Amy Sedaris Quotes

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Amy Sedaris

Profession : Actress

Birth : March 29, 1961

I never really take shortcuts. I was always one of those people who, instead of cutting across someone's yard on the way home from school, I would go to the end of the block and turn.

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I like to play unattractive people who think they're pretty. You can do what you want, but I prefer to look interesting.

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If I'm creating something for myself, then I want to have fun.

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I'm drawn to people who look different. I'm not exploiting. I'm not making fun of them. I'm drawn to them.

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We're all used to seeing pretty people. I want to see real people.

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Sometimes, to keep things exciting, I decorate my house as if I owned a child. I'll toss a tiny pair of shoes in the hallway or lean small wooden crutches in what I refer to as 'the baby's room,' which is actually a tiny space where I make things. I continue to call it the baby's room because it confuses people and it's creepy.

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I love theatrical props: a cup filled with solid fake tea, say, or a collection of fake food, including a rubber turkey, which, during the holidays, I wrap in tinfoil so it appears to have just come out of the oven.

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If I know I have to memorize lines, I'm really gonna try to memorize lines. It's hard for me sometimes, because somebody wrote these words and you're trying really hard to get them the way they said it.

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I love cop shows and crime books and thrillers, and before I die I'm gonna play a cop.

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People that know me know that I cook. I cook every night.

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I'm always more attracted to the unattractive.

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I'd just much rather see an ugly person take the trash out than see somebody really pretty taking the trash out.

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When I'm by myself, I never play music. I have a lot of it, for a girl, but I don't listen to it a lot. I hate picking music out; I'm not good at it.

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A lot of times girls think they're funny, but they want to pretty at the same time, and if you want to be funny, you have to be willing to get ugly.

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I like working with the public, I like working with food, and I like making cash.

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I am an aging Girl Scout.

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I want witchcraft so bad that I can't stand it. I have wands in my apartment. And I use them sometimes. I walk into the kitchen with my wand, and I come out with something on a platter and I say, 'See, magic happens.' Works every time.

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