I believe that truth is one of the most powerful tools we possess against victimization, exploitation, and fear.
I hope that everyone has the opportunity, whatever their work environment may be, to be surrounded by people that they respect and are inspired by.
I always say I owe my sense of humor to 'The Muppets' because I didn't necessarily know what was going on when I watched 'The Muppet Show,' and obviously, 'Sesame Street' was made just for me.
The good thing about being in San Francisco is it's a city that seems to have the flexibility and undefined boundaries.
Both my parents were high school teachers, and they were beloved high school teachers, so I constantly meet people through my dad's life where they'd be like, 'Your dad changed my life. He's the reason I became a lawyer. He's the reason I started writing. He's the only reason I stayed in school.'
I have such respect and awe for journalists who are able to communicate important information to the masses without sobbing.
'Bridesmaids' was phenomenal. It deserves every accolade it's gotten, and it's exciting for every woman in comedy.
I'm always so impressed by people who can just stay super mellow and still be extremely funny.
I love doing comedy. But sometimes, that exists at sort of the mid-level to the high-comedy level of craziness, and I don't necessarily get to plumb the depths of kind of serious acting as often.
I can't believe I managed to go through a liberal-arts and theater education and take all these women's-studies classes and never have addressed that the 'Muppets' were all boys, except for one pig who was obsessed with herself!
I just love the geeky comedy boys! Those are the guys I go for.
I love the podcast medium. I really like the intimacy of it. You're just listening to voices in your ears.
I was raised by a dad who has a fantastic sense of humor who raised me on 'The Muppet Show,' Steve Martin movies, and Woody Allen's standup, and he really encouraged me to ham it up from an early age.
I'm just a huge dork, and I hope I always am.
When you share something about your adolescence, it's a way to roll over and show your soft underbelly when it comes to talking about your past and the person that you once were.
One of the things I've learned in playing a character like Becca from 'You're the Worst' is that there really is such a joy and freedom in behaving badly and in being a character that you do roll your eyes at. She's just so delicious to loathe.
I think there's part of me that's longing to play a Sherlock Holmes or sort of a House character, like a real detective. Like a real, moody detective. Like a real, sarcastic, mentally ill detective. I think it would be really fun to do something like that.
I guess I knew I was a people person, but I didn't know how much till I had a podcast.
It's great to be an actor, and it's great to embody something more than who you are.
If you go to my house, it's not like I'm 5, but I definitely have a lot of toys and weird, tiny miniatures.
