Before I had children, everything about my life was devoted to Saturday Night Live. Maya Rudolph More Quotes by Maya Rudolph More Quotes From Maya Rudolph I like comedy as a group sport. Maya Rudolph groupscomedysports And in Improvisation there is one hard and fast rule, and that rule is known as "Yes And." The term YES AND: to say yes, and not just yes, but to add information. In the adding of information you don't negate the other persons idea - but you build on it. Maya Rudolph informationaddideas Because you want to keep an air of calm and cool. Maya Rudolph calmairwant I was a loud child, and if my mother sang to me, I would be quiet. Maya Rudolph would-bemotherchildren I've never set out to write a funny movie or be a funny comedian as a woman. I am a woman. I don't really have a choice in the matter. My goal is just to be funny. Maya Rudolph choicesgoalwriting I'm always learning when I'm surrounded by great people. In every experience, I feel like I'm learning. I'm not like, "Oh good. I'm done! I don't have to learn anymore." Maya Rudolph donefeelspeople The thing you can do better than anyone else is love your children, because they're your children. Maya Rudolph parentlove-youchildren When I first moved to New York, someone who thought they knew more than I did said: "You have to always look like you know where you're going when you get out of the subway." Maya Rudolph subwaynew-yorklooks Honestly, because it's my third, I feel like I've been pregnant for like six years, seriously. Maya Rudolph honestlysixyears I like being a funny lady. I think theres nothing sexier than a funny lady. Maya Rudolph thinking I feel like I come from a smaller off shoot of black people because I am mixed. People say I’m African American but that doesn’t include the other half of me. Maya Rudolph african-americanblackpeople I feel like I'm a drag queen. Maya Rudolph drag-queendragqueens I've been writing joke songs since I was a kid and it served me well at S.N.L. I can write those in my sleep. In fact, I have. Maya Rudolph sleepwritingsong I don't look my best when I wake up! But I do feel beautiful when I'm tired and happy and I've had a good laugh and a glass of champagne. Maya Rudolph tiredglassesbeautiful There are days when I wonder why my mom couldn't be here to see this. Maya Rudolph my-mommomwonder Lord knows I had what you could call many fashion Don'ts in my day. Maya Rudolph fashionlordknows I get anxious. That lovely Jewish guilt that comes with ancestry. Maya Rudolph ancestrylovelyguilt I've met people who are baffled by children, as though they were never children themselves. Maya Rudolph baffledchildrenpeople Before I had children, I was - everything about my life was devoted to "Saturday Night Live." Maya Rudolph saturdaynightchildren You don't want to be the first person to tell your 5-year-old, like, 'You're going to have a life filled with disappointments and letdowns - enjoy!' Maya Rudolph disappointmentwantyears
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