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"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"I really do believe that anything in life - any obstacle or challenge - can be made better with humor."
Amy Poehler
"When I began doing theatre in high school I saw that I could get laughs from people but I didn't really connect that to going on and becoming a comedian. I was interested in acting and while I was at... ...
Amy Poehler
"When you host a show you have to hopefully be funny at the top and set the tone for a really fun evening."
Amy Poehler
"Talented men are not threatened by talented women. They welcome them. And same way with real men."
Amy Poehler
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