The older I get, the more I appreciate what came before.

I had been wanting to do a musical for a really long time. I wanted people in New York to know that I can sing.

There was a male sketch group in my college. I was like why isn't there a female sketch group? So then I started doing sketch comedy and all that stuff. It just happened.

The older I get, the more I appreciate what came before.

I grew up in the Southern Baptist Church, where my father was a minister at music, so I sang in the church all the time.

I find more of an authenticity in people who are a little strange - so I really like characters who are just the tiniest bit weird. I find enormous comfort in that - someone who's kind of normal just doesn't feel as true.

I'm really tall - almost six feet - and my features tend to be extreme, especially on TV.