When I had a job catering, I catered a wedding for the Smashing Pumpkins bassist in Indiana. And I served Billy Corgan shrimp off a tray. Amy Poehler bassistbillycater Change image and share on social
It's not communism, it's shouldn't be that everybody gets a try no matter how good or bad they are. It's our profession and our art, so we should eventually strive to be working with the best people. Amy Poehler artbadcommunism Change image and share on social
I've always dreamed of growing up to be Amy Poehler. Amy Poehler amydreamgrow Change image and share on social
I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody's passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn't mind leading. Amy Poehler ambitiousbossyday Change image and share on social
Sometimes in my class I have people come in and do monologues inspired by people they know and I always find that to be useful to do specifics about somebody and then you're actually doing a character and not doing some random old lady or something. Amy Poehler characterclassfind share on social
If you do a scene and you really like a character in it or a premise in it to write it down and to work on it so that you can have five or six characters that you can pull out in an audition. Amy Poehler auditioncharacterpremise Change image and share on social
Both conservatives and liberals watch 'Parks and Recreation,' and they each think the show is for them, which is really cool. 'SNL' was totally different. It was exciting because everyone was paying attention. Political humor works when people know what you're talking about. Amy Poehler attentionconservativecool share on social
I also think if you're an actor and you can improvise, when you go on an audition and you can improvise you're just a genius. If you can, you know, take a Tide commercial and you can just say one funny line that's not in the commercial they think you're a genius. Amy Poehler actorauditioncommercial share on social
Try to keep your mind open to possibilities and your mouth closed on matters that you don't know about. Limit your 'always' and your 'nevers.' Amy Poehler closelimitmatter Change image and share on social
As an actor, you can certainly, at any moment and at any time, discover 400 people who think you're stupid, fat and ugly. Amy Poehler actordiscoverfat Change image and share on social
