Patti Harrison Quotes

Patti Harrison

Profession : Actress

Birth : October 31, 1990

I love coverage. My ideal dress would be a turtleneck that goes all the way up to my chin, and then sleeves that go past my fingers. And then the dress goes all the way to the floor, and you see the very tips of my toes.

Patti Harrison

I have a hard time describing myself as a standup comedian because I don't feel like I'm doing stand up jokes more than I am acting like a person who has a bad point of view.

Patti Harrison

That's always been really funny to me - someone who really stridently believes that they're right when they're so wrong in, like, the worst way. Not only do they believe that they're right, but they believe that everyone thinks that they're right, and are comfortable with that.

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That's just my journey in life, to be the most creative and successful and talented person that ever lived.

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I don't think I ever want to just leave comedy and become a straight dramatic actor. But if the opportunity comes, I would love to be seen as universally talented in all trades.

Patti Harrison

I've thought about my relationship to my body, my body dysmorphia, and what that means as someone who's like, 'Oh, I'm going to be on camera.' Sometimes it makes my body dysmorphia worse, but I've also tried to not let my mental illness rob the joy of getting to do something I've always wanted to do.

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The women that I worship all hit their stride in their 30s or 40s or after. And that's going to be for me, too.

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A lot of what I think is funny is usually through some sort of character, or speaking earnestly one second and then saying something obviously joking.

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I try and be as vulnerable in my comedy as possible, to open that door for other people.

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I think I have more fun making jokes online and making stupid Instagram videos than I do in my real life, on stage.

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Being on camera has really rehashed a lot of old feelings, because I dealt with body dysmorphia for a long time.

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I feel like my timeline has moved so many times in my brain. I used to be like, 'Maybe like 30' because that's when my older sister had her first kid. Now that I'm 30, I'm like, 'I don't want to have a baby in a long time!'

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San Francisco is like, the most expensive city to live in, in the United States.

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Coming out of 'Shrill,' depending on who's directing, they'll let you ad lib sometimes, you can pitch ideas if you have them.

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And I mean, I watched all of 'Friends' in college. I liked it growing up, and it's a very nostalgic show for me.

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I would say that I'm not a fan at all of Woody Allen's.

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I'm sorry, I see everything in life as a song, so every word spoken is lyrics. If you're going to get to know me, that is something you have to be okay with.

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I feel like some of the delivery that people find funny is literally me trying to remember the exact line in real time.

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There is this awkward discomfort when you're doing comedy on camera because people aren't allowed to laugh so that they can get a clean take and you're doing the same thing over and over again.

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There aren't a ton of trans people in general, so in any vocation there's probably not going to be a ton of trans people. So I've been thinking about what me doing stand-up or me doing comedy means in terms of representation.

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