40 Quotes by Mary Lynn Rajskub

I went to art school for fine art and then I started doing performance art, and then I started making fun of performance art, and it turned into comedy.

I don't think my acting was ever bad; I always knew that I could do it. But when you go to audition for a drama, they're very serious in the room, and I was used to being kind of goofy and having small talk.

I'm not married and I don't think that's going to work out for me. I'm not even bitter, I'm just exhausted.

I've been a weirdo since I was a kid.

When you go to auditions, pretend you already have the job and you're just presenting - almost like you're at the table read. Don't go in with an air of, 'Please like me,' or, 'Please hire me.' You're like, 'Here's my take on it. Take it or leave it. I've got a lot of other things to do today.'

There is always the personal, simple happiness that doesn't happen.

The more I get to do this character, the more I realize that she's not just annoying. It's that her strength is not interacting with people socially. She just doesn't have time because she has so much going on in her brain.

It always surprised me that I was getting acting work.

I like America. I think it's pretty cool. I got into acting to avoid politics of any sort so I could remain in a fantasy world.