I play a lot of characters where I don't even speak in my own voice. I learned about focus and I learned to trust that things can work when they're not heightened and that it's interesting when things are pared down.
I think the main thing that affected my comedy was that my dad slept in a nightgown for most of my childhood. And it was just very funny every single… - Jenny Slate
I think the main thing that affected my comedy was that my dad slept in a nightgown for most of my childhood. And it was just very funny every single…
- Jenny Slate
Don't be snarky, but don't be saccharine. Don't pander, but don't shut people out. Go straight down the line with the performance. - Jenny Slate
Don't be snarky, but don't be saccharine. Don't pander, but don't shut people out. Go straight down the line with the performance.
The thing that bubbles up the most when I'm around other people is that I feel a joy of being alive. But I also am a very sensitive person and have m… - Jenny Slate
The thing that bubbles up the most when I'm around other people is that I feel a joy of being alive. But I also am a very sensitive person and have m…
Sometimes you watch comedians and feel like they're jerking off in front of you, but they want you to see how big it is. - Jenny Slate
Sometimes you watch comedians and feel like they're jerking off in front of you, but they want you to see how big it is.
I just want to work hard. I love that feeling. - Jenny Slate
I just want to work hard. I love that feeling.
I don't try to do anything. I think the moment that I'm like, "Oh, I have to be this way or that way" is the moment that I become sad, or maybe an as… - Jenny Slate
I don't try to do anything. I think the moment that I'm like, "Oh, I have to be this way or that way" is the moment that I become sad, or maybe an as…
I learned that I was able to focus. I've always thought of myself as somebody who is like either it's there or it isn't there. I really worked at thi… - Jenny Slate
I learned that I was able to focus. I've always thought of myself as somebody who is like either it's there or it isn't there. I really worked at thi…
I think my comedic style is at once bashful and explosive. It's a little bit perverted, and a little bit ladylike and old-fashioned, which is a great… - Jenny Slate
I think my comedic style is at once bashful and explosive. It's a little bit perverted, and a little bit ladylike and old-fashioned, which is a great…
I'm competitive and I have a messy purse, but otherwise, I like people to think I'm a winner. - Jenny Slate
I'm competitive and I have a messy purse, but otherwise, I like people to think I'm a winner.
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