Quotes By Kristen Wiig

I hated speaking in public. I would miss school just so I wouldn't have to do it.

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.

It's fun for me to play people that are just kind of odd.

I can relate to having those people in your life that you feel are moving on to this great, big, normal life and you're like, 'What's wrong with me?'

For movies to get greenlit solely based on the success of other movies that have a lot of women in them? It's so ridiculous to me.

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

I think it's an interesting thing to watch when a person is trying to keep it together and then ultimately when they do lose it a little bit.

Mean comedy is not really something that I personally gravitate towards or something that I do.

When you're on your deathbed, you probably aren't counting the movies you've made.

I know from my own experience and from other people in the business that when you come from a place where nobody knew who you were and then there is this sudden shift to where everybody now knows who you are, there's an adjustment that you have to make.

I don't know about the romantic comedy route, although never say never.

I always say I want to look haunted.

I wish I had a lot of tattoos.

I'm a vegetarian; I eat a lot of tofu and soy.

Maybe studios don't want to see women acting in a way that isn't womanly. Maybe people don't.

I like to write and draw and paint, and my mom's an artist, so I think I get caught up in thinking, 'I'm afraid it's gonna be bad,' and it's hard for me to start sometimes.

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.

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

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

I enjoy being characters rather than myself.

I lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, until eighth grade, and then my high-school years were in Rochester, New York.

If I can be doing something in the arts till the day I die. I would be very, very happy.

I would never wear fur.

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.

I do sort of gravitate towards smaller, indie-type movies.

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

I just like to walk around New York, just put my iPod on and walk around.

It's not like I have boxes of scripts arriving at my door.

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

I wish I had less fear about creating my own parts.