Aubrey Plaza

“Sarcasm is weird. Even not in acting, in life I feel like 'sarcastic' is a word that people use to describe me sometimes so when I meet someone, it's almost like they feel like they have to also be sarcastic, but it can sometimes just come off as mean if it's not used in the right way.”

“I've felt depressed many times in my life, so I can draw on those times in my life when I need to.”

“Writing is hard - writing is the hardest.”

“I think being on a TV show is amazing but also, people get kind of used to seeing you a certain way and so it becomes a challenge to break free from that in a way.”

“If I have the option, I always read the paper or a book or something I can touch and destroy in my own hands.”

“When I was in high school I was a really huge 'SNL' fan. I remember the cast around the time I started watching it - Will Ferrell, Ana Gasteyer, Molly Shannon, Cheri O'Teri, Tracy Morgan. I did research to find out how people got on the show. Their bios always said they came from an improv team, so I started taking classes.”

“With stand-up, it doesn't matter who you are. If the audience claps because they love your movies, that clapping stops after five seconds, and then it's your job to make them laugh.”

“I get really weird when I'm not working. I have to keep working.”

“There's no photo-shoot academy. If there was, I'd probably be kicked out.”

“I am a Netflix/DVR junkie. I don't like to watch TV without a plan.”

“There are always parts of me that come out in the characters that I play - it's the only thing I have to work with and to draw off of.”

“My grandfather came over from Puerto Rico and raised his kids speaking English so that it would be easier for them to assimilate.”

“It's such a thing now, people making fun of other people on the Internet.”

“When I was doing comedy in New York, before I was in movies, I was never known as the deadpan actress. I was just a comedienne.”

“I'm not a super emotional person, so that's one reason I love acting - it makes me deal with myself in that kind of way.”

“I don't let myself 'surf' on the Web, or I would probably drown.”