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Kristen Wiig

(1973) Comedian United States

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Kristen Wiig is a comedian from the United States, best known for Every Person in New York.

Quick Facts About Kristen Wiig

Born: August 22, 1973
Nationality: United States
Profession: Comedian
Notable works: Every Person in New York
Spouse: Hayes Hargrove

About Kristen Wiig

Kristen Carroll Wiig is an American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. First breaking through as a performer with the Los Angeles comedy troupe The Groundlings, Wiig achieved stardom in the late 2000s for her seven-season tenure on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (SNL) from 2005 to 2012.

Biography source: Wikipedia

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Quotes by Kristen Wiig

You have all this stuff going on in your head, like, 'I can't believe seven years has gone by, and I'm going…

Believe

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I took guitar lessons and recorded the song in New York. It was kind of a dream. I got to pretend I…

Art

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At parties, I'll start talking and notice everyone is looking at me and feel dumb and say, 'Forget it,' and then start…

Dumb

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I definitely ran with a pack of hoodlums, that's for sure.

Packs

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There are so many funny women in the world, and there has been for so many years, so I'll be happy when…

Comedy

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I would put Flintstones vitamins in it in case I got tired, so I could pop some and keep walking.

Cases

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I love kids. All my best friends have kids, and I love, love, love kids.

Best friend

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I can't see myself getting married again. Not because it left a bad taste in my mouth. I just don't know if…

Bad taste

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I don't rehearse a lot. I try to keep it organic. Even in movies, the less I rehearse, the better I am.

Trying

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I think no matter what kind of life you have, whether it looks one way to people or another way, you always…

Another way

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Mean comedy is not really something that I personally gravitate towards or something that I do.

Comedy

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There's something about a Christmas sweater that will always make me laugh.

Christmas

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I just like to walk around New York, just put my iPod on and walk around.

Ipods

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Make your own maxi pads: Go to a dollar store, buy a 24-pack of baby socks and some double-sided tape...

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I am a big David Bowie fan.

Bigs

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I wasn't rich.

Money

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A big part of being in a wedding is the financial obligation, and that's something that people don't really talk about, but…

Bigs

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I don't know if I even consider myself a comedian really - I do comedic acting in some films and dramatic in…

Acting

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Sometimes I need to blow off steam and go dance really hard.

Blow

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People sometimes get a little extra criticism when they try something that they don't normally do, but I think that's just a…

Art

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There's definitely a difference with men and women in comedy. If you wrote a list of the last 20 comedies in the…

Humor

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I studied with The Groundlings for many years and was in the main company there. For me I think that's how I…

Business

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I think people like to see the lives of artists that are legends. They always go through the dark periods and I…

Art

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Why can't there be a lot of great women who are doing great things?

Doing

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I used to carry my dad's empty guitar case around the neighborhood because I wanted people to think I played the guitar.…

Cases

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