Cecily Strong

Food can be mean to me, but I love it anyway.

— Cecily Strong

You have to put work into relationships to keep them fun.

— Cecily Strong

What can I say about Brian Williams. Nothing, because I work for NBC.

— Cecily Strong

I like Instagram - I love pictures, I just dont take them very often.

— Cecily Strong

Your hair is so white now it can talk back to the police.

— Cecily Strong

I solemnly swear not to talk about Hillary's appearance, because that is not journalism.

— Cecily Strong

I grew up on 'S.N.L.,' doing all the sketches on the playground.

— Cecily Strong

People have confused playing devil's advocate with being intelligent.

— Cecily Strong

My parents are really funny. Laughter was a big part of my childhood. Of course, they tell a lot of bad jokes…

— Cecily Strong

I'm not high maintenance, and I'm not into a highly manicured man. I don't want to see a lot of hair product.

— Cecily Strong

I do Twitter, but I'm still not great on it - I'm not good at writing short little jokes, so my Twitter's…

— Cecily Strong

I'd like to be reincarnated as a French tart. They're so beautiful and delicate - they're like my opposite. I'm more of…

— Cecily Strong

When I write on 'SNL,' I've found I'm most productive while collaborating and joking with friends and not being firmly attached to…

— Cecily Strong

I love New York, but I don't like how it smells like hot pee and garbage in the summer. I feel like…

— Cecily Strong

I was voted funniest person in my middle-school yearbook. So I guess I was funny in middle school?

— Cecily Strong

I always feel the most validated and confident being around people that I find funny - having Fred Armisen laugh at a…

— Cecily Strong

Impressions are still kind of hard for me and not what I love to do the most, but with characters, I think…

— Cecily Strong

I think I'm always inspired by really, really funny, amazing women, but I'm also inspired by really funny, amazing men. I think…

— Cecily Strong

Hillary has her work cut out for her. Her Democratic challengers are a 'Who's Who' of 'who's that?' Jim Webb, Lincoln Chafee,…

— Cecily Strong

If you're a nerd, just be a nerd. That's way better than a nerd who's trying to be a hipster. And if…

— Cecily Strong

I've never been an impressionist. I was doing Sofia Vergara and Elizabeth Dole. I'm sometimes so low-confidence and self-aware, so characters that…

— Cecily Strong

I don't have the most confidence in the world, and I'd venture to say most women in comedy don't come from a…

— Cecily Strong

I'm not high maintenance, and I'm not into a highly manicured man. I don't want to see a lot of hair product.…

— Cecily Strong

I worked in a coffee shop called Buzz Cafe in Oak Park. I started when I was 14 or 15, washing dishes,…

— Cecily Strong

Feels right to have a woman follow President Obama, doesn't it?

— Cecily Strong

I'm generally happier and more easy going when it's warm outside.

— Cecily Strong

Paris is so beautiful. Mr. President, you should really think about going there sometime.

— Cecily Strong

I like Instagram - I love pictures, I just don't take them very often.

— Cecily Strong

I started doing professional theater and industrials in Chicago when I was a little squirt.

— Cecily Strong

My drama instructor suggested I try comedy. I was resistant at first because I considered myself a serious actor, but of course…

— Cecily Strong

Usually I'll just eat popcorn, but if theaters would sell me goat cheese and garlic with Triscuit crackers, I'd give them all…

— Cecily Strong

I'm a huge Bulls fan. I like an emotional backstory while watching sports. In my mind, all the players on the Bulls…

— Cecily Strong

I think of myself as kind of a hippy. Everyone around me says that's not the impression they get. They think I'm…

— Cecily Strong

I love so many cheeses. I like them hard and soft. I like cream cheese; I like cottage cheese... I'm a true…

— Cecily Strong

I've been slightly hypoglycemic since I was a kid, so I have to make sure I eat in the morning and get…

— Cecily Strong

I love to share food, especially if I made it or I'm particularly proud of what I ordered.

— Cecily Strong

Extra-dirty vodka Martinis - they're so easy to drink! I should really just drink olive juice; it'd be safer.

— Cecily Strong

I actually graduated from the Chicago Academy for the Arts. I think John Cusack did as well.

— Cecily Strong

If something awkward happens, laugh. I don't think I've ever dated a guy who couldn't laugh - even in bed, during intimate…

— Cecily Strong

I love people who aren't embarrassed. I'm always embarrassed, so it's always astonishing to me when people aren't like that.

— Cecily Strong