I was more of the kind of babysitter that liked holding the baby, sort of playing Mom, and then putting the baby to bed and watching TV while eating everything in their kitchen.

I did babysit a little bit when I was young. I prefer babysitting for babies. I always loved babies. I was not as great with kids that wanted to be entertained and that wanted to talk.

I think the world of comedy is a relatively small community, and especially for women in comedy, there just aren't that many people involved.

As an actor, when you're doing comedies, you're around fantastic, funny people and you hopefully have a really good time doing it.

When you look at all of the male characters on television and in film, it's not like every one of them are the people doing the right thing that you can point to as your own moral compass.

What I love about our show is that it's so nuanced and feels very real to me. I think how it explores creativity in general is very real.

I think casting a show is an art form in and of itself. We're all so different - the cast is made up partly of real stand-ups, partly of actors, and then partly of just legendary actors.

Twitter's a lot of work! That's the first thing I would say. There's so much pressure to be funny.

I think the good news for me in life is that I really trust my instincts when I come to work. Maybe less in life and in love, but in work and in comedic beats, I feel pretty confident.

There is nothing better than a laugh in life. There just isn't.

Stand-up comedy is still a very male-dominated world. You look at a set list and maybe there's one woman on there.

nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose

Yesterday is a closed door. Tomorrow is the opening of a new one. What are you doing to seize the moment?

They were shot with a shotgun and put in garbage bags and thrown under a bridge, " Shrake said. "If it wasn't murder, it was a really weird accident.

The orthodox Jewish faith practically excludes woman from religious life.

I prefer to think of myself as a musician who is still learning and trying to do something every time out.

Inward is not a direction. Inward is a dimension.

Good ideas have expiration dates. You need to act before they become dated, irrelevant or otherwise spoiled.

I'm not really playing for the money, ... I just want to go out there and have fun. I really missed it so much last year.

When the light returns to its source, it takes nothing of what it has illuminated.

Unbounded morality ultimately becomes counterproductive even in terms of the same moral principles being sought. The law of diminishing returns applies to morality.