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Paula Pell

(1963) Screenwriter United States

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Paula Pell is a screenwriter from the United States, best known for You Could Be a Knockout.

Quick Facts About Paula Pell

Born: April 15, 1963
Nationality: United States
Profession: Screenwriter
Notable works: You Could Be a Knockout
Spouse: Janine Brito

About Paula Pell

Paula Pell is an American comedy writer, producer, and actress. She worked as a writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2013. For her work on SNL and 30 Rock, she has been recognized with a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program and six Writers Guild of America Awards. In 2019, Pell was honored with the Herb Sargent Award for Comedy Excellence.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy Series

Quotes by Paula Pell

I was half Catskills comedian, half 1800s matron.

Comedian

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I think, as a woman, you have to really make sure that you're taking care of yourself and make sure that you're…

Care

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I went to college at University of Tennessee.

College

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I grew up where the repercussion of you having an opinion was being 'cocky,' or people would be mad at you. And…

Better

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I have written before, but I was primarily an actor and improvisational performer.

Actor

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It takes a special kind of family to bathe together in their 40s.

Family

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I'd always be loaning my sister money, knowing full well I wasn't going to get it back. But she had the kids,…

Always

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I was born in Joliet, Illinois. It was totally Midwestern - small, little house, two great parents, and a sister and a…

Born

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I'm a late bloomer, so I'm going to embrace it all.

Embrace

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If you're hired to be a funny person, you have to trust your judgment but also be open because sometimes you think…

Day

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I've got my foot in 'Saturday Night Live,' and my heart is there in a lot of ways, but I'm really pushing…

Brain

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You're under the gun at all times because it's live TV. A lot of time, between dress and air, you're having to…

Dress

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Young, handsome men never flirt with me. I get heat from old dudes that run the parking garages.

Flirt

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It was really fun to start writing movies because you could actually take characters whose voice you enjoy writing in and have…

Fun

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All the women I've grown up with at 'SNL' and other areas, and even the women that work with Judd Apatow, all…

Great

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Twitter is really - I got very addicted to it just because it's so simple, and it's like a video game for…

Comedy

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My sister is three years older and super foxy, and I always looked like a 50 year old woman.

Always

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My specialty at 'SNL' was doing triage. There was always a great need for someone to say, 'Make this funnier. Give me…

End

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My sister was three years older than me, and she was like the stone-cold '70s fox. I looked like a short Polish…

Farm

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I've always felt, even with sketches, that if you don't care about these people, then it doesn't matter.

Always

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Everyone knows people like that: You're looking at their milky, glazed-over eyes, and you know they're not listening.

Eyes

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I'm a plus-size person, so when I tried to go into the Gap, I used to just walk out of there shaking…

Go

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I was always a bit of a class clown.

Always

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I think women are taking charge of the origins of a production, which is the most important part. Because you can't be…

I think

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It's easy to trick yourself into thinking something's funnier than it is.

Easy

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