Comedy Quotes by Kate McKinnon

10 Comedy quotes by Kate McKinnon

Kate McKinnon’s comedy thrives on eccentric characters and bold improvisation. Here are ten short excerpts that capture her playful energy and the spontaneous charm she brings to every joke.

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It's hard to write a comedy sketch.

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I was just never discouraged from doing something wacky like trying to be a comedian.

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My mom watches really obscure stuff on IFC. She's a real comedy fan. She knows everything that's going on.

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When I was on 'The Big Gay Sketch Show' I thought, 'Well, this is going well now, but then when it's over…

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Comedy has become, I think, a very important branch of public intellectualism. But it still ain't Washington.

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There was just a lot of comedy on the TV in the house, and my parents are both very funny.

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It's much easier for me to do an impression of someone real, because you and the audience begin with a baseline understanding…

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I admire my boss, Lorne Michaels. He never stops producing. I think, for him, comedy is a tool of compassion, a way…

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Comedy is a tool of togetherness. It's a way of putting your arm around someone, pointing at something, and saying, 'Isn't it…

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I was very serene, and I still am, until I start talking in another voice, then suddenly I have a lot of…

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I've never had a couch that needed to be cleaned or learned how to couch-clean in general. That feels too grown-up.

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You can't make the audience fall in love with a character you don't like.

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I feel like science and art are cousins.

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I work with some of the funniest writers in the country.

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It's hard not to be the straight man when Zach Galifianakis is there. He's such a delightfully bizarre creature. Everything he does is so…

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I love doing impressions of politicians because the task is always to imagine the private lives of these people whose job it is to…

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Some people look at movies and think, 'Oh my gosh, that's so amazing.' But to me, I look at a politician or a scientist…

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Everyone has some kind of light inside them.

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I love gross kissing. I think it's the most fun thing to do.

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It's hard to write a comedy sketch.

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If I had my druthers, I would be a brain in a jar, with a burlap skirt around the cart I'm on - I…

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Citizens, you will elect me - I will be your leader.

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