Maya Rudolph Quotes

• You don’t want to be the first person to tell your 5-year-old, like, ‘You’re going to have a life filled with disappointments and letdowns – enjoy!’

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• Without a doubt in sketch comedy there are fewer women than men.

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• To have your childhood dream realized is a really big deal.

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• To grow up with the loss of your mother is a scar that never goes away.

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• There are days when I wonder why my mom couldn’t be here to see this.

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• No, no, no. Your accent is so beautiful.

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• Most of my life I didn’t feel very normal. There’s definitely been some moments where I feel like, all right, I’ve finally graduated and I’m a normal lady.

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• Lord knows I had what you could call many fashion Don’ts in my day.

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• If my time with my kids is shorter than it was yesterday, it’s better than nothing.

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• I’ve never set out to write a funny movie or be a funny comedian as a woman. I am a woman. I don’t really have a choice in the matter. My goal is just to be funny.

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• I’ve met people who are baffled by children, as though they were never children themselves.

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• I’ve been writing joke songs since I was a kid and it served me well at S.N.L. I can write those in my sleep. In fact, I have.

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• I would love it if you would come in and teach me how to really do you.

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• I was a loud child, and if my mother sang to me, I would be quiet.

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• I think that people who don’t like kids are awful people.

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• I still have a fantasy of being a musician when I grow up.

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• I really love laughing.

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• I never thought I’d get a chance to do what I’m doing. It’s such a dream.

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• I like comedy as a group sport.

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• I learned the enormous power of writing for yourself, especially now that people seem to be receptive to the fact that women can write.

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Maya Rudolph (27)

Birth:	27th July, 1972
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress, Comedian, Singer

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