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When humor works, it works because it's clarifying what people already feel. It has to come from someplace real.

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Tina Fey
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: May 18
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Upper Darby Township
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I think part of picking where you live in New York is accepting who you are. Really looking at yourself and going, 'Yeah, I'm not cool enough for the West Village.'
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My parents are very well-behaved. If anything, if my Mom were here right now, she would hug and kiss every one of you hello, and then she would feed you.
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The Supreme Court is expected to rule this week whether banning cross burning by groups like the Klu Klux Klan violates the first amendment. The outcome could affect the entertainment at Trent Lott's Christmas party.
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Whitney Houston’s cover of “I Will Always Love You” was constantly on my FM Walkman radio around that time. I think that made me cry because I associated it with absolutely no one.
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Quentin Tarantino is here, star of all my sexual nightmares.
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(My proudest moment as a child was the time I beat my uncle Pierre at Scrabble with the seven-letter word FARTING.)
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An interim government was set up in Afghanistan. It included two women, one of whom was Minister of Women's Affairs. Man, who'd she have to show here ankles to to get that job?
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To say I’m an overrated troll, when you have never even seen me guard a bridge, is patently unfair.
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Gay people don’t actually try to convert people. That’s Jehovah’s Witnesses you’re thinking of.
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When actors are too good-looking, I can’t memorize them. For example, I have never seen a picture of Sienna Miller where I didn’t say, “That girl’s pretty. Who is that?
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A wise friend once told me, 'Don't wear what fashion designers tell you to wear. Wear what they wear.'
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Whenever you see me, I'm on antique quaaludes.
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You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.
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I'm a logic monster, if things don't make sense I've gotta make sense of them. I enjoy helping to develop material for movies, it's a way for me to get into the part.
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Admission is Paul Weitz's movie. This is Karen Croner - the screenwriter's - movie. To have such a lovely role in such a beautifully written script offered to me, it's like elves made the shoes.
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This January, Kevin Costner will be honored by the Palm Springs International Film Festival for his contribution to film. This gives Costner just two months to make a contribution to film.
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Some people say, “Never let them see you cry.” I say, if you’re so mad you could just cry, then cry. It terrifies everyone.
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I really love cursing a lot. But as I get older, I realize it's a little unseemly for women of a certain age.
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I have no affinity for animals. I don’t hate animals and I would never hurt an animal I just don’t actively care about them. When a coworker shows me cute pictures of her dog, I struggle to respond correctly, like an autistic person who has been taught to recognize human emotions from flash cards. In short, I am the worst.
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You’re in competition with everyone.
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