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The only way I could get comfortable around people was to make them laugh.

Tina Fey

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Tina Fey
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: May 18
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I had my hair in a ponytail and looked my trademark exhausted.
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You can't control things by being nervous.
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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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Acting is really about showing up that day and telling the writers what you feel like saying.
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Only in comedy, by the way, does an obedient white girl from the suburbs count as diversity.
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My mom wanted me to apply to Princeton, cause she just I guess since I was a kid had this dream that I would apply to Princeton, and it was not happening.
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Tracy: Stop eating people's old french fries, little pigeon. Have some self-respect. Don't you know you can fly?
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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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I am extremely square and obedient in nature!
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I'm married, you know. I love my husband and I have a child.
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I was the editor of the school newspaper and in drama club and choir, so I was not a popular girl in the traditional sense, but I think I was known for being relatively scathing.
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I am going to dedicate myself, full time, to my day-drinking.
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It will never be perfect, but perfect is overrated. Perfect is boring on live TV.
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