Over the years, I've had to watch people come back and forth, but I've never been in a position like Alec Baldwin -- who doesn't even work there but is there every week, i don't know what this means. I don't know what the hell is going to happen -- nor does anybody else.

Maya Rudolph

I like comedy as a group sport. by Maya Rudolph

I like comedy as a group sport.

groups comedy sports

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.

information add ideas

Because you want to keep an air of calm and cool. by Maya Rudolph

Because you want to keep an air of calm and cool.

I was a loud child, and if my mother sang to me, I would be quiet... by Maya Rudolph

I was a loud child, and if my mother sang to me, I would be quiet.

would-be mother children

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.

choices goal writing

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."

done feels people

The thing you can do better than anyone else is love your childre... by Maya Rudolph

The thing you can do better than anyone else is love your children, because they're your children.

parent love-you children

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."

subway new-york looks

Honestly, because it's my third, I feel like I've been pregnant f... by Maya Rudolph

Honestly, because it's my third, I feel like I've been pregnant for like six years, seriously.

honestly six years

I like being a funny lady. I think theres nothing sexier than a f... by Maya Rudolph

I like being a funny lady. I think theres nothing sexier than a funny lady.

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.

african-american black people

I feel like I'm a drag queen. by Maya Rudolph

I feel like I'm a drag queen.

drag-queen drag queens

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.

sleep writing song

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.

tired glasses beautiful

There are days when I wonder why my mom couldn't be here to see t... by Maya Rudolph

There are days when I wonder why my mom couldn't be here to see this.

my-mom mom wonder

Lord knows I had what you could call many fashion Don'ts in my da... by Maya Rudolph

Lord knows I had what you could call many fashion Don'ts in my day.

fashion lord knows

I get anxious. That lovely Jewish guilt that comes with ancestry. by Maya Rudolph

I get anxious. That lovely Jewish guilt that comes with ancestry.

ancestry lovely guilt

I've met people who are baffled by children, as though they were... by Maya Rudolph

I've met people who are baffled by children, as though they were never children themselves.

baffled children people

Before I had children, I was - everything about my life was devot... by Maya Rudolph

Before I had children, I was - everything about my life was devoted to "Saturday Night Live."

saturday night children

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!'

disappointment want years