As far as the charge against me is concerned I have a clear conscience.
I like the idea that people have formed their own opinions. And of course once people meet me or talk to me their opinion totally changes because I'm much more that girl that you hang out with than you think.
The thing that I like about being me is that everybody gets a different feeling from me.
They're hit writers. They're gonna write me a hit whether I wanted it or not you know? I could have put out a single a year ago with the Neptunes and maybe been writing now on top but that was not the path that I chose.
I mean there are tons of reasons. Well first of all. I write my own record. I don't take other people's materials. And I have a job which is being Willa Ford on top of getting back in the studio and writing and recording.
My major influence was my ten years older sister.
I've never been a conceited person or cocky, never felt boastful, but I always had a sense of self-worth; I always had a real sense of myself.
There's nothing sexy about Orange County.
I did plenty of jobs that I hated. I was a bank teller and terrible at it. I parked cars, a valet. I answered phones. I somehow avoided being a waiter. I knew I wouldn't be able to keep the order straight. I'm not much of a multi-tasker.
I still regret that I never played soccer in high school. I chose basketball over soccer.
I guess ultimately a lot of comedians just wanna be taken seriously.
You tend to get reluctant to talk about anything until the day before filming.
I think 'SNL' was such a unique thing because it was material you created and you're very comfortable with it, even though the setting was pressure-packed.
I've got no dark secrets, I wasn't beaten up, my parents were kind to me and there was a low crime rate where we lived. Maybe that's where the comedy comes from, as some sort of reaction to the safe, boring suburbs.
Happens I am very political. I have deep political instincts.
When you hear that you're going to be working with a first-time director, sometimes that can be a concern to people.
Enjoy the little fun things - like taking your kids to school - before they're all grown up.
I will watch a movie that is quote unquote dark and not get the qualification of what is dark and what is not.
I've always had, when I needed it, an extreme amount of focus that I could put into something. That has served me well.
A lot of people have gotten into comedy because of certain influences in their lives or events that were painful, and I really have wracked my brain to figure it out. I pretty much have had a normal childhood. Maybe it was too normal.
Molly Shannon and I used to always talk about that we really felt strongly that we were comedic actors, that we weren't comedians. You just played things real and the comedy came out of the context.
