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Amy Sedaris Biography

Amy Louise Sedaris (/səˈdɛər.əs/; born March 29, 1961) is an American actress, voice actress, comedian and writer known for playing Jerri Blank in the Comedy Central television series Strangers with Candy. She regularly collaborates with her older brother David, a humorist and author. Since 2014, Sedaris has voiced the character Princess Carolyn in the Netflix animated series BoJack Horseman.

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I don't really consider myself to be a comedian. I mean, it's not like I'm sitting around writing jokes or anything. I just like dressing up and pretending to be other people.

Dressing Up, Mean, People, Writing

That's why I love improvisational theater so much - you do it [scene] once and then it's done. You don't get bogged down with a lot of preplanning and repetition. If I do something and it gets a laugh, I don't want to do it again. Why bother? I'm just repeating myself. It's boring.

Boring, Bother, Done, Down, Laughing, Want

I want witchcraft so bad that I can't stand it. I have wands in my apartment. And I use them sometimes. I walk into the kitchen with my wand, and I come out with something on a platter and I say, 'See, magic happens. ' Works every time.

Bad, Kitchen, Magic, See, Use

It's natural for humans to suppress urges, for when our desires are left unchecked they lead to broken relationships, prison time, and forest fires.

Broken, Desires, Fire, Prison Time, Relationships, Suppress

I don't know my telephone number or anything like that, but when I do have to make a call, I just pull my body over to the side and squat. I don't want to be one of those people who are on their phone all the time.

People, Squat, Make, Phone, Body

I love theatrical props: a cup filled with solid fake tea, say, or a collection of fake food, including a rubber turkey, which, during the holidays, I wrap in tinfoil so it appears to have just come out of the oven.

Cup, Fake, Holiday, Theatrical, Tinfoil, Turkeys

You just can't enjoy any of the movie when you're in it.

Enjoy, Movie

I'm drawn to people who look different. I'm not exploiting. I'm not making fun of them. I'm drawn to them.

Fun, People, Different, Drawn, Exploiting

I'm drawn to real-life characters. A lot of the characters I play, I've had in me since second grade. I've been dragging them around my entire life, and then sometimes I marry them with different people. But seldom have I really come up with a new character. In my head it's like, "I'll pull that person out that I've been doing since sixth grade and see where they're at right now. ".

Character, Different, Head, Marry, People, Play

My favorite things often have a story behind them and are usually handmade or discovered at a flea market.

Favorite, Favorites Things, Fleas, Market, Stories, Things

I've never done heroin or slept with people for money or anything.

Done, Heroin, Money, People

I'm not a good storyteller. I always think I'm going to get interrupted, or something's going to get edited. I think that comes from being in a large family, so you have to get your story in really quick or someone cuts you off.

Cuts, Cutting, Interrupted, Stories, Story, Thinking

I failed first grade, which is my biggest problem. You always feel like a failure, like you're stupid.

Stupid, Firsts, Problem, Grade, Failed

I like to be around entertaining people. Even if they're bored, and you're in a convalescent home, there's something entertaining about that, in a way.

Bored, Home, Like, People

I'm not a first-place person.

Firsts, Person, Persons

although it has been said that idle hands are the devil's workshop, when it comes to teenagers, both idle and active hands are the devil's workshop.

Devil, Hands, Idle, Teenager, Teenagers, Workshop

Imagination! My problem is that I have so many ideas, I never have enough time to use them all. Just the other day I thought up eleven things I could do with a flowerpot. Eleven! Three of those things didn't even involve plants.

Enough Time, Ideas, Imagination, Involve, Use

If you decide on having an alcoholic at your party, make sure it's a large gathering. This way, until the alcoholic begins removing their clothes or dangling the cat out the window, they can sort of blend in. An alcoholic at a small gathering is called an intervention.

Party, Drinking, Cat, Window, Clothes, Decide

But I love how people who are musical, they know how to dress.

People, Musical, Dresses, Love

I wasn't a cliquey person, and I think that's because I came from a large family. I got along with everybody, and I usually got along with the people that people didn't like.

Cliquey, Large Family, People, Person, Thinking, Usually

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