Quotes by Kristen Schaal

About Kristen Schaal:

Kristen Joy Schaal is an American actress, voice artist, writer, and comedian. She is best known for her roles as Mel on the HBO series Flight of the Conchords, Louise Belcher on FOX animated comedy Bob's Burgers, and Mabel Pines on Gravity Falls. Other notable roles include her appearances as a commentator on The Daily Show, Amanda Simmons on The Hotwives of Orlando, Hazel Wassername on 30 Rock, Victoria Best on WordGirl, Trixie from the Toy Story franchise, and Anne on Wilfred. She co-stars as Carol Andrew Pilbasian in the FOX comedy The Last Man on Earth, which premiered in March 2015.
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I think growing up on a farm in a certain amount of isolation, with not a lot of friends nearby, makes you entertain yourself and kind of grows your imagination - being alone is quite good for all that. You make up stories, talk to the animals, let t...

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No one knows who the real me is, so I can be a hundred different kinds of me.

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I thought I would either be an epidemiologist or a 'Price Is Right' model.

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In high school, I was doing a skit for forensics and people started laughing, more than I was prepared to deal with. It was a surprise.

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I think I've always had a disconnect from what I'm supposed to be like.

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I'm not really a control person, and I'm a big believer in collaboration. I like to have a friend.

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I don't enjoy reality television at all. I have to say that I get it, though. I watch some of it, and I understand why people enjoy it.

Kristen Schaal

Sarcasm doesn't read sarcastic in print.

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My sensibilities are like, 'I want it to be weirder.'

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I never really saw myself as a standup comedian. I always just thought of myself as someone who used the eight minutes or 10 minutes she was allotted and had a blast.

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I definitely do weird things every show.

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I used to go to open mics in New York when I was starting out, and it was mostly just people who wanted an audience to look at them for eight minutes on a stage.

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Being a correspondent on 'The Daily Show' is some combination of doing a character and doing stand-up. It's a juggling act to find a balance between being you and playing a role.

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It's not hard to be a woman in comedy as long as you're also a writer. You have to create your opportunity.

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Most of the people I know in comedy are not weird or messed up.

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My parents are pretty religious, devout, but did they force it on me? No, I don't think so. I still think of myself as a Lutheran, just one who doesn't go to church.

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My style can't be held within a pixel medium. Like, it needs to be performed in a living, breathing space. People need to have all their senses ready to take on my comedy, and unfortunately, TV alienates at least their sense of touch, taste, smell.

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Bad improv happens with people who are inexperienced with each other and don't know the craft that well. But bad stand-up is something that could happen to someone at any level in their career.

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I would never bring a kid to a comedy show myself, but I have noticed that I can't stop other people from bringing their kids.

Kristen Schaal

Animals in general have sparked a weird depression in me, because as much as I tried, I couldn't layer a personality over them. You know what I mean? I would stare at the cows, and I would sing to the cows, and they would always just look at me blank...

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Author Bio

  • NameKristen Schaal
  • DescriptionAmerican comedian and actor
  • BornJanuary 24, 1978
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor
  • AwardsAnnie Award