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When hiring, mix Harvard Nerds with Chicago Improvisers and stir.

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Tina Fey
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: May 18
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Life is improvisation.
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I never dreamed I would receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, mostly because my style is so typically Austrian.
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I was wearing my best Gap turtleneck and my dates were two adult lesbians, so yea, I was pretty cool.
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I had to get back to work... NBC has me under contract the baby and I only have a verbal agreement.
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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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This requires a level of delusion/egomania usually reserved for popes and drag queens
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Trying to be a leader in a sort of very atypical workplace like 'Saturday Night Live' forces you to realize that no one wants you to be their leader. If you can help them get their thing on TV or whatever, they want that. But no adult is looking for a role model.
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It will never be perfect, but perfect is overrated. Perfect is boring on live TV.
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The eyes are the window to where the soul is supposed to be.
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If you want to be a screenwriter, take an acting class to get a sense of what you're asking actors to do. Learning other skills will help you communicate with people and respect what they do.
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Every kid has something they're good at, that you hope they find and gravitate toward.
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I had a gentleman in college tell me, during a date, that I could be really pretty if I lost some weight. On a date!
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I became immersed in the cult of improvisation. I was like one of those athletes trying to get into the Olympics. It was all about blind focus. I was so sure that I was doing exactly what I'd been put on this earth to do, and I would have done anything to make it onto that stage.
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This worked out perfectly for me in college, because what nineteen-year-old Virginia boy doesn't want a wide-hipped, sarcastic Greek girl with short hair that's permed on top? What's that you say? None of them want that? You are correct.
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Pentagon records show that at least 8,000 members of the all-volunteer U.S. Army have deserted since the Iraq war began. Hey, at least somebody has an exit strategy.
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A recent study announced that 52 per cent of all teens who sign virginity pledges recant them within twelve months. If I'm on my game.
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In response to the escalating violence in Iraq, President Bush is delaying the return home of 25,000 troops and will actually add reinforcements to the south. Then in a symbolic gesture he pulled down the mission accomplished banner, put on a flight suit, walked backwards to a jet fighter and flew it in reverse off an aircraft carrier.
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The ladies of comedy now are comfortable dressing up. It's not forbidden anymore.
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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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It's hard to get laughs when you're new.
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