American - Actress | August 28, 1961 -
Gina Gershon was a year ahead of me in college.
Jennifer Coolidge
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I have the improv background, but stand-up is different.
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If you're playing a character that someone doesn't like, that's okay, but if you're voicing your own opinions, they actually don't like you!
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I play so many weirdos in movies that it's nice to play an attractive woman.
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I wasn't funny. My brother was the funny one in the family.
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I wasn't very good in my serious acting class. Sometimes people took our class so seriously, so I used to, sort of, make fun of people after class. And so a friend of mine said, 'Why don't you do the comedy thing.' That's how it all worked out.
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I wanted to be a dramatic actress. Life doesn't go the way you think it's going to go.
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The minute I started doing comedy, the doors opened.
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The best thing about animated-feature people is that they are very laid-back people. You feel like you're showing up for a backyard barbecue.
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Dating is... weird.
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Unless you write your own movies... you can't really say what you want to say.
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The one thing that has helped sustain my career as an actress and a comedian is that people generally view me as fundamentally stupid.
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