Occupation: Actress Birth: April 27, 1983
When you look at all of the male characters on television and in film, it's not like every one of them are the people doing the right thing that you ….
With acting, I started as a kid and it was my safe space and the place where I felt the most free to be all of myself. What gets explored in our show….
There's a certain truism that you can't be self-conscious in comedy. If I'm in it and if there's a scene that has a great set-up, I will go as far as….
Life is hard enough, so when you can get any joy out of it, whether it's something you do on a day-to-day basis, or the people in your life, or going….
As an actor, when you're doing comedies, you're around fantastic, funny people and you hopefully have a really good time doing it..
I think the good news for me in life is that I really trust my instincts when I come to work. Maybe less in life and in love, but in work and in come….
Most people, no matter what they do, they don't think they're a bad person. The place where their actions are coming from is a complicated place and ….
I think casting a show is an art form in and of itself. We're all so different - the cast is made up partly of real stand-ups, partly of actors, and ….
The only thing that I'm not willing to do is really stupid, horribly written sitcoms. It can be tempting during pilot season time, but I realized thi….
There's pressure to come up with something genius every time. I feel like I keep letting myself down with my Twitter posts. I have to start keeping a….
I was more of the kind of babysitter that liked holding the baby, sort of playing Mom, and then putting the baby to bed and watching TV while eating ….
I don't think there's anything more scary than being forced into doing stand-up comedy..
Babies are born whole and then they go through experiences in life that chip away at some of that, and it becomes learned behavior..
Twitter's a lot of work! That's the first thing I would say. There's so much pressure to be funny..
Comedy is funny when it comes from truth, and that's always the rule of them. It's about how far you can push that boundary..
It's exciting to look back at the work that I've done and not have a single regret about a job I've taken. I feel really proud of every film I've bee….
Working with David Gordon Green, and Jonah Hill, and Michael Cera, and Drew Barrymore, and all of those people - those are the best people in comedy ….
When you're an actor, people talk a lot about how, at some point, you really have to take control of your career and what you want to do and create y….
All I can to, and the only sense of control I have over this crazy moviemaking business, is to pick things that I like with people that I love and re….
Stand-up comedy is still a very male-dominated world. You look at a set list and maybe there's one woman on there..
I did babysit a little bit when I was young. I prefer babysitting for babies. I always loved babies. I was not as great with kids that wanted to be e….