Casey Wilson Quotes

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Casey Wilson

Profession : Actress

Birth : October 24, 1980

What I think is funny is when people, despite tragic situations, are still hopeful, still trying. It's sweet and sad - and, to me, hilarious.

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Pageants are already ridiculous and sad, I think.

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It's always great to get to do what you love and to do something that hopefully people will see and love.

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When I was 13, I was in my tent at Girl Scout camp, trying to change out of my bathing suit and talking at the same time. I fell out of the tent in front of everyone with my bathing suit around my ankles. I was humiliated - but no amount of humiliation has ever seemed to stop me.

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I didn't have the greatest ride on 'SNL,' but I always felt support from gay fans, which made me feel accepted within a place I didn't feel totally accepted.

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My mom worked tirelessly on getting equal rights for women.

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Molly Shannon, for example, is someone I've always really looked up to, because her comedy is so physical and wild and unembarrassed and brave.

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All of my favorite actresses are comedians at heart: Shirley MacLaine and Madeline Kahn, Diane Keaton and Debra Winger. And they are all amazing dramatic actresses, but everything they do is funny.

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The comedian just wants to get a laugh.

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I love the idea of someone getting knocked down repeatedly, but they still believe in love.

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My mom always worked, and I certainly don't want to look back and think, 'Well, I don't have kids, but I'm glad I did that sitcom.'

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Not everyone is married at 25 and taken care of.

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I love Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Adele.

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If Damon Wayans is not breaking, it's a miracle. He is so funny that he makes everyone die laughing.

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My parents are both super funny, and I always knew I wanted to be on 'SNL.' My mom and I would watch it a lot.

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The more money you spend, the more you need to make back, and the more pressure there is to appeal to everyone - which to the studio means that the specificity and uniqueness must be watered down. But I think mass audiences like things that are more specific and tend to have a voice, like 'Napoleon Dynamite' or 'Superbad.'

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I am riveted by Phaedra Parks and her performance of herself. She kills me.

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I love the area I grew up in, which is right outside D.C., in Alexandria, Virginia.

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Somewhere along the way, I think I realised that taking yourself seriously is the worst thing that you can do in life, so once I let that go, I've just let it all go. I have no standard of personal dignity.

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I took a clown class at NYU - that's where I met June Diane Raphael, my writing partner and best friend.

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