Jennifer Coolidge Quotes

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Jennifer Coolidge

Profession : Actress

Birth : August 28, 1961

Thank God for Stifler's mom. I don't know if life would be this fun if I didn't have that.

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Usually, when you're an actress, you have to audition 20 times.

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It ends up being a terrible movie if you try and please everyone.

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No one purposefully paints a bad painting. It's someone who's trying to do a good painting, but it's terrible. I have one with a matador, and the bull is going through the blanket. You can tell the painter didn't know how to paint it.

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I get the gold-digger part six times weekly. I can play those women into the ground, but I don't want someone telling me that's all I can do.

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When I walk into a video arcade filled with 16- or 17-year-old boys, I may as well be Marilyn Monroe.

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Gina Gershon was a year ahead of me in college.

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I have the improv background, but stand-up is different.

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I play so many weirdos in movies that it's nice to play an attractive woman.

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I wasn't very good in my serious acting class. Sometimes people took our class so seriously, so I used to, sort of, make fun of people after class. And so a friend of mine said, 'Why don't you do the comedy thing.' That's how it all worked out.

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I wanted to be a dramatic actress. Life doesn't go the way you think it's going to go.

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The minute I started doing comedy, the doors opened.

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The best thing about animated-feature people is that they are very laid-back people. You feel like you're showing up for a backyard barbecue.

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I went out with seven actors in a row. There are problems with that. I've had the really good-looking dramatic actor, and that has its problems. And then I'll go out with the funny guy. It's almost like the funny guy has more to prove.

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Unless you write your own movies... you can't really say what you want to say.

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The one thing that has helped sustain my career as an actress and a comedian is that people generally view me as fundamentally stupid.

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Stand-up is a weird animal. There are people who really want to know what you think about things, your opinion on life. But then there are people who think you're just that beautician in 'Legally Blonde,' who doesn't have opinions on anything. Or that I'm Stifler's mom and hot for it all the time.

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When I go on 'The View,' or any of those talk shows, you really don't get to say what you want to say.

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It was always the cliche of men leaving their wives for younger women. The playing field is sort of even now. Women make their own salaries. They can do the exact same thing and can have a younger man.

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The British boys really, really go nuts... to them, an older woman is sexy, and it's an incredible fantasy... I think the American fantasy is still about men wanting control. Maybe American men don't feel as in control of their lives.

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