Kristen Wiig Quotes

Don't do something just because someone else wants you to

I'm not as much a history person as an art person, but I mean, you can read history through art.

I lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, until eighth grade, and then my high-school years were in Rochester, New York.

I wish I had a lot of tattoos.

It sounds so cheesy, but there's something very powerful about looking in the mirror and asking yourself a question. Because I think it's really hard to lie.

I don't know if you can articulate an instinct.

The weddings that I've been in have been pretty mellow.

I do sort of gravitate towards smaller, indie-type movies.

I am a big David Bowie fan.

Even in this day and age, if you're not married, there are people who are like, 'Don't worry, it'll happen for you someday.'

I think no matter what kind of life you have, whether it looks one way to people or another way, you always have moments when you imagine a different life.

When you're on your deathbed you probably aren't counting the movies you've made.

Maybe studios don't want to see women acting in a way that isn't womanly. Maybe people don't.

I just like to walk around New York, just put my iPod on and walk around.

I'm one of those people that really pays attention to the music in films.

I definitely ran with a pack of hoodlums, that's for sure.

I am shyer than most people think.

I don't know about the romantic comedy route, although never say never.

There are so many funny women in the world, and there has been for so many years, so I'll be happy when people can just move on from that, and things can just be 'comedies' and not 'female' or 'male,' and everyone gets an equal opportunity.

I would never wear fur.

I don't rehearse a lot. I try to keep it organic. Even in movies, the less I rehearse, the better I am.

I feel there's so much pressure, especially for women, to declare what their life's going to be and what their career is, and are you married yet? Are you single? But you're 30. And girlfriends are so important. You can have a boyfriend or husband when you're 30, but you still need your girlfriends.

Don't become something just because someone else wants you to or because it's easy; you won't be happy. You have to do what you really, really, really, really want to do, even if it scares the s-t out of you.

I don't always just want to do the same thing.

I love the rain. It's my favorite weather.

I would put Flintstones vitamins in it in case I got tired, so I could pop some and keep walking.

It's a mystery to me what makes people laugh.

I hated speaking in public. I would miss school just so I wouldn't have to do it.

I can relate to having those people in your life that you feel are moving on to this great, big, normal life and you're like, 'What's wrong with me?'

You have all this stuff going on in your head, like, 'I can't believe seven years has gone by, and I'm going to miss all these people.' And I'm like, 'Oh, by the way, Mick Jagger is to my right, and I just danced a waltz with him.' So there's that.

At parties, I'll start talking and notice everyone is looking at me and feel dumb and say, 'Forget it,' and then start eating things.

I really, really want to go to Paris. I've never been.

I feel like women are asked their age more than men.

I always say I want to look haunted.

A big part of being in a wedding is the financial obligation, and that's something that people don't really talk about, but if you're asked to be in a wedding, you're gonna have to fork over some cash.

When you're a woman in your thirties, and maybe you don't really know what you want to do with your life, but it seems like everyone else does, and your best friend gets married, and it forces you to look at yourself. I don't know if I described that in a very funny way.

People sometimes get a little extra criticism when they try something that they don’t normally do, but I think that’s just a natural thing for artists. It’s like, "Okay, I did that, and now I want to try this."

I'd make a terrible surgeon. The fear of blood? Very high on my list.

Mean comedy is not really something that I personally gravitate towards or something that I do.

Sometimes I need to blow off steam and go dance really hard.

With improv, it's a combination of listening and not trying to be funny.

Women do get drunk, they do get sick and they do get food poisoning. It seems to be a bit of a surprise to people that they are seeing it.

I took guitar lessons and recorded the song in New York. It was kind of a dream. I got to pretend I was a recording artist for a couple days.

I wish I had less fear about creating my own parts.

When you go out of your comfort zone and it works there's nothing more satisfying.

There's something about a Christmas sweater that will always make me laugh.

For movies to get greenlit solely based on the success of other movies that have a lot of women in them? It's so ridiculous to me.

I enjoy being characters rather than myself.