57 Quotes by Ana Gasteyer

Losing yourself in the character opens you up in a way that no amount of precise preparation can.

I'm not a standup, but I play one on TV.

It's funny, there are so many women who are former executives and have taken all that stress and anxiety and transferred it onto their kids.

It's so easy in these cabaret venues to get earnest.

You know, once somebody knows you can sing Elphaba, it's like being able to sing Evita - people shut up about it already.

I played Liddy Dole last year and met her as well. From the artful way she phrased it, I still don't know if she had actually seen me play her. She made it sound like it was good, but that's just a gift they have.

I'm not much of a famous-person friend. I've hung out with Brooke Shields and I don't think I've ever seen that kind of pure face recognition, but I keep a low profile.

I'm pretty earthy; I nursed forever because I liked it and my kids liked it, but at the same time I'm very laissez-faire about stuff like bedtimes and food.

It's fun to watch a true-blue movie star at work. They're really unbelievably charismatic. They understand camera angles...