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I was crazy poor, but I was learning and putting myself out there and getting hired to do whatever gig I could and auditioning.
Kay Cannon
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Second City Las Vegas is very different from Second City in Chicago on the main stage, where they do improv sets. That's how they kind of hone material, kind of work up to new material.
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I loved all the people involved with '30 Rock.'
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I started writing when I was trying to be an actor, and I happened to be friends with Tina Fey, who happened to have her show '30 Rock' coming out. So Tina, who happens to be a mentor to me, gave me my slot and hired me.
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I feel like the guilds are, just to be frank, people I pay money to.
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There's still only maybe three female writers or two female writers to 10 guys in any kind of writer's room.
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I like it when adult straight men are big fans of 'Pitch Perfect!'
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People try to make women a very specific thing so that we like them.
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Society has this deeply rooted love of seeing women fail.
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Even if I wrote 'The Kay Cannon Show,' I would have to audition to play Kay Cannon. And I probably wouldn't get it.
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Everything that makes us who we are is A-O.K.
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On the set of 'Girlboss,' I had to keep introducing myself as the show runner - literally, 'Hi, I'm the boss' - to a lot of my crew. My first AD said, 'Why do you keep doing that?' I said, 'Because I get mistaken for an extra.'
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