113 Quotes by Iliza Shlesinger

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    My hair is just like five pieces of very soft straw that needs managing. I touch my hair a lot, and that makes it crazy.

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    If you think you're good enough, then you find it preposterous when somebody doesn't acknowledge that... That's propelled me in many ways - maybe thinking I deserve things that I don't at some time. But I'm always willing to put in the work.

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    We're so hard on ourselves, and there's a freedom in realizing that we're our toughest critics.

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    I drink Peet's Coffee, and they're a very authentic company. They don't try to be something that they're not, and I think that's reflective in my comedy as well.

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    My mother always told me that you should have one room in your house where you celebrate all of your achievements. You shouldn't have them spread throughout.

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    I don't write anything. It's all done onstage, which is why I always tell younger comics that they just have to go do it. You have to get up, talk, and take a thought or a word and just expound, and you find it in there. I don't sit down and write.

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    At a certain point, I had so much artwork that I decided to respect the art and present them in a nice way, not just on a dusty shelf.

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    I firmly believe in standing by what you are. I was never taught to dim my light to pacify other people.

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