"As an actor, you can certainly, at any moment and at any time, discover 400 people who think you're stupid, fat and ugly." Amy Poehler personal-growth acting comedy humor relationships satire self acceptance 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"Girls have to fight against a lot of the same stuff we did growing up... peer pressure, exploitation, etc. But what worries me the most is this trend that caring about something isn't cool. That it's better to comment on... Amy Poehler Life lessons advice feminism women 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"I would love to do a serious period drama. Oh, absolutely. I mean, you'll find most comedians want to do more serious stuff, most musicians want to be comedians, and most serious actors want to be musicians." Amy Poehler relationships acting comedy media pop culture 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"The earlier you learn that you should focus on what you have, and not obsess about what you don't have, the happier you will be." Amy Poehler Life lessons advice mindset personal-growth 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"Don't treat your heart like an action figure wrapped in plastic and never used." Amy Poehler relationships advice 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"I'd say any good set or any comedy that I've worked on, that's worked, has been comedians pitching ideas back and forth to each other. A lot of like, 'What if you say this? What about this?'" Amy Poehler comedy acting career media pop culture work 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"Calling people 'sweetheart' makes most people enraged." Amy Poehler relationships 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"Sleep helps you win at life." Amy Poehler well being 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"Any time you talk to anyone about something that they love, they're, like, their most beautiful. It's a cool gift to get to talk to people about what they love." Amy Poehler relationships 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"I cannot stress enough that the answer to life's questions is often in people's faces. Try putting your iPhones down once in a while, and look in people's faces. People's faces will tell you amazing things. Like if they are... Amy Poehler Life lessons advice mindset random observations relationships well being 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"No one looks stupid when they're having fun." Amy Poehler humor satire self acceptance 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"Dreams never wear you down." Amy Poehler mindset advice 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said that New Orleans, when rebuilt, will be a chocolate city. And he will be the delicious nut in the center." Amy Poehler city current events humor Life politics satire 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"Believe me, blond hair can take you really far, especially with the older men. It can really distract from the face. I am convinced I could have had sex with both Tony Bennett and John McCain if we weren't each... Amy Poehler humor random observations satire 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"I had to come to terms with how I saw myself. I had to understand that I wasn't pretty or beautiful like most actresses and that I shouldn't care about whether other people found me attractive or not." Amy Poehler personal-growth mindset self acceptance 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"It doesn't matter how much you get; you are left wanting more." Amy Poehler personal-growth mindset 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"Keep your virginity for as long as you can, until it starts to feel weird to you. Then just get it over with." Amy Poehler general 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"A new poll reveals that 56% of Americans believe that Wal-Mart is bad for the country, while the other 44% work there." Amy Poehler personal-growth advice career current events politics work 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"Watching great people do what you love is a good way to start learning how to do it yourself." Amy Poehler Life lessons Education personal-growth relationships 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"I don't think a man who is fifteen years younger than me should tell me he is proud of me unless he is my sober coach or my time-travel dad." Amy Poehler career advice work 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"I have realized that mystery is what keeps people away, and I've grown tired of smoke and mirrors. I yearn for the clean, well-lighted place. So let's peek behind the curtain and hail the others like us. The open-faced sandwiches... Amy Poehler Life lessons personal-growth relationships well being writing 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"Because of various security lapses, some senators are calling for a probe of the security at the offices of the Department of Homeland Security. The investigation will be conducted by the Department of Irony." Amy Poehler current events humor politics satire 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"Open-faced sandwiches take risks and live big and smile with all their teeth. These are the people I want to be around." Amy Poehler relationships advice 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"Ladies like improv stilts, and I think men like improv giant cocks. But one of the great things about improv is that you get to play some roles you'd never get to play otherwise, you know, like the old Italian... Amy Poehler comedy acting advice 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"Improvisation is almost like the retarded cousin in the comedy world. We've been trying forever to get improvisation on TV. It's just like stand-up. It's best when it's just left alone. It doesn't translate always on TV. It's best live." Amy Poehler Life lessons acting advice comedy media mindset pop culture 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"When you're a stay-at-home mother you have to pretend it's really boring, but it's not. It's enriching and fulfilling, and an amazing experience. And then when you're a working mother you have to pretend that you feel guilty all day... Amy Poehler career advice feminism mindset self acceptance women work 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"The French have launched their own version of Google, called Quaero. You just type in the subject you're interested in, and Quaero refuses to look it up for you." Amy Poehler general 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"I want girls to feel that they can be sassy and full and weird and geeky and smart and independent, and not so withered and shriveled. (The American Apparel ads) I'm over this weird, exhausted girl. I'm over the girl... Amy Poehler feminism advice media pop culture self acceptance women 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"I'd like to think that I don't have a stock character that I go to. I'm lucky in that when you get to initiate your own scene, you get to play whoever you want. That's really kind of cool, but... Amy Poehler comedy acting advice self acceptance 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"Some people get in the way of change happening. Some people spend their whole careers thinking they can make a difference. Other people want to do as little as possible to get the day done." Amy Poehler career mindset work 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"Sleep and I do not have a good relationship. We have never been good friends. I am constantly chasing sleep and then pushing it away. A good night's sleep is my white whale. Like Ahab, I am also a total... Amy Poehler relationships career humor satire well being work 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"My phone is trying to kill me. It is a battery-charged rectangle of disappointment and possibility. It is a technological pacifier." Amy Poehler advice random observations 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"A top McCain policy adviser claimed this week that McCain's work in the Senate helped create the BlackBerry, saying, 'You're looking at the miracle that John McCain helped create.' He then handed the BlackBerry to McCain, who attempted to withdraw... Amy Poehler career current events politics work 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"People who read are people who dream, and we connect through the stories we live and tell and read." Amy Poehler relationships writing 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"Saying "yes" doesn't mean I don't know how to say no, and saying "please" doesn't mean I am waiting for permission." Amy Poehler advice 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"Emotions are like passing storms, and you have to remind yourself that it won't rain forever. You just have to sit down and watch it pour outside and then peek your head out when it looks dry." Amy Poehler personal-growth mindset self acceptance 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"I was the daughter of teachers, so school was always very important. I liked it." Amy Poehler mindset advice Education 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"The answer to a lot of your life's questions is often in someone else's face. People's faces will tell you amazing things. Like if they are angry, or nauseous, or asleepTry to keep your mind open to possibilities and your... Amy Poehler relationships advice mindset random observations well being 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"If I wanted to see Jonah Hill masturbate at a pool party, I'd go to one of Jonah Hill's pool parties." Amy Poehler media pop culture 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"Great people do things before they're ready...You might find out something about yourself that's really special and if you're not good, who cares? You tried something." Amy Poehler personal-growth advice mindset 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"My idea of the perfect exercise class is this: The teacher gives us all a hug and goes, “You did it! You showed up! Let’s lie down.” We all lie down and she’s like, “How is everybody feeling?” We’re like,... Amy Poehler humor satire well being 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"We were also performing. We'd give them a list of, like, 'Here's how we want to be introduced' They'd be like, 'Great' And then 5 minutes later they'd come back, 'Bad news: we lost your list. But good news: we've... Amy Poehler comedy acting current events politics 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"Be easy on yourself. Have fun. Only hang around people that are positive and make you feel good. Anybody who doesn't make you feel good, kick them to the curb. And the earlier you start in your life the better.... Amy Poehler Life lessons mindset personal-growth relationships self acceptance 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"Nice manners are the secret keys to the universe." Amy Poehler general 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"I am a firm believer that every few years one needs to shake one's life through a sieve, like a miner in the Yukon. The gold nuggets remain. The rest falls through like the soft earth it is." Amy Poehler Life lessons personal-growth 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"The only thing we can depend on in life is that everything changes. The seasons, our partners, what we want and need. We hold hands with out high school friends and swear to never lose touch, and then we do.Change... Amy Poehler Life lessons mindset personal-growth relationships well being 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"Sometimes painful things can teach us lessons that we didn't think we needed to know." Amy Poehler Life lessons advice relationships 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"When you feel scared, hold someone's hand and look into their eyes. And when you feel brave, do the same thing. You are all here because you are smart. And you are brave. And if you add kindness and the... Amy Poehler Life lessons personal-growth relationships 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life." Amy Poehler Life lessons personal-growth relationships 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"You have to be where you are to get where you need to go." Amy Poehler general 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"President Bush on Monday defended U.S. interrogation of terrorists, saying 'We do not torture.' He added, 'We freedom electrocute.'" Amy Poehler current events politics 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"Everybody is interesting when they are interested in something." Amy Poehler relationships mindset 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"Doing what you're afraid of, getting out of your comfort zone, taking risks like that- that's what life is." Amy Poehler Life lessons advice mindset personal-growth 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"I get a little itchy if I don't have some control." Amy Poehler personal-growth advice 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"There's power in looking silly and not caring that you do." Amy Poehler self acceptance humor satire 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"I grew up watching skating all the time in the Olympic stuff." Amy Poehler random observations 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"If you are lucky, there is a moment in your life when you have some say as to what your currency is going to be. I decided early on it was not going to be my looks. " Amy Poehler Life lessons self acceptance 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"Being snubbed is not always a bad thing at awards shows because you end up getting a lot of people coming up to you and telling you how great you are." Amy Poehler relationships career media pop culture self acceptance work 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"Most of the women in your life will outlast the men in your life. The Saturday Night Live ladies - Maya Rudolph, Rachel Dratch, Tina - and I text pictures of our kids back and forth all the time. It... Amy Poehler Life lessons feminism relationships women 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"Symmetry is pleasing but not as sexy. Einstein is cool but Picasso knows what I'm talking about." Amy Poehler relationships advice self acceptance 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"I really do believe that anything in life - any obstacle or challenge - can be made better with humor." Amy Poehler Life lessons acting comedy personal-growth 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"As you navigate through the rest of your life, be open to collaboration. Other people and other people's ideas are often better than your own. Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time... Amy Poehler Life lessons mindset personal-growth relationships 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"The great thing about taking big chances when you're younger is you have less to lose, and you don't know as much. So you take big swings." Amy Poehler advice 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy