The only way I could get comfortable around people was to make them laugh. — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
In real life, people in the most dire situations must cope through humor. — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you're doing a comedy, the director will yell out "alts" and then the director gets the first laugh. — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
When humor works, it works because it's clarifying what people already feel. It has to come from someplace real. — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
Finally the world would see my full range of comedy characters - from grouchy librarian to Russian librarian. — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
Only in comedy, by the way, does an obedient white girl from the suburbs count as diversity. — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
You don't just decide to destroy a person by making up stuff, and no one at 'SNL' is writing to go after… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
Will Ferrell is a dangerous man. If he thinks you're in his way in show business, he will crack your head open.… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
At some point, you realize that people might be laughing at your jokes because they're afraid not to laugh. — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
The ladies of comedy now are comfortable dressing up. It's not forbidden anymore. — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
“My Mouth Goes into Politics. The Rest of Me Is Forced to Follow. After the Writers Guild of America Strike that Changed… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
The comedy for the Democrats is that they're showing off too much. They need to be putting a boring white guy out… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
“Anytime there's a bad female stand-up somewhere, some dickhead Interblogger will deduce that “women aren't funny.” Using that same math, I can… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
I really admire stand-up, and I think I would have loved to learn how to do it. I think it's terrifying and… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
You all watched a sketch about feminism and you didn't even know it because of all the jokes. It's like when Jessica… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
If you want to make an audience laugh, you dress a man up like an old lady and push her down the… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
“We work long hours at these shows, and no matter how funny someone's writing sample is, if they are too talkative or… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
Someone once said that to make a regular person laugh, you need to dress a guy up like an old lady and… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
“The first rule of improvisation is AGREE. Always agree and SAY YES. When you're improvising, this means you are required to agree… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
There are a couple of things I want to impart to ladies who want to be in comedy: One, you don’t have… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
“...Whenever someone says to me, 'Jerry Lewis says women aren't funny,' or 'Christopher Hitchens says women aren't funny,' or 'Rick Fenderman says… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
“The second rule of improvisation is not only to say yes, but YES, AND. You are supposed to agree and then _add… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
We're all comedy fans in my family. My parents mainly wouldn't let me watch stuff that was either annoying to them, or… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
“Maybe we women gravitate toward comedy because it is a socially acceptable way to break rules and a release from our daily… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
I never dreamed I would receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, mostly because my style is so typically Austrian. — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
“[T]he definition of 'crazy' in show business is a woman who keeps talking even after no one wants to fuck her anymore.” — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
I love to play strippers and to imitate them. I love using that idea for comedy, but the idea of actually going… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
The only way I could get comfortable around people was to make them laugh. I was an obedient girl, and humor was… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
“That night's show was watched by ten million people, so I guess that director at The Second City who said the audience… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
I want every day to be the most boring news day ever. I want every day to be about spelling bee champions… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
After college, I knew I wanted to work in comedy, so the first thing I did was go to where the comedy… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
I really like John McCain. He's an awesome dude and was a lot of fun when he hosted "SNL." I'd love to see a… — Tina Fey Copy Share
You mostly know that you want to be funny, know that you have the desire. It's not like people who grow up beautiful and… — Tina Fey Copy Share
Whatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don’t just sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles. — Tina Fey Copy Share
Pentagon records show that at least 8,000 members of the all-volunteer U.S. Army have deserted since the Iraq war began. Hey, at least somebody… — Tina Fey Copy Share
“That summer I got to know four families in which half the children were gay. In case you’re interested from a sociological point of… — Tina Fey Copy Share
You can be a little bit darker and rougher on the stage, partly because when you're in the theater, people have come to see… — Tina Fey Copy Share
“To this day, all I know is there are between two and four openings down there and that the set up inside looks vaguely… — Tina Fey Copy Share
Wafah Dufour bin Laden, niece of Osama bin Laden has signed a contract to star in a reality show... called Skating with the Nieces… — Tina Fey Copy Share
It's not vanity, because if you look weird, it will distract from what your trying to do. If you look as good as you… — Tina Fey Copy Share
Sometimes, you can feel or see how a movie can... how you can do it. Sometimes it's just like seeing, "Can that work? Will… — Tina Fey Copy Share
“forward, women embraced their diversity and realized that all shapes and sizes are beautiful. Ah ha ha. No. I’m totally messing with you. All… — Tina Fey Copy Share
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