The fact there was so much controversy because we were women was surprising to me, some people said some really not nice things about the fact that there were women. It didn’t make me mad, it just really bummed me out. We’re really honoring those movies.

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If you're creating anything at all, it's really dangerous to care... by Kristen Wiig

If you're creating anything at all, it's really dangerous to care about what people think.

badass creating thinking

It sounds so cheesy, but there's something very powerful about looking in the mirror and asking yourself a question. Because I think it's really hard to lie.

powerful lying thinking

When you go out of your comfort zone and it works there's nothing... by Kristen Wiig

When you go out of your comfort zone and it works there's nothing more satisfying.

comfort-zone zone comfort

With improv, it's a combination of listening and not trying to be... by Kristen Wiig

With improv, it's a combination of listening and not trying to be funny.

listening trying funny

Don't become something just because someone else wants you to or because it's easy; you won't be happy. You have to do what you really, really, really, really want to do, even if it scares the s-t out of you.

scare easy want

I used to carry my dad's empty guitar case around the neighborhood because I wanted people to think I played the guitar. I would put flintstones vitamins in it in case I got tired, so I could pop some and keep walking.

women tired dad

There's something about a Christmas sweater that will always make... by Kristen Wiig

There's something about a Christmas sweater that will always make me laugh.

sweaters christmas laughing

I think no matter what kind of life you have, whether it looks one way to people or another way, you always have moments when you imagine a different life.

different people thinking

When you're a woman in your thirties, and maybe you don't really know what you want to do with your life, but it seems like everyone else does, and your best friend gets married, and it forces you to look at yourself. I don't know if I described that in a very funny way.

doe looks way

I wish I had a lot of tattoos. by Kristen Wiig

I wish I had a lot of tattoos.

tattoo wish

Sometimes I need to blow off steam and go dance really hard. by Kristen Wiig

Sometimes I need to blow off steam and go dance really hard.

dance blow inspirational

I love the rain. It's my favorite weather. by Kristen Wiig

I love the rain. It's my favorite weather.

my-favorite rain weather

Don't do something just because someone else wants you to by Kristen Wiig

Don't do something just because someone else wants you to

want

It's a mystery to me what makes people laugh. by Kristen Wiig

It's a mystery to me what makes people laugh.

mystery laughing people

I don't know if you can articulate an instinct. by Kristen Wiig

I don't know if you can articulate an instinct.

instinct ifs knows

I always say I want to look haunted. by Kristen Wiig

I always say I want to look haunted.

want looks

I feel there's so much pressure, especially for women, to declare what their life's going to be and what their career is, and are you married yet? Are you single? But you're 30. And girlfriends are so important. You can have a boyfriend or husband when you're 30, but you still need your girlfriends.

girlfriend husband careers

I probably lived more of a rock-star life when I was 15. I got in trouble a fair amount. I cared more about hanging out and skipping school than studying. Which I am not recommending teenagers do if they read this.

teenager stars school

At parties, I'll start talking and notice everyone is looking at me and feel dumb and say, 'Forget it,' and then start eating things.

party dumb talking

I'm not as much a history person as an art person, but I mean, yo... by Kristen Wiig

I'm not as much a history person as an art person, but I mean, you can read history through art.

persons mean art