Quotes By Kristen Wiig

I would rather have a small part in a really great movie than a big one in one that I'm not too psyched about.

I think people like to see the lives of artists that are legends. They always go through the dark periods and I think just as humans we like to see that and them coming out of it. I love those kinds of movies.

There's something about a Christmas sweater that will always make me laugh.

I don't always just want to do the same thing.

You have to leave things that you love.

The weddings that I've been in have been pretty mellow.

People sometimes get a little extra criticism when they try something that they don't normally do, but I think that's just a natural thing for artists. It's like, 'Okay, I did that, and now I want to try this.'

I feel like women are asked their age more than men.

The public doesn't want to hear people complaining about having their picture taken.

My friends back home are very supportive.

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?'

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.

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.

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.