Amy Poehler Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Continue to share your heart with people even if it's been broken.”
-- Amy PoehlerSource : Harvard University Class Day Commencement Address, delivered 26 May 2011
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“It's interesting that people always want to ask me and a lot of working mothers, how do you do it? And it's like well, just like everybody else. It proves it's a bad question.”
-- Amy PoehlerSource : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
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“Sometimes painful things can teach us lessons that we didn't think we needed to know.”
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“It's very hard to watch comedy for me, when I'm doing a comedy show, because I either watch a show and I love it, and I'm jealous, or I watch a show and I see all the problems with it, and I'm angry that I watched it.”
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“There's power in looking silly and not caring that you do.”
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“Sometimes you have to kind of keep proving that you're improvising. That's the game, or the goal, of long-form TV improv, is that you have to kind of keep reminding and showing people that you're improvising, because they won't believe you really.”
-- Amy PoehlerSource : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“Great people do things before they're ready. They do things before they know they can do it. Doing what you're afraid of, getting out of your comfort zone, taking risks like that - that is what life is. You might be really good. You might find out something about yourself that's really special and if you're not good, who cares? You tried something. Now you know something about yourself.”
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“If you're a good improviser, you improvise well enough that people think that you're doing a sketch.”
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“You never know what's around the corner unless you peek. Hold someone's hand while you do it. You will feel less scared.”
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“I think chemistry is about not acting, but reacting, and not talking, but listening.”
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“Don't treat your heart like an action figure wrapped in plastic and never used.”
-- Amy PoehlerSource : Harvard University Class Day Commencement Address, delivered 26 May 2011
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“I hope and assume that every good comedy writer, no matter the age, has a moment where they discover how great Cheers is.”
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“I want to be around people that do things. I don't want to be around people anymore that judge or talk about what people do. I want to be around people who dream and support and do things.”
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“We [with Les Charles] started talking about hotel stories, and we found that a lot of the action was happening in the hotel bar. We actually thought of that while we were in a bar: "Why would anyone ever leave here?"”
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“The earlier you learn that you should focus on what you have, and not obsess about what you don't have, the happier you will be.”
-- Amy PoehlerSource : "Amy Poehler Gets Real, Shares the Best Body Image Advice You May Hear From a Celeb" by Sarah Jio, www.glamour.com. September 13, 2012.
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“The desire to work with Burrows-Charles was really to change NBC's identity, to say, "We want to be in the sophisticated-adult-comedy business."”
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“Always remember your kid's name. Always remember where you put your kid. Don't let your kid drive until their feet can reach the pedals. Use the right size diapers... for yourself. And, when in doubt, make funny faces.”
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“I get a bit nervous because I just want the show to go well. I think you always have to be a little bit nervous, or else you're a little checked-out, and that's maybe the time when you're not doing your best stuff, because you're kind of just checked-out and falling back on stuff.”
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“We may all host ourselves to death, and if we're all dead who will host our funerals?”
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“As you navigate through the rest of your life, be open to collaboration. Other people and other people's ideas are often better than your own. Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.”
-- Amy PoehlerSource : Harvard University Class Day Commencement Address, delivered 26 May 2011
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“Being snubbed is not always a bad thing at awards shows because you end up getting a lot of people coming up to you and telling you how great you are.”
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“I love saying 'yes' and I love saying 'please.' Saying 'yes' doesn't mean I don't know how to say no, and saying 'please' doesn't mean I am waiting for permission. 'Yes please' sounds powerful and concise. It's a response and a request. It is not about being a good girl; it is about being a real woman.”
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“Symmetry is pleasing but not as sexy. Einstein is cool but Picasso knows what I'm talking about.”
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“In conclusion, I invite the media to all grow a pair. And if you can't, I will lend you mine.”
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“Great people do things before they’re ready. They do things before they know they can do it. And by doing it, they’re proven right.”
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“Well people love to go dirty and stuff like that. It's funny, because even really dirty things can kind of inspire, but all things inspire really dirty improv and monologues. So then really dirty things can inspire the exact opposite. It's kind of a crapshoot.”
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“Anybody who doesn't make you feel good, kick them to the curb. And the earlier you start in your life, the better.”
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“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 whoever you want. That's really kind of cool, but all my characters are short. I look on the videotape, and I thought they were taller, but they're all 5'2".”
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“No one looks stupid when they're having fun.”
-- Amy PoehlerSource : "Amy Poehler: The Entertainer". Interview with Sloane Crosley, www.glamour.com. November 2, 2009.
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