Some people look at movies and think, 'Oh my gosh, that's so amazing.' But to me, I look at a politician or a scientist and think, 'They're creating the content of humanity.'
There was just a lot of comedy on the TV in the house, and my parents are both very funny.
I love Jared Hess' movies. He's such a weirdo and such a nice, funny guy.
Progress, real progress, makes me cry harder than anything. When the world itself grows.
I worked as a telemarketer for an SAT-prep company. That was the worst of it, because I had to call people in post-Katrina New Orleans and offer them this very, very expensive SAT class. And I'm not even a good salesman.
I really like collections of things. I love antique botanical prints with a bunch of different weeds and seeds.
For an impression, I just find that I can do a lot of the people I love without much research, because I've already watched hours and hours of them on video and it seeped into my brain while I wasn't thinking about it.
It's hard to write a comedy sketch.
My mom watches really obscure stuff on IFC. She's a real comedy fan. She knows everything that's going on.
I think that any sort of fantasy or sci fi that is grounded in something that could ostensibly be real - 'Jurassic Park' being my favorite example - is that much more prescient because it means that much more. Maybe one day, what if?
I feel like science and art are cousins.
The first impression that I liked doing was an impression of Cheri Oteri's Barbara Walters impression on 'SNL.' I found that I could mimic that pretty well, and people got a kick out of that.
My most frequent collaborators at S.N.L. are the incredibly gifted writers Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider!
What's not to love about a crazy cat lady? You have to be very giving to be a crazy cat lady.
Even when Facebook came out, and I was in college, I found myself never putting anything on it.
I found I could speak louder and was more comfortable if I was doing it in someone else's crazy voice.
I was just never discouraged from doing something wacky like trying to be a comedian.
It's hard not to be the straight man when Zach Galifianakis is there. He's such a delightfully bizarre creature. Everything he does is so surprising. He's such a live wire. It's just so exciting to watch.
When I heard that Paul Feig was directing an all-female 'Ghostbusters,' I was prepared to do anything to be a part of this, to be a part of what sounded like an incredible project.
That's the one criteria I have - I can't do an impression of someone I don't like.
