Ana Gasteyer Quotes

“I'd like to say that parody is a celebration of a person's specific characteristics, as opposed to mockery.”

— Ana Gasteyer

I was inspired more by early Bette Midler. I do wear a fancy dress and very high heels - and extra high hair. My goal is to obliterate all earnestness.

— Ana Gasteyer

“It's definitely like being in some weird sorority. I'm friends with a lot of actresses, but my 'SNL' friends are my closest.”

— Ana Gasteyer

I'm friends with a lot of actresses, but my 'SNL' friends are my closest. The experience of working there is something of a battleground, a great one, but complicated. I think there's a deep connection for having survived that workplace.

— Ana Gasteyer

“I love people who try to keep the world in control - because the world is inherently not in control.”

— Ana Gasteyer

Be tenacious. Get as much stage time as possible.

— Ana Gasteyer

I've always lived in a city. I'm very social, and in a place like New York, even if you're alone on the subway, you never feel lonely.

— Ana Gasteyer

I'm so bad at spontaneous impressions.

— Ana Gasteyer

I always loved comedy but I didn't start formally until I was in college.

— Ana Gasteyer

“Losing yourself in the character opens you up in a way that no amount of precise preparation can.”

— Ana Gasteyer

“I live in Brooklyn.”

— Ana Gasteyer

I'm a liberal inside a liberal's body.

— Ana Gasteyer

“I'm not a standup, but I play one on TV.”

— Ana Gasteyer

“I've always lived in a city.”

— Ana Gasteyer

It's funny, there are so many women who are former executives and have taken all that stress and anxiety and transferred it onto their kids.

— Ana Gasteyer

“It's so easy in these cabaret venues to get earnest.”

— Ana Gasteyer

“You know, once somebody knows you can sing Elphaba, it's like being able to sing Evita - people shut up about it already.”

— Ana Gasteyer

I played Liddy Dole last year and met her as well. From the artful way she phrased it, I still don't know if she had actually seen me play her. She made it sound like it was good, but that's just a gift they have.

— Ana Gasteyer

I'm not much of a famous-person friend. I've hung out with Brooke Shields and I don't think I've ever seen that kind of pure face recognition, but I keep a low profile.

— Ana Gasteyer

I'm pretty earthy; I nursed forever because I liked it and my kids liked it, but at the same time I'm very laissez-faire about stuff like bedtimes and food.

— Ana Gasteyer

Comedy's been really liberating for me because I've been able to sneak the singing part in through the back door.

— Ana Gasteyer

I'm married but the special man is my dog, Henry.

— Ana Gasteyer

“I like anything with a live audience. I love sitcom work. I hope it comes back in fashion because I really love it. I love single-camera work, too, but in a different way than that live-audience thing, which is really exciting.”

— Ana Gasteyer

It's fun to watch a true-blue movie star at work. They're really unbelievably charismatic. They understand camera angles ...

— Ana Gasteyer

“There are different kinds of actors, and movie actors tend to be exceedingly precise and mechanical in a way that's really admirable for me to watch. You always learn from them.”

— Ana Gasteyer

“Writers tend to hate recurring characters; there's this writer snob thing about it. But I don't have that. I feel like the challenge is always to find a cool and innovative way to do it and, obviously, to not repeat your jokes.”

— Ana Gasteyer

“I like playing the same person over and over again. I've done shows for over a year on Broadway, and I never get bored.”

— Ana Gasteyer

I actually like character work, so for me, generally speaking, I enjoy it. It's a little bit more of a comfortable suit you put back on. You can explore it and have fun with it and push the limits of it.

— Ana Gasteyer

“I always tried not to be too mean, but my problem is that the people I tend to find hilarious don't usually have senses of humor. So interacting with them is a little bit of an awkward engagement, because I can't really make them laugh, on top of which I've been doing an impression of them.”

— Ana Gasteyer

“I've done a ton of theater work and dramatic work, but nobody really knows me that way.”

— Ana Gasteyer