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Amy Poehler, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph - when they speak, everyone listens. Because they're freaking hilarious.

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Everyone, Amy, Listens, Hilarious

What I think is funny is when people, despite tragic situations, are still hopeful, still trying. It's sweet and sad - and, to me, hilarious.

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Think, I Think, Still, Hilarious

I know this is a weird niche, but a lot of my female friends have these strange stories where there their dads have seen the small successes of their daughters and have decided that they are creative as well.

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Friends, Small, Stories, Dads

My goal is to generate more material for myself.

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Goal, More, Material, Generate

Once I made a boyfriend dress up as Woody Allen from 'Annie Hall.'

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Dress, Once, Allen, Annie

I think the key to working with my husband is that collaboration in comedy is best.

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Think, Comedy, I Think, Key

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.'

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Voice, I Think, Studio, Dynamite

The woman I'd want to meet the most is Nicole Holofcener. I've loved every single film she's done. I think her films are deeply comedic while being deeply disturbing and dark.

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Woman, I Think, While, Nicole

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.

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Thought, Some, Arrogant, Suited

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

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Tiny, Trailer, Set, Writes

I love Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Adele.

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Love, I Love, Harris, None

When I was 13, I was in my tent at Girl Scout camp, trying to change out of my bathing suit and talking at the same time. I fell out of the tent in front of everyone with my bathing suit around my ankles. I was humiliated - but no amount of humiliation has ever seemed to stop me.

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Talking, Tent, Bathing Suit, Ankles

My mom worked tirelessly on getting equal rights for women.

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Equal, Getting, Worked, Tirelessly

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

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Okay, I See, Turned, Scripts

With agents, I've learned to bring them into the process when I feel confident. You're the only one that can really know what's right for your career. You're on a wing and a prayer through most of it.

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Career, Confident, Through, Wing

Something that's good in the mini-culture of 'Happy Endings' is that the goal is to try and make each other laugh. There is a pretty high bar, and you want to make the writers laugh, and you want to elevate what's already great material - and also, we're like, 'Who is even watching this? Let's just go for it.'

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Good, Happy, Other, Endings

Instead of going into politics, I decided to go into comedy, which is the second most daunting career path for a woman.

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Politics, Career, Which, Daunting

On 'Saturday Night Live,' you wear so many hats there. You're the prop person, the actor, you're everything.

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Night, Saturday, Wear, Prop

My mom's brother was gay, and he actually passed away from AIDS when I was 13. He was quite a character, but he also worked at the electrical plant, so he was this complicated guy with a big laugh who would wear a trucker hat and do impressions. He was gay, but to me, Uncle Alan was just the funniest person in the world.

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Big, Uncle, Away, Alan

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.

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Sometimes, About, Being, Respectful

You can't always tell if someone's gay over Twitter, but when he's talking to you about 'Real Housewives,' it's probably OK to assume.

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Always, Over, Housewives, OK

Everything related to 'SNL,' that was very sudden - from the time I found out I was joining the cast to the time I could read on a blog that someone watching the show thinks I'm fat, that was about 30 days. That blog part, that could've moved a little more slowly. But hey - it's all material, right?

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Joining, Part, Very, Hey

It's certainly strange to do sketch comedy with cue cards at midnight in a skyscraper as opposed to in a basement with your friends.

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Basement, Certainly, Opposed, Cue

I've started meditating, but I do have a quick temper.

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Temper, Started, Quick, Meditating

My dad would write these sketches for me while I was at 'SNL.'

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SNL, Would, Dad, Sketches

If you're going to be part of a nationally televised show that airs live and do sketches that haven't even been brainstormed a week earlier, you really can't be afraid to fail.

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Week, Going, Been, Sketches

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.

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Go, Yoga, Recently, Accepting

If Damon Wayans is not breaking, it's a miracle. He is so funny that he makes everyone die laughing.

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Die, Everyone, Makes, Laughing

I'll take discrimination if it's in my favor!

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Favor, Take, Discrimination

There's a creative freedom with being under the radar. But I guess if you're too under the radar, you get canceled?

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Freedom, Creative, Being, Radar

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