Actress

I took a clown class at NYU - that's where I met June Diane Raphael, my writing partner and best friend.

The more money you spend, the more you need to make back, and the more pressure there is to appeal to everyone - which to the studio means that the specificity and uniqueness must be watered down. But I think mass audiences like things that are more specific and tend to have a voice, like 'Napoleon Dynamite' or 'Superbad.'

I want to see a ton more comedy for women.

There are sometimes concerns about being respectful with a gay character, and you either end up with a tiptoeing quality or an all-out cliche.

I have never turned to my girlfriend and said, 'Oh, okay, babe,' and I see it in scripts all the time.

I love the area I grew up in, which is right outside D.C., in Alexandria, Virginia.

New York is hard living. It's fun living, but it's hard.

I'm a voyeuristic American.

Especially with Facebook and Instagram and Twitter, I can't tell necessarily the nitty gritty of what you're really up to. I'm just seeing the performance of all the work you're doing and the look you're giving; it's very hard to get to the center. It's very hard to see what's what.

My dad's cool. He is socially liberal.

If you can have a laugh with someone, you're then in each other's world.

Even before I got on 'SNL' I assumed I would do some type of sitcom; I kind of thought that was how I would start. I don't mean to sound arrogant - I just thought I would be best suited to the form.

When you move to New York, especially, you feel like you need to be something.

I'm the girl that writes feverishly in my tiny trailer on set.

I'm getting into all sorts of L.A. things. I go to bikram yoga, I went to an astrologer recently... I'm accepting L.A. for who she is. She's a dark temptress.

It's always great to get to do what you love and to do something that hopefully people will see and love.

I actually do enjoy the Kardashians' show, and I know that other people do enjoy it, but at the same time, they want to make fun of it. Like, I know that girls are watching that show - I'm just the only one courageous enough to say it. Other people are courageous in acts of war, but I'm courageous in my love for the Kardashians.

I didn't have the greatest ride on 'SNL,' but I always felt support from gay fans, which made me feel accepted within a place I didn't feel totally accepted.

The comedian just wants to get a laugh.

Posturing is funny to me.