Jane Lynch

So much of Sue Sylvester, the angry woman, came from that part of my life, wanting to crush other people's dreams and judging others so harshly, which is always just a way of deflecting your own self-judgment.

It's always a good idea to go up for the male roles. You go up against a bunch of beefy guys, and the casting director then feels smart for taking you on, like he's the one who thought outside the box.

In Chicago, actors start up companies and get together and produce things, and there's a really rich, vibrant non-Equity theater scene out there.

I always ended up having the funny part in Shakespeare, but I really thought I'd be doing theater. That was my ambition for myself.

It has to come from a truthful place in order to be funny.

I love being in these ensemble comedy movies. I love working with a bunch of people and coming up with, you know, How can we make this moment funnier?

I think humor is such a personal thing, and you put a microphone in somebody's face, they're going to say something that offends somebody.

If you're contriving something, if you're making something up, it's not funny. You can tell. It's instant. It has to come from someplace real.

Once you start classifying and trying to identify your own comedy style, you've ceased to be funny.

I go to coffee shops for my outlet. Which is just not healthy at all.

I don't wear particular designers. I wear whoever fits me well.

I'm kind of a manic exerciser. I'll like exercise for a week and be crazy, and then I won't do it for six months.