Paula Pell Professions : Writer Browse All Authors Top 26 quotes by Paula Pell I'm a late bloomer, so I'm going to embrace it all. Paula Pell late-bloomer going embrace late I think it helps in any comedy room for a woman to have very strong, respected convictions, because then it opens the door up a little bit for other women to have that. Paula Pell woman think women strong I'm a big hit at parties. Friends ask me to sing B-I-N-G-O all the time. I'm thinking, you know, of maybe putting out a Christmas album or something. Paula Pell me you christmas time Young, handsome men never flirt with me. I get heat from old dudes that run the parking garages. Paula Pell never me handsome men My sister is three years older and super foxy, and I always looked like a 50 year old woman. Paula Pell woman always sister three I was a very earthly, matronly, plus-size little girl with a pure heart. Paula Pell little pure girl heart My sister's journal was the romantic one with boys, and mine was talking about my rock tumbler. We were so different and so similar. Paula Pell rock sister talking romantic I grew up where the repercussion of you having an opinion was being 'cocky,' or people would be mad at you. And I have finally learnt that it is better for them to be mad at you and disagree than you be so mad at yourself all of the time for not speaking up. Paula Pell yourself you time people If you're hired to be a funny person, you have to trust your judgment but also be open because sometimes you think something's funny, and the next day you read it and go, 'Oh, my God.' Paula Pell day trust god funny Starting probably with Janeane Garofalo and that era of stand-up ladies who were starting to be more brainy and strong and clever, guys started noticing those girls as sexy smart. I always called it smarxy. Paula Pell brainy smart sexy strong My specialty at 'SNL' was doing triage. There was always a great need for someone to say, 'Make this funnier. Give me an ending for this. What's a better big laugh for this towards the end? What's a better physical joke in this?' And I just really, over time, honed that specific thing so well. Paula Pell laugh great me time Tina Fey is a very old friend of mine, and I adore her. Paula Pell her mine old friend I think, as a woman, you have to really make sure that you're taking care of yourself and make sure that you're covered and you have enough material written for you. Paula Pell woman yourself you care I was always a bit of a class clown. Paula Pell class-clown always clown class I grew up with an extremely funny dad, and my mom is super funny. Paula Pell up dad mom funny At my confirmation, where you get the Holy Spirit, I came down the stairs at my party and had torn, like, 80 holes in my pantyhose and said I had the Holy Spirit, and just would do things like that all the time. Paula Pell down you stairs time Everyone knows people like that: You're looking at their milky, glazed-over eyes, and you know they're not listening. Paula Pell eyes looking you people I have worked with many, many talented and dedicated people. Paula Pell talented many dedicated people Some children challenge themselves to maybe run a marathon or something. I challenged myself to stay up for two days and make cinnamon toast and watch the Jerry Lewis Telethon and laugh and cry. Paula Pell laugh challenge myself children You're under the gun at all times because it's live TV. A lot of time, between dress and air, you're having to come with an entire ending to your sketch that gets an even better, bigger laugh - which is terrifying... People are filing into the audience, and you're writing a new joke for the end of it. Paula Pell dress you time people Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writer All Authors
