people always want to ask me and a lot of working mothers, how do you do it? And it's like well, just like everybody else. It proves it's a bad question."

"When you're doing sketch comedy and you're pregnant, it's like wearing a giant sombrero in every sketch."

"It's nice to be short, because people expect less from you."

"Sometimes you need to know to quit while you're ahead or at least before things get much worse!"

"The minute anyone makes you feel weird and non-included or not supported, you know, either beat it or tell them to beat it."

"If the goal is doing good stuff and working with your friends ... if you’re doing that then you’re succeeding."

"You have to remember that goodbyes are temporary because no one ever really leaves and nothing lasts forever. People are always with us, because they are in our hearts and in our memory. The only thing we can depend on...

"I've grown tired of smoke and mirrors. I yearn for the clean, well-lighted place."

"I get a bit nervous because I just want the show to go well. I think you always have to be a little bit nervous, or else you're a little checked-out, and that's maybe the time when you're not doing...

"Hey, guess what? Turns out the free market? Not so free. Wall Street was hit hard Monday when Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, Merrill Lynch was sold to Bank of America, and insurance giant AIG neared a collapse of its...

"When your children arrive, the best you can hope for is that they break open everything about you. Your mind floods with oxygen. Your heart becomes a room with wide-open windows. You laugh hard every day."

"It’s never overreacting to ask for what you want and need."

"Always remember your kid's name. Always remember where you put your kid. Don't let your kid drive until their feet can reach the pedals. Use the right size diapers... for yourself. And, when in doubt, make funny faces."

"I think going from laughing to crying to laughing to crying - making those quick turns adds years to your life."

"I am tired of being tired and talking about how tired I am."

"I have withdrawal pains about not getting to work the people (on the show)."

"Don't treat your heart like an action figure wrapped in plastic and never used. And don't try to give me that nerd argument that your heart is a 'Batman' with a limited-edition silver bat-erang and therefore if it stays in...

"Reading was a way to make friends or enemies, a way to discover how all these different people exist in the world and to rub shoulders with them. The ability to feel as if you have met someone, as if...

"When young girls are encouraged to explore what they find interesting, they grow up to be interesting women."