40 Quotes by Mary Lynn Rajskub

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.’

To really be on stage and not know what you’re going to say, and to be able to say something that makes people laugh, or do something that’s sort of abstract or off the beaten path and have people connect to it by just putting your ideas together, that really makes me happy.

I’ve been a weirdo since I was a kid.

I have to paint at least two times a week, and there’s not enough time in the day to do everything.

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.

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.

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

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.