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

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Ana Gasteyer
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: May 4
Film Actor
Film Actress
Singer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Washington
District of Columbia
Ana Kristina Gasteyer
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I've always lived in a city.
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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.
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I'm so bad at spontaneous impressions.
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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.
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I love people who try to keep the world in control - because the world is inherently not in control.
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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.
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Losing yourself in the character opens you up in a way that no amount of precise preparation can.
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You know, once somebody knows you can sing Elphaba, it's like being able to sing Evita - people shut up about it already.
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I'd like to say that parody is a celebration of a person's specific characteristics, as opposed to mockery.
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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.
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