At the top of this list has to be "get in that ass". It's the ultimate Leonism to get you through life.

I tell people all the time, as I was going through my process of being a comedian or being an actor and a writer at SNL, I tell people that everything you do is all a piece of your puzzle to determine where you’re going to end up at.

Let me tell about Tennessee. If your car breaks down in Tennessee, you have just moved to Tennessee.

You can't take everything that is offered to you. I pass on a lot of stuff, because I truly believe that I will shine better if I could do it 200 percent rather than do it 80 percent and make it so-so.

There're rules to being the side chick. Rule number one: you're number two.

I'm putting on a suit and tie when I go see The Great Gatsby.

You know how you put peanut butter on a piece of bread and the bread falls - it never falls on the bread side down, it always falls peanut butter side down. That's because of gravity.