Amy Sedaris Quotes

I hate playing pretty or sane people. Most people are not attractive or all there.

I've always been drawn to people with problems. Not just physical problems, but mental problems too. Like depressed people or killers, all that stuff.

I feel so free and open to ideas, and I get inspired by everything.

When you hear someone use the word 'meds' instead of the word 'medicine,' chances are they're no stranger to massive doses of mind-altering psychotropic drugs. Back out of the room slowly.

I have a couple freeloader friends, but it's okay. I know they're gonna come in with their arms flying in the air empty-handed.

I like to entertain in all aspects. When you're with somebody and you're out, you want to be entertained.

I'm always more attracted to the unattractive.

We're all used to seeing pretty people. I want to see real people.

I like crafts that are made out of necessity because they're a little naive - you made it because you needed it.

I like people who would rather something be discovered than shoved in your face.

If I put my mind to something, it happens. I do know that's not necessarily psychic. But I always feel like there's something around me protecting me.

I stayed in New York City for the first time, I'd always wanted to do that.

I can't imagine going to an all-girls school. I went to a public school.

People always think I'm Amy Poehler, which never bothers me. I mean, Amy Poehler is great.

I feel confident writing on my feet with improv, but it's different when you're sitting down and writing it out.

I'm drawn to people who look different. I'm not exploiting. I'm not making fun of them. I'm drawn to them.

I love costumes. My dream growing up was always to have my own costume and prop shop.

I live in the moment.

The moment someone says, 'Hey, everyone, listen to the words in this song,' your party is over.

I like working with the public, I like working with food, and I like making cash.

Don't make anybody a homemade gift. Unless you're really good, or it's going to be really practical. If it's a little thing you think is cute 'cause you made it, just forget it.

My kitchen's pink, like skin-tone pink, and I lowered my spice rack so it's eye level - it's true! - and my phone, so I can reach it when I fall, it's right there.

I love cop shows and crime books and thrillers, and before I die I'm gonna play a cop.

I listen. I like to give advice. Mostly, Ill just try to listen to my friends, and theyll say the same thing over and over again.

I always knew I didn't want kids, and I didn't want to get married.

But I always like to play ugly people who think they're pretty.

A lot of crafters, they're shut-ins.

I don't really consider myself to be a comedian. I mean, it's not like I'm sitting around writing jokes or anything. I just like dressing up and pretending to be other people.

I like to play unattractive people who think they're pretty. You can do what you want, but I prefer to look interesting.

If I'm creating something for myself, then I want to have fun.

I just like to have the ideas. Other people can help see them through.

I'd rather have a part where you walk into a room and you leave. That's perfect for me.

I'm not a first-place person.

My characters always like themselves.

Gift-wrap the framed artwork on your walls and rehang them - what's nicer than a wall of presents to look at?

When I'm by myself, I never play music. I have a lot of it, for a girl, but I don't listen to it a lot. I hate picking music out, I'm not good at it.

Crafting, or 'making things,' has always been a delightful pastime of mine because it requires putting common elements together in order to achieve a lovely something that nobody needs.

I've been to some funerals where there's a lot of laughing - it's about celebrating their new journey. I can't think of anything. There's humor in everything. There's gotta be humor in everything.

I like to be around entertaining people. Even if they're bored, and you're in a convalescent home, there's something entertaining about that, in a way.

I need a costume to be convinced that I'm somebody else. Otherwise, it's just me. It's just Amy saying lines. I haven't really become somebody else. And what's the fun in that?

I always want to look unattractive, it's more fun. I like playing opposites, people who aren't attractive who think they are pretty. That's always interesting to me.

I'm not very good with drink recipes. If I'm entertaining, I like to come up with a house drink for the evening, one thing I'll make for the whole evening of the whole month.

I'm more of a clown, a tragic clown. Yeah. I just like humor to come out of characters.

I did shoplift but I didn't get in trouble for it. I shoplifted a lot when I was little. Candy. I would steal candy.

All my muscles are in my face. I have a very muscular face. I'm good with faces. I always have been.

I like dramas and stuff. That's what I watch, but it seems weird that I'd be in it.

You just can't enjoy any of the movie when you're in it.

I like it when people who aren't so attractive, or they have a whole lot of hurdles to get over, I like it when they dress up and they look presentable. That, to me, just touches me.

Don't associate me with comedy. And please don't say actress. I would never call myself any of those things. I hate it when people call me that.

That's how all theater should be done - you only have one chance to see it and then it's gone. One night only.