Kristen Johnston Quotes

#1. I was a full foot taller than any child my age.

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#2. I'm a strong person, but I'd never resort to violence.

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#3. May I say, if you were suddenly put into a woman's body, wouldn't you be slightly interested in your breasts, and why people look at certain parts of you, and why certain parts move like they do?

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#4. At some point it dawned on me that I might actually be in big, big trouble. The thought was immediately followed by the staggering realization that despite years of slowly killing myself, all I wanted, with more passion and ferocity than I'd ever wanted anything else in my entire life, was to live.

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#5. In some roles I have to wear fur, and I always make sure it's fake, like in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. Faux fur is great because it shows people that faux can look fabulous.

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#6. I don't consider myself a goody-goody, but I like to be perceived as classy.

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#7. I like people-watching and fading into crowds.

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#8. My way was not to be the petite, gorgeous, little cheerleader. My way of getting by was making people laugh.

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#9. But this show reminds me that there are other aspects to me besides the fact that I'm a funny chick.

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#10. And to be different is great. You don't want to be the same.

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#11. I think that there are many different ways of getting and staying sober. Like religion, I just don't think that one way is the only way.

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#12. I really came out to L.A. to take the money and run.

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#13. It was only when I moved to New York that I realized tall is good.

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#14. I think Janeane Garofalo is incredibly funny, and I love Dennis Miller.

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#15. I'd so much rather people think I was funny than pretty.

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#16. I was born in Washington, D.C., and I was raised in Milwaukee.

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#17. I want to play a Disney villainess so badly.

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#18. If you love it, and work really hard at it, it will really happen, I believe. I'm living proof.

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#19. I was voted Biggest Ham and Likeliest to Become a Celebrity.

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#20. Dear Amy,
It must really suck to know you peaked at twelve.
Love, Kristen

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#21. I was such a dork. I was too big. I was really gangly.

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#22. To actually be allowed to be beautiful is a total first for me.

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#23. I literally felt like a freak, which is another aspect of the role of Sally that I relate to: total outsider.

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#24. When you're that tall, people talk about it all the time.

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#25. I am, uh ... a 6 foot tall woman, I feel like I'm a healthy size, I'm not anorexic; and I feel that people who aren't anorexic are punished ... for not being anorexic.

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#26. Onstage, I was never the ingenue.

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#27. I've always just gone with the best role, and I don't care if it's in theater, film or television.

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