I like to delude myself that I'm in the old-Hollywood mode. I just tailor my clothes well and try to keep my skin clear. While it would be great to work out an hour a day, there is something inherently sort of selfish about it. I can't do it. Tina Fey More Quotes by Tina Fey More Quotes From Tina Fey Do your thing and don't care if they like it. Tina Fey badassbeing-yourselfwitty My work is my work. I take my work seriously but I don't take myself too seriously. Tina Fey Obviously, as an adult I realize this girl-on-girl sabotage is the third worst kind of female behavior, right behind saying "like" all the time and leaving your baby in a dumpster. Tina Fey girlwittyfunny It is an impressively arrogant move to conclude that just because you don’t like something, it is empirically not good. I don’t like Chinese food, but I don’t write articles trying to prove it doesn’t exist. Tina Fey writingwittymoving I think part of picking where you live in New York is accepting who you are. Really looking at yourself and going, 'Yeah, I'm not cool enough for the West Village.' Tina Fey where-you-livenew-yorkthinking When actors are too good-looking, I can’t memorize them. For example, I have never seen a picture of Sienna Miller where I didn’t say, “That girl’s pretty. Who is that? Tina Fey actorsgirlexample I am going to dedicate myself, full time, to my day-drinking. Tina Fey day-drinkingdrinking Politics and prostitution have to be the only jobs where inexperience is considered a virtue. In what other profession would you brag about not knowing stuff? “I’m not one of those fancy Harvard heart surgeons. I’m just an unlicensed plumber with a dream and I’d like to cut your chest open.†The crowd cheers. Tina Fey dreamwittyjobs Lesson learned? When people say, "You really, really must" do something, it means you don't really have to. No one ever says, "You really, really must deliver the baby during labor." When it's true, it doesn't need to be said. Tina Fey wittybabymean You’re in competition with everyone. Tina Fey competition If you want to be a screenwriter, take an acting class to get a sense of what you're asking actors to do. Learning other skills will help you communicate with people and respect what they do. Tina Fey skillsclasspeople In most cases being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way. Tina Fey top-managementwittymean When choosing sexual partners, remember: Talent is not sexually transmittable. Tina Fey loverelationshiplaughing It will never be perfect, but perfect is overrated. Perfect is boring on live TV. Tina Fey tvsperfectwitty I want to thank my parents for somehow raising me to have confidence that is disproportionate with my looks and abilities. Tina Fey parentfunnylooks I would not trade any of these features for anybody else’s. I wouldn’t trade the small thin-lipped mouth that makes me resemble my nephew. I wouldn’t even trade the acne scar on my right cheek, because that recurring zit spent more time with me in college than any boy ever did. Tina Fey nephewcollegeboys This is what I tell young women who ask me for career advice. People are going to try to trick you. To make you feel that you are in competition with one another. You're up for a promotion. If they go for a woman, it'll be between you and Barbara. Don't be fooled. You're not in competition with other women. You're in competition with everyone. Tina Fey careerswittypeople Photoshop is just like makeup. When it’s done well it looks great, and when it’s overdone you look like a crazy asshole. Tina Fey makeupcrazywitty You're not in competition with other women. You're in competition with everyone. Tina Fey another-womancompetitionbusiness George Clooney married Amal Alamuddin this year. Amal is a human rights lawyer who worked on the Enron case, was an advisor to Kofi Annan regarding Syria, and was selected for a three-person commission investigating rules of war violation in the Gaza Strip. So tonight, her husband is getting a lifetime achievement award. Tina Fey husbandrightswar
