American - Actress | December 14, 1971 -
A great time in my life was being totally single and actively not dating. Just saying, 'I'm gonna not be in a relationship. I'm gonna not date.' That was a super fun, awesome time.
Michaela Watkins
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I love comedies, both broad and subtle.
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I have this weird optimism that when things are not good - like, really, genuinely not good - that we shall persevere.
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My mom is an avid musical theatergoer. My dad would always get a subscription to the Syracuse Stage. I was always exposed to theater. So I went to a theater conservatory at Boston University.
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I went on a road trip and ended up in Portland, Oregon, and from there, I did non-stop theater. I had just graduated, and I had all these ideas about what good acting was, but I hadn't put any of it into action. I spent five years honing my acting chops. And then I had this epiphany one day that I need to go to L.A.; I need to be on a sitcom.
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I know friends who have this sort of incredibly intimate relationship with their sibling. And I don't get it: it wasn't like that in my family. In some ways, I'm envious, because they have someone that's so completely in their corner. And at the same time, I imagine it may at times feel like it's stunting.
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When you're casting a show, you have your idea of who you want it to be, and of course, those are going to be very well-known names.
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As much as I would have loved to look like Jennifer Aniston in 'Friends,' that didn't happen. And I really tried! I hit that gym! I got a flatiron. But it didn't happen.
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My rule of thumb is to always do what's on the page first. Then you can talk to your director about playing with it. Improv frees me up in a character, but I would be mortified if the writers who agonized over their words assumed I thought my improv was more valuable.
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The wardrobe department isn't a bunch of elves there to serve you; they're artists with vision. Honor them.
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I made a pact with myself when I was 12 that I would only work with people who make me happy. I choose happy.
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I say yes to everything if I like the overall thing that's being put out there. I'll do anything with David Wain.
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