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 Copy Share Image
Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing. Continue to share your heart with people… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Both conservatives and liberals watch 'Parks and Recreation,' and they each think the show is for them, which is really cool. 'SNL'… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Ignore what other people think. Most people aren’t even paying attention to you. — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Don't start a scene where two people are talking about jumping out of a plane. Start the scene having already jumped. If… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Any time you talk to anyone about something that they love, they're, like, their most beautiful. It's a cool gift to get… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Treat your career like a bad boyfriend... Your career wont take care of you. It won't call you back or introduce you… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
I asked people who have already finished books for advice, which is akin to asking a mother with a four-year-old what childbirth… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
If you're a good improviser, you improvise well enough that people think that you're doing a sketch. — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Opening your heart and being courageous and telling people that you care about them or like them or that you think they're… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
You have to remember that goodbyes are temporary because no one ever really leaves and nothing lasts forever. People are always with… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
I have withdrawal pains about not getting to work the people (on the show). — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Great people do things before they’re ready. They do things before they know they can do it. And by doing it, they’re… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
I think we should stop asking people in their 20s what they 'want to do' and start asking them what they don't… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
It's interesting that people always want to ask me and a lot of working mothers, how do you do it? And it's… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
It’s very hard to have ideas. It’s very hard to put yourself out there, it’s very hard to be vulnerable, but those… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
I want girls to feel that they can be sassy and full and weird and geeky and smart and independent, and not… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Most of the women in your life will outlast the men in your life. The Saturday Night Live ladies - Maya Rudolph,… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Try putting your iPhones down every once in a while and look at people's faces. — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Reading was a way to make friends or enemies, a way to discover how all these different people exist in the world… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
I don't watch a lot of comedy. For relaxation and escape, I watch shows about how people survive bear attacks. Or old… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
When youre a stay-at-home mother you have to pretend its really boring, but its not. Its enriching and fulfilling, and an amazing experience. And… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
I hope and assume that every good comedy writer, no matter the age, has a moment where they discover how great Cheers is. — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
I also think if you're an actor and you can improvise, when you go on an audition and you can improvise you're just a… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
It seems a strange thing, but once I was able to get past that kind of self-image problem, I was able to open up… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Sleep can completely change your entire outlook on life. One good night's sleep can help you realize that you shouldn't break up with someone,… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
Career is the stringing together of opportunities and jobs. Mix in public opinion and past regrets. Add a dash of future panic and a… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
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… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
The pressure of 'what are you going to do?' makes everyone feel like they haven't done anything yet. — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
I ate two waffles, a banana and cereal with blueberries. And that whas between my two breakfasts. — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
“[On getting older]: You can witness young people embarrassing themselves and get a thrill--that it's not you. You can watch them throw around their… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
