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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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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 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'm a liberal inside a liberal's body.
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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.
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I've done a ton of theater work and dramatic work, but nobody really knows me that way.
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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.
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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.
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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 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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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.
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Comedy's been really liberating for me because I've been able to sneak the singing part in through the back door.
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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.
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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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Be tenacious. Get as much stage time as possible.
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I'm so bad at spontaneous impressions.
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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.
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It's definitely like being in some weird sorority. I'm friends with a lot of actresses, but my 'SNL' friends are my closest.
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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.
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I'm not a standup, but I play one on TV.
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I always loved comedy but I didn't start formally until I was in college.
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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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