Maya Rudolph quotes
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“I thought she was the funniest woman, and I believed being a comedian was the most exciting thing you could be.”
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“I still have a fantasy of being a musician when I grow up.”
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“I feel like I come from a smaller off shoot of black people because I am mixed. People say I'm African American but that doesn't include the other half of me.”
-- Maya RudolphSource : Interview with Melissa Silverstein, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 6, 2009.
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“The thing you can do better than anyone else is love your children, because they're your children.”
-- Maya RudolphSource : "Maya Rudolph on the job you can do better than anyone else". www.today.com. May 10, 2011.
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“Most of my life I didn't feel very normal. There's definitely been some moments where I feel like, all right, I've finally graduated and I'm a normal lady.”
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“Lord knows I had what you could call many fashion Don'ts in my day.”
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“To grow up with the loss of your mother is a scar that never goes away.”
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“Without a doubt in sketch comedy there are fewer women than men.”
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“I've never set out to write a funny movie or be a funny comedian as a woman. I am a woman. I don't really have a choice in the matter. My goal is just to be funny.”
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“You don't want to be the first person to tell your 5-year-old, like, 'You're going to have a life filled with disappointments and letdowns - enjoy!'”
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“I think that people who don't like kids are awful people.”
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“I really love laughing.”
-- Maya RudolphSource : "Maya Rudolph's DOs and... More DOs!". Interview with Jessica Duncan, www.glamour.com. March 7, 2012.
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“Because you want to keep an air of calm and cool.”
-- Maya RudolphSource : "New Again: Maya Rudolph". Interview with Ingrid Sischy, Donatella Versace, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 20, 2013.
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“I like being a funny lady. I think theres nothing sexier than a funny lady.”
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“I get anxious. That lovely Jewish guilt that comes with ancestry.”
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“I've met people who are baffled by children, as though they were never children themselves.”
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“I learned the enormous power of writing for yourself, especially now that people seem to be receptive to the fact that women can write.”
-- Maya RudolphSource : Interview with Melissa Silverstein, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 6, 2009.
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“I never thought I'd get a chance to do what I'm doing. It's such a dream.”
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“I don't know if comedy is a male sport. I always wondered that.”
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“If my time with my kids is shorter than it was yesterday, it's better than nothing.”
-- Maya RudolphSource : "Maya Rudolph's DOs and...More DOs!". Interview with Jessica Duncan, www.glamour.com. March 7, 2012.
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“I was a loud child, and if my mother sang to me, I would be quiet.”
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“I've been writing joke songs since I was a kid and it served me well at S.N.L. I can write those in my sleep. In fact, I have.”
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“To have your childhood dream realized is a really big deal.”
-- Maya RudolphSource : "Maya Rudolph: The Fresh Air Interview". Interview with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. March 8, 2012.
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“There are days when I wonder why my mom couldn't be here to see this.”
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“I don't look my best when I wake up! But I do feel beautiful when I'm tired and happy and I've had a good laugh and a glass of champagne.”
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“Before I had children, everything about my life was devoted to Saturday Night Live.”
-- Maya Rudolph
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