Molly Shannon Quotes

I lead a very normal life. I'm just so happy being a mother that everything else revolves around that. If a movie falls through or a TV show doesn't get picked up, I'm pretty easygoing about it because I'm just like, 'Yay, I get to be with my kids more!'

- Molly Shannon

I used to get painful crushes on really unavailable guys.

- Molly Shannon

People would be like, 'Oh, 'Saturday Night Live' is such a stepping stone!' And I remember being like, 'A stepping stone?! This is my everything! I could just stop right here! This is the pinnacle!'

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I went to NYU drama school, so I was a very serious actress. I used to do monologues with a Southern accent, and I was really into drama and drama school. And then, in my last year of drama school, I did a comedy show, and the show became a big hit on campus.

- Molly Shannon

I think things get a lot better after high school. I think the ones that struggle during that time tend to have better experiences after.

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I guess I have a positive attitude about divorce because I have some friends who've gotten divorced, and I'm like, 'Well, if it's better, then - good!'

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I'm very driven by writing. Coming from 'Saturday Night Live,' because it's such a writing job, and we all write our parts on the show and create characters, I'm so respectful of good writing.

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When I was 12, my friend and I tried to sneak onto a plane from my hometown of Cleveland to New York City! My dad encouraged us - he was a wild guy, big on jokes.

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If you can write and create original characters, do your own show, develop your own material, it gives you more power than just waiting around to be hired.

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I just try to laugh at the little things. Like, I'm always amazed by how long it takes two kids to get dressed and out the door. Every morning I say, 'Come on! Let's go! Five minutes!' And they're still in their underwear. Or they say they're ready, but they're not wearing shoes.

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Without a doubt, the worst part of being a mom is having to floss my kids' teeth every night. It's so tedious.

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I'm no way one of those comedians who want to do drama. I really do love comedies. I hope to go back to it.

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I think I'm a really hard worker, and I feel like my attitude is to just enjoy the process of being creative and developing and 'just throw a bunch of stuff against the wall and see what sticks.'

- Molly Shannon

I've definitely read stuff that I've been offered where I've been like, 'I can't do this. I think somebody would be better in this than me.' I don't want to do something if I don't feel like I can do a good job serving the material.

- Molly Shannon

She's true to herself and she's determined. She has things going against her, but she forges ahead despite all of that. I think that's encouraging. She's got some problems, but she has hope and tries to plow through things. I think that's a good role model.

- Molly Shannon

I used to watch 'SNL' when I was babysitting, after I put the kids to bed. It was the Gilda Radner and Bill Murray era. I loved it.

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I had to babysit a lot when I was in high school, and I missed a lot of parties. I felt this longing, like, 'Oh no, I'm going to miss meeting the love of my life at that party!' I feel like that's very Mary Katherine Gallagher.

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My dad was a real fun guy, and despite his personal problems, he was a great father. It wasn't easy, but he did a good job of raising my sister Mary and I all by himself.

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I went to drama school at New York University.

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When I see a mom embarrassed because her kid is having a temper tantrum, I'm like, 'Please! Do you think I've never gone through that?' Women tend to be too hard on themselves.

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Losing my mom at such a young age had a profound effect on my life.

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Mary Katherine Gallagher is an exaggerated version of me, how I felt when I was little.

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I love comedy, but I did always consider myself a dramatic comedian.

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The love of a parent, that connection, it's eternal.

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There was a period where I stopped auditioning because I was like, 'I don't have the heart.' There's just so much rejection.

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I never think I want to try to be funny. And humor, if there is anything funny, should come from a real place.

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I actually went to college with Adam Sandler. He was a dramatic actor, too!

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I like both movies and TV, so I don't have some big grand plan.

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I definitely have loads of respect for writers and the art of writing.

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When I was on 'Saturday Night Live,' all I did was work.

- Molly Shannon