We definitely sometimes get stuff that's different that we were expecting. I mean, that's part of the joy and the terror of interviewing real, live people. Sometimes they come along the journey with you, and most of the time they don't. Samantha Bee More Quotes by Samantha Bee More Quotes From Samantha Bee I'm not even reading about the U.S. election, I'm just totally involved in the Canadian one. Samantha Bee election reading I don't listen to the national anthem ironically. It's a beautiful song. I love it! Samantha Bee anthem song beautiful When you can agree on one thing, you should have no expectation that suddenly a person is converted to your way of thinking. You have to be willing to be frustrated constantly. Samantha Bee frustrated expectations thinking I take my citizenship extremely seriously. I find myself drawn to the Constitution more and more with each passing day of Donald Trump's presidency. Samantha Bee citizenship constitution I can't claim to feel like I've been under some man's thumb in comedy. I've sort of always done my own thing for better or worse, and have been lucky enough to be able to perform ever since. Samantha Bee comedy lucky done I know, it's amazing to people that we have a political system, but we do. Samantha Bee political people I don't think I'm very much like the person I am on the show. I'm certainly not as ambitious; no, that's not true, I'm kind of ambitious. In a nice way. But there's a part of me. A lot of me. There's a lot of what I think is funny. Samantha Bee ambitious nice thinking Hopefully the person I'm trying to create is just a funny, dour, evil side of myself that has no other way to express itself. I don't model it after anyone in particular. Who would be like that? Who? I wouldn't want to meet that person. I wouldn't want to be interviewed by that person, I can tell you that. Samantha Bee hopefully evil trying Sometimes you're just interviewing someone and you're thinking the entire time, How can I get through this really quickly? Because I know this isn't gonna make it. This person is either too long-winded or deathly boring, or they don't have the point of view that supports what you're trying to do in the piece. Or often people misrepresent themselves on the phone - what they're willing to say to you then, they're not willing to say in person. Samantha Bee support people thinking You need to be able to agree from time to time if we're going to get anywhere. Once you have started a civil dialogue, it's a much smoother road to compromise. The key thing to remember is it's a daily practice. Samantha Bee dialogue compromise remember I don't think that comedy is going to affect or change anything. I remember back in 2004 people were like, "How does it feel knowing that you're going to be part of the shifting tide in the political system?" And in the end nothing changed, and we weren't part of anything. And we're not happy anywhere. I think we're kind of hoping, obviously, but it didn't really have a great impact on people. Samantha Bee political people thinking I don't feel intimidated by any of the people I'm talking to or the situations I find myself in. I just try to make my nana proud. Samantha Bee proud trying people There's a very fine line between political comedian and activist, and I don't really think I fall over into the activist category. Samantha Bee political fall thinking I find Donald Trump so haphazard, and that keeps me up at night. Samantha Bee night I've been a performer in the public eye for many years now and it's much darker. It feels so worse now. It feels heavy; it's difficult to deal with. The hatred is unbelievable, but I actually feel a lot more compassion for the journalists and people who aren't used to that. At least on some level, it's been a part of my world for a long time, so I can handle it. I'm not going to say that I'm used to it, because I'm not. I think it's really difficult for people who are just doing journalism and receiving death threats on a very consistent basis. Samantha Bee eye compassion thinking I've talked to a lot of other women in the field of comedy and none of us feel like being a woman has been a barrier to success in our lives. I can't claim to feel like I've been under some man's thumb in comedy. I've sort of always done my own thing for better or worse, and have been lucky enough to be able to perform ever since. So I'm not surprised by all the articles, but I don't know if it's necessarily true. It's not like we haven't been around. Samantha Bee comedy lucky done It's very disconcerting to have a camera shoved in your face. It's really discombobulating. If you're the least bit nervous you forget what you just said, you can't find your way through, you can't follow the logic of your own statements sometimes. It's a weird sensation. And I think that really helps to lock people in place. Samantha Bee helping people thinking President Trump - God forbid - the country will be okay, I promise. I don't know exactly what the country will look like, but we will survive it. Samantha Bee president country promise More people need to inhabit this world. Samantha Bee people world needs I want to go to someone's world. I'll buy it if the world is full of zombies - I'll live there if you give me a strong enough vision of what that world looks like. Samantha Bee zombie strong giving
