Kate McKinnon
Kate McKinnon

Basically hated everything made in the '80s, music television - it was really about the '90s for me. 'Encino Man' was a big hit. 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights.'

Kate McKinnon
Kate McKinnon

Everyone has some kind of light inside them.

Kate McKinnon
Kate McKinnon

I lost $6 in Atlantic City once and said, 'Never again.'

Kate McKinnon
Kate McKinnon

I can relate to pushing yourself because you want to help and move culture toward justice.

Kate McKinnon
Kate McKinnon

Getting recognized on the street is fine, but I never really wanted to be famous. I just wanted to have mastered the art of sketch comedy.

Kate McKinnon
Kate McKinnon

I work with some of the funniest writers in the country.

Kate McKinnon
Kate McKinnon

Comedy has become, I think, a very important branch of public intellectualism. But it still ain't Washington.

Kate McKinnon
Kate McKinnon

You can't make the audience fall in love with a character you don't like.

Kate McKinnon
Kate McKinnon

I had this dream in my head of, if I got hired by 'SNL, what that moment would be like. And I dreamed that I would, like, collapse on the sidewalk and cry to the heavens. I got this call, and it didn't happen naturally. But I did it anyway because I wanted to have that moment. So I did collapse.

Kate McKinnon
Kate McKinnon

I'm a physical comedian first - and I'm a woman before that.

Kate McKinnon
Kate McKinnon

I will not hear a word against him. I love my Bieber!

Kate McKinnon
Kate McKinnon

It just feels unnatural to me to broadcast anything other than the character I've created.

Kate McKinnon
Kate McKinnon

It's much easier for me to do an impression of someone real, because you and the audience begin with a baseline understanding of this person's life. And then if you subvert that in any way, it's a little comedy surprise.

Kate McKinnon
Kate McKinnon

'Mean Girls' stands the test of time as one of the greatest comedies ever produced. I've seen it way too many times, and I just think it's the most brilliant thing ever written. I love it so much.

Kate McKinnon
Kate McKinnon

I can't do choreographed movement. It has to come from my heart... and my pelvis.

Kate McKinnon
Kate McKinnon

I have only had positive interactions in relation to my impressions of people, which I'm happy because I do them with love, and I hope that the people who I do them of really like them.

Kate McKinnon
Kate McKinnon

Maddie Ziegler is the most amazing dancer I've ever seen, and I'm so obsessed with her. I was obsessed with her even before she did her first Sia video.

Kate McKinnon
Kate McKinnon

You just have to work super hard, and if you have a passion, that's the most beautiful thing in life, and you just have to bust out and do it, baby!