Losing yourself in the character opens you up in a way that no amount of precise preparation can.

There are different kinds of actors, and movie actors tend to be exceedingly precise and mechanical in a way that's really admirable for me to watch. You always learn from them.

I'm a liberal inside a liberal's body.

I'm friends with a lot of actresses, but my 'SNL' friends are my closest. The experience of working there is something of a battleground, a great one, but complicated. I think there's a deep connection for having survived that workplace.

It’s funny, there are so many women who are former executives and have taken all that stress and anxiety and transferred it onto their kids.

Be tenacious. Get as much stage time as possible.

I was inspired more by early Bette Midler. I do wear a fancy dress and very high heels - and extra high hair. My goal is to obliterate all earnestness.