Jenny Slate Quotes

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Jenny Slate

Profession : Actress

Birth : March 25, 1982

I loved pretending to be a middle-aged Jewish woman. I just wanted to do what I saw Gilda Radner and Carol Burnett doing. But I'm not a particularly good impressionist. It was never my strong suit.

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When I was growing up, I was so fascinated by Mel Blanc and all of the different voices that he did for 'Looney Tunes' and watching Robin Williams record voice-over for the genie in 'Aladdin.' It always seemed to be a major honor - something you have to earn. Like people trust you when they want to have you there without seeing you.

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It makes a lot of sense to me that I would be a cartoon. I feel like a cartoon as a person. I really, really do.

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I love waking up in the morning. It makes me feel really excited.

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If I'm going to have baked goods in the morning, the rule is that I have to make them myself.

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I think, in general, finding the right time to have a baby is pretty scary.

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I do think that character types trend. As a female comedian, the parts that come my way are often terrible women.

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Don't use a pick-up line.

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I really like working. I can't think of a job I didn't like. I was in an Alvin and the Chipmunks movie, which is not my idea of folk art; but I really enjoyed making it, and everyone was really nice.

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I feel nervous when the script is set in stone, and I feel nervous when I feel the script is written for mass consumption because I don't see myself that way.

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I feel a lot of life in me and a lot of creative energy, and I think it's better suited somewhere it can run free.

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I've become very interested in the ways things can change even with someone you've known for many years and you've committed to for life. How drastic can you damage things in the way you speak to someone?

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There's a whole thing now in the entertainment industry that's like, 'You need to write for yourself. Those are the people that are really valuable.' And it's just like, 'I don't want to! I just want to act!'

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I just really like it when things are earnest.

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I always wanted to be a children's author, and I have a really big library of children's books. All the ones from when I was little, they are just so beautiful. I read kids' books, and they calm me down.

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You don't realize it until you go out and take a look, but there are so many ways in which sexism is just allowed in our culture, not just in the entertainment industry. It's just allowed to be there, and that's not acceptable anymore. And I think it's really important to be very vocal.

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I've called myself an accidental activist because I came to it not on purpose.

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I don't like taking physical risks at all. I take a lot of emotional risks, and I don't feel like I need to get on a bike or a horse or jump off of anything ever.

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