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When I was on 'Saturday Night Live,' all I did was work.

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Molly Shannon
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: September 16
Actor
Actress
Comedian
Film Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Shaker Heights
Ohio
Molly Helen Shannon
Saturday
Night
Live
Work

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There's so much to watch, I can't even keep up.
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I consider my comedy to be dramatic comedy. I always wanted music underscoring the dramatic monologue. It was always drama with comedy, in my head.
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The clothes, the shoes, the gold belts and the necklaces always click me into the character, for sure. You could not feel the character, and then you put on the shoes and get the walk.
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I have always loved both drama and comedy.
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I've definitely read stuff that I've been offered, where I've been like, I can't do this. I think somebody would be better in this than me.
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I think in show business, it's really kind of easy to perpetuate that feeling of, like, Oh, I don't measure up. Or always having to prove yourself.
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Nobody knows how long you're going to have life on Earth, so you really have to work at being joyous and happy.
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If it's not happening, write your own thing!
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I think people pick up on that. You use personal stuff and mix it all in - I definitely pull on that stuff in my acting.
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I went to drama school at New York University.
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I actually went to college with Adam Sandler. He was a dramatic actor, too!
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I'm healthy, I have beautiful children and a beautiful life. I don't want to go toward negative stuff because I'm scared.
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I don't want to do something, if I don't feel like I can do a good job serving the material.
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I think that being a mother, you would do anything for your children. Their pain is your pain if they're in pain, you feel their pain.
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I do make a conscious effort to not repeat old patterns, instead of being like, But they don't want me! I haven't always been that way.
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I do use my body a lot, to click into a character.
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I definitely have loads of respect for writers and the art of writing.
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Sometimes a fan comes up to me, and I'm really interested in how they're acting, so I'll study them and use that in my material.
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I want to do something I feel like I can do.
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The three words every woman really longs to hear: I'll clean up.
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