I don't like feeling hemmed in and I don't like feeling that I'm repeating myself. Jenny Slate More Quotes by Jenny Slate More Quotes From Jenny Slate At the beginning of my career, fresh out of college, I did everything that I could do. And now I'm a little bit more selective. I think that's sort of a natural process. Jenny Slate collegenaturalthinking Nowadays, performers who want to create their own material put it on the Internet. I never knew whether or not it would make an impression - and frankly, I didn't care that much about how it would be received. Jenny Slate impressioninternetcare I know that I don't like being teased. Jenny Slate knows Not often is there as much of a vulnerable side as there is a funny side. Jenny Slate often-isvulnerablesides When I go and make smaller films, I actually never think about them being made for a smaller audience. Jenny Slate filmmadethinking I really like to cook and have dinner parties and I like to clean, it really clears my head and it makes me feel good to keep my home as a comfortable place. Jenny Slate feel-goodpartyhome When I'm on stage, and when I'm comfortable or uncomfortable, I have sort of a knee-jerk reaction to try to make people laugh. It's my version of a handshake to show that I want to make a connection and to show what I'm truly like. It's kind of my statement like, "This is what I'm really like. I'd like you to love me." Jenny Slate tryinglaughingpeople A lot of times what's satisfying to me in comedy is when a woman successfully does self-care. Jenny Slate careselfdoe If you don't respect each other and let it lie, it can be embarrassing or really frustrating. Jenny Slate embarrassingfrustratinglying I really like working. I can't think of a job I didn't like. Jenny Slate i-canjobsthinking TV can be fairly rigid. I've done enough Network TV to know that it's fun but if I have to go somewhere every day maybe it's not the most satisfying [job]. Jenny Slate donefunjobs I think the reason I like making movies sometimes more than doing TV is that you have one task, you only have a certain amount of time to do it, and then it is done. And I really like focusing in that way. Jenny Slate tasksdonethinking I learned that I was able to focus. I've always thought of myself as somebody who is like either it's there or it isn't there. I really worked at this, and I focused, and I was able to replace self-doubt with focus. That was something new for me to say self-doubt is there, but it does not need to be in the front row. You can ask it to take a back seat and replace that front row seat with focus. Jenny Slate focusselfdoubt I'd like to do a little bit of everything. I think the only thing I can't do is a British accent, so that's out. No Shakespeare for me. Unless it's like one of those modern-day remakes. Jenny Slate modernlittlesthinking I'd like to be in a female version of The Fugitive. Something where I don't have to be ripped up like an action star, but be a normal, healthy lady who is framed and on the run. I'd have to run from explosions and punch people in the face but not rappel down a building. Jenny Slate starsrunningpeople You have to be really careful to watch out for the difference between banding together, and being grouped together by people who don't understand you. Jenny Slate differencestogetherpeople I am a comedian and I started in stand-up when I was 22. Jenny Slate comedian I have no regrets. The best thing to happen to me was for Lorne Michaels to hire me and fire me. Jenny Slate best-thingsregretfire I feel like when I go on stage I feel so excited at the prospect that there will be a true connection. Jenny Slate excitedconnectionsgoes-on I play a lot of characters where I don't even speak in my own voice. I learned about focus and I learned to trust that things can work when they're not heightened and that it's interesting when things are pared down. Jenny Slate voiceplaycharacter
