Top 30 Michaela Watkins Quotes

I loved the movie ‘Dangerous Liasons’ with John Malkovich.

When I got ‘Trophy Wife‘, the first fear is, ‘This could go away;’ the second is, ‘It’s here and I love it; I hope it gets a second season.’

I have this weird optimism that when things are not good – like, really, genuinely not good – that we shall persevere.

I realize I love crazy ladies. Of course I don’t like to think of myself as one, but maybe I am, too. I dunno. I’m always drawn to them; I think it’s because I’m attracted to people who aren’t in the business of people-pleasing: saying what they really think, not passive-aggressive at all.

My dad is a mathematician; I think we both have that problem-solving, looking-for-patterns way of thinking.

When my parents were divorced in the late ’70s, early ’80s, the climate was that you should screw over your ex as much as possible – get the worst lawyer in the world, all that. That’s not what people are out to do anymore. It feels cruddy to try and destroy each other just because you’re breaking up.

I’m happy because I was proud of what I did at ‘SNL.’ It’s the only time probably in my life that I didn’t have any regrets. I worked really hard. I played really nice. I threw myself into it. I committed. Beyond that, what else could I have done?

I’d love to do a Marvel movie.

Rejection and I are old friends.

Maybe women get to a certain age and they no longer have a filter; they’re considered crazy people or something.

A great time in my life was being totally single and actively not dating. Just saying, ‘I’m gonna not be in a relationship. I’m gonna not date.’ That was a super fun, awesome time.

As much as I would have loved to look like Jennifer Aniston in ‘Friends,’ that didn’t happen. And I really tried! I hit that gym! I got a flatiron. But it didn’t happen.

I don’t come from a Hollywood family. I don’t have Hollywood friends. I didn’t have any connections.

I say yes to everything if I like the overall thing that’s being put out there. I’ll do anything with David Wain.

I do think non-linearly. So I think that comes off as nervousness or anxiety in a person.

The wardrobe department isn’t a bunch of elves there to serve you; they’re artists with vision. Honor them.

I made a pact with myself when I was 12 that I would only work with people who make me happy. I choose happy.

I do like to play people I wouldn’t want to spend five minutes in a room with.

I get to do physical comedy! When do women get to do physical comedy? Very rarely.

I am just scared to death of online dating.

I actually have huge respect for Lorne Michaels. I think that guy is really something.

‘SNL’ was a dream come true for me. It was a fantastic year. I don’t have any regrets.

Because I do mostly comedy, I’m usually working with friends, and it’s usually a ball.

When you’re casting a show, you have your idea of who you want it to be, and of course, those are going to be very well-known names.

My rule of thumb is to always do what’s on the page first. Then you can talk to your director about playing with it. Improv frees me up in a character, but I would be mortified if the writers who agonized over their words assumed I thought my improv was more valuable.

I love comedies, both broad and subtle.

You know how when you’re alone with your cat, your cat is kind of silly and goofy and kind of crazy? And as soon as people come over, your cat is like someone you’ve never met before? You know, poised. That’s sort of what it’s like working with Jennifer Lopez.

Evvverrrrybody wants to know what it’s like working with Jennifer Lopez.

My mom is an avid musical theatergoer. My dad would always get a subscription to the Syracuse Stage. I was always exposed to theater. So I went to a theater conservatory at Boston University.

I know friends who have this sort of incredibly intimate relationship with their sibling. And I don’t get it: it wasn’t like that in my family. In some ways, I’m envious, because they have someone that’s so completely in their corner. And at the same time, I imagine it may at times feel like it’s stunting.