Jenny Slate

I don't always feel comfortable being outwardly aggressive.

I've always wanted to play a normal woman, and I think I have been offered these parts where I play a kook because I'm not the idea of what a normal woman is.

I always loved to sing and was very, very loud. I wanted to be a movie star, like Judy Garland.

I feel I have to be totally cemented in my position, all: 'You can't tell me what to do with my body', but there is another part of me that is, you know, myself: vulnerable, with lots of doubts.

For some reason, I never watched Lifetime but just discovered it. I was like, 'Oh, it's all rom-coms!'

It's exciting to play someone who is a bit tougher than I am. I liked feeling those adjustments.

I think I was aware when I started doing stand-up, especially on my own, that, yeah, I'm getting up on stage, and I'm a woman, and I dress in a sort of typically feminine fashion.

I like dressing like I'm going on a date when I'm on stage.

I guess some people want to be performers because they want to be famous.

Women love to be asked more about their clothes than their work. We're dolls; we made a wish to become alive.

I love waking up in the morning. It makes me feel really excited.

We love rom-coms, but it's getting to where we don't identify with any of the women in them.