I say if you love something, set it in a small cage and pester and smother it with love until it either loves you back or dies.

My dad is funny in his own way, and so is my brother, but in terms of legitimately making a lot of people laugh, that's my mom. I inherit my sense of comedy from her.

I am the kind of person that is drawn to colors against my will.

Everyone has a moment when they discover they love Amy Poehler.

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Directing is exhausting, but not for the actual directing part, when you say "Action!" and give creative notes. As a director, the exhausting part is that you are a professional answer-machine.

I have a personality defect where I refuse to see myself as an underdog.