Losing yourself in the character opens you up in a way that no amount of precise preparation can.

- Ana Gasteyer

I'm pretty earthy; I nursed forever because I liked it and my kids liked it, but at the same time I'm very laissez-faire about stuff like bedtimes and food.

- Ana Gasteyer

I'm not much of a famous-person friend. I've hung out with Brooke Shields and I don't think I've ever seen that kind of pure face recognition, but I keep a low profile.

- Ana Gasteyer

I played Liddy Dole last year and met her as well. From the artful way she phrased it, I still don't know if she had actually seen me play her. She made it sound like it was good, but that's just a gift they have.

- Ana Gasteyer

You know, once somebody knows you can sing Elphaba, it's like being able to sing Evita - people shut up about it already.

- Ana Gasteyer

It's so easy in these cabaret venues to get earnest.

- Ana Gasteyer

It's funny, there are so many women who are former executives and have taken all that stress and anxiety and transferred it onto their kids.

- Ana Gasteyer

I've always lived in a city.

- Ana Gasteyer

I'm not a standup, but I play one on TV.

- Ana Gasteyer

I'm a liberal inside a liberal's body.

- Ana Gasteyer

I live in Brooklyn.

- Ana Gasteyer

I'd like to say that parody is a celebration of a person's specific characteristics, as opposed to mockery.

- Ana Gasteyer

I always loved comedy but I didn't start formally until I was in college.

- Ana Gasteyer

I'm very social, and in a place like New York, even if you're alone on the subway, you never feel lonely.

- Ana Gasteyer

I'm so bad at spontaneous impressions.

- Ana Gasteyer

I've always lived in a city. I'm very social, and in a place like New York, even if you're alone on the subway, you never feel lonely.

- Ana Gasteyer

Be tenacious. Get as much stage time as possible.

- Ana Gasteyer

I love people who try to keep the world in control - because the world is inherently not in control.

- Ana Gasteyer

I'm friends with a lot of actresses, but my 'SNL' friends are my closest. The experience of working there is something of a battleground, a great one, but complicated. I think there's a deep connection for having survived that workplace.

- Ana Gasteyer

It's definitely like being in some weird sorority. I'm friends with a lot of actresses, but my 'SNL' friends are my closest.

- Ana Gasteyer