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Jenny Slate Biography

Jenny Sarah Slate (born March 25, 1982) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, voice actress and author, best known for her role as Mona Lisa Saperstein on Parks and Recreation as well as being the co-creator of the Marcel the Shell with Shoes On short films and children's book series. She was a cast member on Saturday Night Live for the 2009/10 season and appeared in shows such as House of Lies, Married, Bob's Burgers, Hello Ladies, Kroll Show, and Girls, as well as movies like Zootopia, The Secret Life of Pets, and Despicable Me 3. Slate played the lead role in the critically acclaimed 2014 film Obvious Child.

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I want to make every kind of movie that I can make. I don't really care if they're big or small.

Big, Care, Kind, Movie, Want

When I go and make smaller films, I actually never think about them being made for a smaller audience.

Actually, Film, Made, Make, Think, Thinking

I think the reason I like making movies sometimes more than doing TV is that you have one task, you only have a certain amount of time to do it, and then it is done. And I really like focusing in that way.

Done, Focusing, Task, Tasks, Thinking, Way

I have no regrets. The best thing to happen to me was for Lorne Michaels to hire me and fire me.

Best Things, Fire, Happen, Michaels, Regret, Thing

At the beginning of my career, fresh out of college, I did everything that I could do. And now I'm a little bit more selective. I think that's sort of a natural process.

College, Natural, Process, Sort, Thinking

There was a while when I got really bad stage fright and I basically felt. . . I was incredibly angry. I felt like everything had been taken away from me and it was at that point that I realized how much doing stand up reminds me of my self love and curiosity about myself and love of other people because I don't go on stage to dominate.

Angry, Basically, Curiosity, People, Self, Taken

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

Comedian

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, Like, True

I don’t think men have time to be funny because they have to make all of our rules about what we can do with our vaginas.

Can Do, Men, Think, Thinking, Time

The thing that bubbles up the most when I'm around other people is that I feel a joy of being alive. But I also am a very sensitive person and have many heavier feelings. It can be tiresome after a while to only do comedy, especially after you grow as a person. It starts to feel like you're playing an older version of yourself.

Feelings, Joy, People, Sensitive Person, Tiresome, Version

I know that I don't like being teased.

Know, Knows, Like, Teased

I think the main thing that affected my comedy was that my dad slept in a nightgown for most of my childhood. And it was just very funny every single night and made me realize that laughter is fun and nightgowns are cool.

Dad, Fun, Laughter, Nightgowns, Think

I'd like to be in a tiny indie where I'm lost at sea.

Like, Lost, Sea, Tiny

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, Energy, Run, Running, Suited, Thinking

I always just wanted to be a movie actress, like Lily Tomlin or Ruth Gordon. I just imagined myself being in a movie, wearing stylish women's clothing the way I saw Amy Irving wearing it.

Amy, Lilies, Ruth, Stylish, Tomlin

I really like to cook and have dinner parties and I like to clean, it really clears my head and it makes me feel good to keep my home as a comfortable place.

Cook, Feel Good, Home, Keep, Party

I'm not one to wallow, but I am one to feel the sting of a slap for a while, I think.

Feels, Slap, Sting, Thinking, Wallow

There are so many things I'd like to do. I'd really like to be in a period piece that takes place in old New York or old Hollywood and wear those costumes and that makeup.

Costumes, Hollywood, Makeup, New York, Period, Piece

Infidelity is not freedom. It's a momentary respite from stressors that are going to come back.

Back, Come, Freedom, Infidelity, Respite, Stressors

I just want to be able to do something that's interesting to me.

Able, Interesting, Want

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