I have these meetings with really powerful men and they ask me all the time, 'Where are your kids? Are your kids here?' It's such a weird question. N….

I've failed a million times on stage. I've listened to notes that I knew weren't right. I've pitched ideas and let other people change them, knowing ….

Sticking up for ourselves in the same way we would one of our friends is a hard but satisfying thing to do. Sometimes it works..

The answer to a lot of your life's questions is often in someone else's face. People's faces will tell you amazing things. Like if they are angry, or….

Ang Lee's been nominated for best director for "Life of Pi," which is what I'm going to call the six weeks after I take this dress off..

Improvisation is almost like the retarded cousin in the comedy world. We've been trying forever to get improvisation on TV. It's just like stand-up. ….

I just want to help other women achieve as much as they can in society without restraints being imposed on us. It's the most natural and normal thing….

The creation of the UCB Theatre is by far my proudest professional accomplishment..

Saying "yes" doesn't mean I don't know how to say no, and saying "please" doesn't mean I am waiting for permission..

I have to say I enjoy physical comedy and I've always loved to kind of take risks. I don't like worrying too much about how I look or how I come acro….

Your ability to navigate and tolerate change and its painful uncomfortablene ss directly correlates to your happiness and general well-being. See wha….

Meryl Streep is not here tonight. She has the flu - and I hear she's amazing in it..

I'd like to think that I don't have a stock character that I go to. I'm lucky in that when you get to initiate your own scene, you get to play whoeve….

Some people get in the way of change happening. Some people spend their whole careers thinking they can make a difference. Other people want to do as….

I had to come to terms with how I saw myself. I had to understand that I wasn't pretty or beautiful like most actresses and that I shouldn't care abo….

We have to agree beforehand to divide the funniest lines between us. But Tina [Fey] is so brilliant that I just love every moment working with her an….

I want to be around people who dream and support and do things..

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing. Continue to share your heart with people even if it's been….

The French have launched their own version of Google, called Quaero. You just type in the subject you're interested in, and Quaero refuses to look it….

I think the days of putting your feet up when you're pregnant are long gone. Women who are nine months pregnant now have to work till the bitter end ….

I had no idea how to get guys to notice me. I still don't. Who cares?.