Ellie Kemper Quotes

#1. One nice thing that I have discovered about Los Angeles is the enthusiasm with which people dress.

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#2. I need to make sure that when I'm running out to the drugstore I'm not wearing a Biore strip or something. Not that I expect anyone to recognize me, but on the off chance they do, I just don't want to embarrass myself.

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#3. I loved 'Freaks and Geeks.' I don't know a better show.

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#4. I think I get certain pleasure from writing what I'm performing.

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#5. I guess it's easier to think badly and then be pleasantly surprised.

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#6. In Los Angeles, people dress with the deep and earnest hope that people will do nothing but stare at them.

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#7. Los Angeles survives on that which is unpredictable. The unexpected courses through its very veins.

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#8. Improv is mostly what I've studied.

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#9. If you're going to plan a wedding, then a certain amount of suffering is not a choice.

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#10. When I laugh hard, sometimes I wet my pants, but I'm always relieved because that means I'm having a good time.

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#11. New York is like the weirdest city in the United States, in a great way, and Los Angeles is probably more similar to most of America.

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#12. I've never had prejudice against me because of being a woman in comedy, I've never felt any sort of unfairness because of that - but I do think it is naive to think that it doesn't exist.

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#13. I think weather affects my mood a lot more than I thought, and I like to be in bad moods sometimes.

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#14. I can't do impressions.

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#15. Growing up, I had one very specific idea of what a wedding should be, and that was the wedding of Fraulein Maria and Captain von Trapp in 'The Sound of Music.'

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#16. My painting teacher in high school used to say, 'I can't paint like I want to, but through practice I'll get better.' But I don't think that's true. I think sometimes you just can't paint.

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#17. I ended up majoring in English, which I'm not particularly fluent in.

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#18. Most New Yorkers want to look amazing, and they want you to understand that they look amazing, but they also want you to stop staring at them.

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#19. I want to be a morning-talk-show host. I love Kelly Ripa's job. She gets to live in New York and has this amazing job hosting a talk show.

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