Tina Fey

Amy Poehler and I have been friends for so long we’re like Oprah and Gale. Only we’re not denying anything.

Obviously, as an adult I realize this girl-on-girl sabotage is the third worst kind of female behavior, right behind saying “like” all the time and leaving your baby in a dumpster.

Acting is really about showing up that day and telling the writers what you feel like saying.

I would say that one of your greatest accomplishments, Amy Poehler, is that you have so successfully used your art and comedy as a source of positivity in the world, by creating Smart Girls [an online community for girls, encouraging them to be their authentic selves], by making [Leslie in] Parks and Rec not only a positive feminist character but creating a good-hearted worldview within that program.

I didn’t get on TV until I was 30, which is really fortunate because you are who you are at that point.

I think for women especially, you need to have a plan. I need to have some other ways to generate income, so I don’t have to stretch my face or lift the top of my head with surgery or something.

[on Amy Poehler] Not only is she not afraid to look silly, she’s not afraid to let you throw her in the air like a basketball and catch her.

Netflix is like sitting at the cool kids’ table. Netflix is amazing. We’re the biggest fans of not only working there but of the company in general.

Say Yes. You’ll figure it out afterward.

When people apologize to me sincerely, I accept it. It’s really never too late to right your wrongs.

I wrote my own verses. Anything I did, I wrote myself.

[While Amy Poehler and I were doing press for Sisters,] every single interviewer asked, ‘Isn’t this an amazing time for women in comedy?’ People really wanted us to be openly grateful-‘Thank you so much!’-and we were like, ‘No, it’s a terrible time. If you were to really look at it, the boys are still getting more money for a lot of garbage, while the ladies are hustling and doing amazing work for less.’

You cannot allow other people’s opinions, comments, or decisions affect how you feel about yourself.

My body is the shape I live in and it shapes the way I live.

It’s been quite a journey. I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world!

I’m just incredibly fortunate that my eyes and ears have been opened. I have to be honest with myself and remove as much of the repetition and fakery as is humanly possible. To soothe the savage heart, we have to repeat ourselves sometimes – that’s entertainment.

It is an impressively arrogant move to conclude that just because you don’t like something, it is empirically not good.

I hope im not that close to my character, I hate him, I used to hate everbody like Cedric in my school.

The fact that I am a young woman who doesn’t need a man for money. I don’t need a man for a job. I’ve never had to f**k for beats. I’ve never had to f**k for a record deal. I don’t have those pressures. I get up when I want, shop when I want.

I think Daniel (Radcliffe)’s… just so far superior to me in terms of desirability, so he didn’t really have much of a competition with me. If I were Katie, I would definitely go out with him because he’s rich and famous, and I’m not really!

Everybody has forgotten about showmanship. People don’t look like rock stars any more. They just look like regular dudes off the street.