Abbi Jacobson Quotes

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Abbi Jacobson

Profession : Comedian

Birth : February 1, 1984

What I love about comedy is that it's unquestionably working. There are varying degrees of that, where there's something that makes you smile and is funny versus something that makes you hysterically laugh.

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Museums are interesting. This place where we're almost buying admission to take a break from our lives.

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I always have a good pen with me.

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I'm not super, super religious. If this is okay to say, I'm more culturally Jewish.

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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.

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I wasn't in the art world at all as a kid; I was just creative, and we were always doing arts and crafts.

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We love to start from a real place, whether it's us or our friends or working on a story from a writer's friend.

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I feel like comedy had a boys'-club label when we were starting.

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When I was in high school, my mom worked at Bed, Bath and Beyond, so I was always there.

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I really admire people that do more than one thing. That's sort of the goal, right - to be an artist that can work in any medium. That's what I hope for my career.

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I'm not a political comic.

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There haven't been a lot of superhero movies with female leads, and there have been even fewer - if any - that were truly funny. I heard Ant-Man was, but I haven't seen that yet. So, that would be my goal, my dream - to be a super-heroine who's not afraid to be feminine and also not afraid to make people laugh.

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I drew a lot. I always had sketchbooks. My parents were really great about any gift-giving holiday - birthdays, Hanukkah, Christmas - it was always art supplies for my brother and I.

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I just got really into this one girl on Instagram and had her paint little pineapples on my nails during shooting.

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When I lived in Baltimore, I would come down fairly often to go to the Hirshhorn, and one of my good friends from high school went to Georgetown. I actually ended up going to Annapolis a lot. I had a car, and it was such a serene place to drive.

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I'm really inspired by the power of the individual. People like Gloria Steinem.

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Everything on 'Broad City' that my character has drawn is my stuff from years and years ago.

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I am obsessed with the painter Jonas Wood, but I don't think I'll ever be able to afford one of his paintings. He's an L.A.-based painter; his stuff is incredible.

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Everybody has will - you just have to gather it. And I guess you choose where your inspiration comes from and give yourself that permission.

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I would love to be at a place where a girl character can also be a role model for young boys.

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