88 Quotes by Kate McKinnon


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    Even if you're an angry, intense person, you also have to have intense joy about life and intense feelings about the world.

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    I have always had eclectic obsessions: astrophysics, music theory, the Mongol empire and its history, and the history of the Silk Road, to name a few.

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    Comedy is a tool of togetherness. It's a way of putting your arm around someone, pointing at something, and saying, 'Isn't it funny that we do that?' It's a way of reaching out.

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    My mom watches really obscure stuff on IFC. She's a real comedy fan. She knows everything that's going on.

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    My most frequent collaborators at S.N.L. are the incredibly gifted writers Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider!

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    I admire my boss, Lorne Michaels. He never stops producing. I think, for him, comedy is a tool of compassion, a way of rallying people together and saying, 'Guys, isn't the world bonkers? Aren't we all just trying our best?' There's a tenderness in everything he does.

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    It just feels unnatural to me to broadcast anything other than the character I've created.

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    I'm a very low-key person, but for some reason, I like to act out.

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