You mostly know that you want to be funny, know that you have the desire. It's not like people who grow up beautiful and can look in the mirror and be like, I'm beautiful! Funny is more of a journey. And a desperate attempt.

Boyhood proves that there's still good roles for women over 40, as long as you get hired when you're under 40.

[Please let my daughter] not have to wear high heels.

Your characters should be as smart as you are, if not smarter.

When humor works, it works because it's clarifying what people already feel. It has to come from someplace real.

You mostly know that you want to be funny, know that you have the desire. It's not like people who grow up beautiful and can look in the mirror and be like, I'm beautiful! Funny is more of a journey. And a desperate attempt.

When I started on 'Saturday Night Live,' I had the choice of wearing contact lenses, which I had never worn before, or glasses, in order to be able to read the cue cards.