All Amy Poehler Quotes
- When your children arrive, the best you can hope for is that they break open everything about you. Your mind floods with oxygen. Your heart… Arrive
- I grew up watching skating all the time in the Olympic stuff. All
- 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 own.… Better
- I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody's… All
- I hate Halloween. I hate dressing up. I hate - I wear wigs, makeup, costumes every day. Halloween is like, my least favorite holiday. Costumes
- In a recent Valentine's Day posting on her fan website, Britney Spears says that - oh, who cares? Britney
- Always remember your kid's name. Always remember where you put your kid. Don't let your kid drive until their feet can reach the pedals. Use… Always Remember
- Don't treat your heart like an action figure wrapped in plastic and never used. And don't try to give me that nerd argument that your… Action
- Try to keep your mind open to possibilities and your mouth closed on matters that you don't know about. Limit your 'always' and your 'nevers.' Closed
- I've always dreamed of growing up to be Amy Poehler. Always Dreamed
- I cannot stress enough that the answer to life's questions is often in people's faces. Try putting your iPhones down once in a while, and… Amazing
- Both conservatives and liberals watch 'Parks and Recreation,' and they each think the show is for them, which is really cool. 'SNL' was totally different.… Attention
- So, if you're doing good longform with talented people than you can step out and you can be the president or a construction worker and… Accept
- The earlier you learn that you should focus on what you have, and not obsess about what you don't have, the happier you will be. Earlier
- When I had a job catering, I catered a wedding for the Smashing Pumpkins bassist in Indiana. And I served Billy Corgan shrimp off a… Bassist
- When you're doing sketch comedy and you're pregnant, it's like wearing a giant sombrero in every sketch. Comedy
- 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 genius.… Actor
- I don't watch a lot of comedy. For relaxation and escape, I watch shows about how people survive bear attacks. Or old episodes of 'Law… Attacks
- I lived in Chicago for a few years and got a sense of - kind of that broad-shouldered, windy, um, stern, Midwestern, warm-slash-passive aggressive, wonderful… Adjective
- I worked at an ice cream parlor called Chadwicks. We wore old-timey outfits and had to bang a drum, play a kazoo, and sing 'Happy… Bang
- 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.… Any
- If you do a scene and you really like a character in it or a premise in it to write it down and to work… Audition
- 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… Almost Like
- Whenever I read stories of people doing huge pranks on set, all I think is, 'These people have too much time on their hands.' Besides,… All
- The great thing about taking big chances when you're younger is you have less to lose, and you don't know as much. So you take… Big