A biography for Amy Sedarishasn’t been written yet.
“I have no desire to carry a movie.”
“If I put my mind to something, it happens. I do know that's not necessarily psychic. But I always feel like there's something around me protecting me.”
“I'm very domestic; I love cleaning. I love cooking. I like waiting on people. I just like to make things. I don't break that down to be weakness, or the only things women can do, or putting me back 20 years.”
“I'm not a first-place person.”
“We're all used to seeing pretty people. I want to see real people.”
“I choose to do unattractive people, because then I can pretend they think they're attractive.”
“If I'm creating something for myself, then I want to have fun.”
“I'm not ambitious.”
“I like to play unattractive people who think they're pretty. You can do what you want, but I prefer to look interesting.”
“Usually I'm the one asking somebody to do something because I don't know how to finish it. I'm like, 'Do this for me' because I'm just resistant to learning.”
“I think it's still kind of weird to memorize a line, because you're supposed to 'be' this person, you know? So then its like, if I'm really this person, how can I be in the moment if I know there's just one line I'm supposed to say? It doesn't feel natural. I always just kind of want to say whatever comes up.”
“I don't mind pointing out some of the failings of old age, because we are all headed in that direction, unless of course we take our own lives before we become a burden. I'm not advocating suicide, oh wait, I guess I am.”
“My father and I have a very good relationship. We always got along. But I always scold him.”
“I love costumes. My dream growing up was always to have my own costume and prop shop.”
“They just expected it to you know... Paul, Steve and I could have hired our own publicist, if we wanted to, but I kind of liked the way it was more of a cult thing and those that liked it, liked it, you know what I mean?”
“I always liked my teachers, and I was in a lot of after-school projects. I was a Girl Scout until my senior year, when I couldn't be a Girl Scout anymore. I was in clubs like Junior Achievement, and I ran track and field. My grades were good, but then toward 11th grade they were nothing. I always went to summer school.”
“I always knew I didn't want kids, and I didn't want to get married.”
“Whenever I do your show, sometimes I get a little check in the mail and then I take that check and buy a new pair of shoes, and then I wear those shoes the next time I do your show.”
“Don't answer the door in a wedding dress and veil, he might not think you're joking.”
“I wouldn't call myself a shut-in. I have the ability to leave my home; I just choose not to. But because I'm such a homebody, it's important to be surrounded by things I love.”