Quotes by Jenny Slate

Jenny Slate

Although I do stand-up – doing actual stage work is terrifying for me.

Stage

Being on “SNL” was a goal that I had when I was younger. When I got fired, I just felt really mad and I felt really grossed out by the system and grossed out by myself and it just sort of knocked me on my ass.

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Mad

Don’t be snarky, but don’t be saccharine. Don’t pander, but don’t shut people out. Go straight down the line with the performance.

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Performances

I am a comedian and I started in stand-up when I was 22.

Comedian

I don’t like feeling hemmed in and I don’t like feeling that I’m repeating myself.

Feelings

I don’t make a lot of mistakes, honestly. I’m an A-student, I’m an Ivy Leaguer. I need those things.

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I don’t try to do anything. I think the moment that I’m like, “Oh, I have to be this way or that way” is the moment that I become sad, or maybe an asshole. So I just try to be myself and put out what is most natural. But I think I am – I mean, I’ve seen a lot, been through a lot. But something remains sort of naïve within me. And I just try to nurture that.

Mean

Thinking

Trying

I don’t want to grow a thick skin. Some people say, “Oh, you’re an actress, you have to get used to criticism.” But I don’t accept that. I’ll never get used to criticism, and I’ll always care about whether or not people like my performances – because I’m an entertainer, and I want to please.

Criticism

People

Skins

I feel a lot of life in me and a lot of creative energy and I think it’s better suited somewhere it can run free.

Creative

Running

Thinking

I feel like when I go on stage I feel so excited at the prospect that there will be a true connection.

Connections

Excited

Goes On

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Quotes by Jenny Slate

Jenny Slate

Although I do stand-up – doing actual stage work is terrifying for me.

Being on “SNL” was a goal that I had when I was younger. When I got fired, I just felt really mad and I felt really grossed out by the system and grossed out by myself and it just sort of knocked me on my ass.

Don’t be snarky, but don’t be saccharine. Don’t pander, but don’t shut people out. Go straight down the line with the performance.

I am a comedian and I started in stand-up when I was 22.

I don’t like feeling hemmed in and I don’t like feeling that I’m repeating myself.

I don’t make a lot of mistakes, honestly. I’m an A-student, I’m an Ivy Leaguer. I need those things.

I feel a lot of life in me and a lot of creative energy and I think it’s better suited somewhere it can run free.

I feel like when I go on stage I feel so excited at the prospect that there will be a true connection.

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