Jane Lynch

“I'm a character actress, and my particular brand is more mature, so I had to wait until my age caught up with the tricks in my little arsenal.”

“I love doing sketches, but I don't relish being by myself. That's not something I'm used to doing.”

“It's really fun to come to the same place to work every day.”

“I grew up in a Southside suburb of Chicago. It was idyllic. But I was plunked into a family that was not artistic and didn't know how to deal with my emotions.”

“I have to admit that I was a little nervous when I showed up for my first official 'Wreck-It Ralph' recording session.”

“I worried too much when I was a kid.”

“I never went through a biological clock experience. I never even heard it ticking.”

“The funniest people are usually the best actors, I believe.”

“But now that I've matured, I've realized that - at the end of the day - what's really important is the work, not what people think of me.”

“I didn't have a coming out moment.”

“I was filled with angst all the time, but when it came down to it, I dove into what was in front of me, and I always did my best. I invested 100 percent. And that's what saved me.”

“From the start. As early as - I felt I was in the wrong sex; I really did. I would go into my dad's room and put on his clothes.”

“I do feel that softness for the vulnerability and the innocence in our world, including my own.”

“I'm fascinated by Greta Garbo. My cat's named Greta, and I have a framed photograph of her from 1949.”

“When you raise your voice in song to express what's going on deep inside of you, I think people just react to that because it's so truthful. It's so raw.”

“I've never been a cheerleader. It's so outside of my range of things I could ever do.”

“There's this weird kind of coming-in-from-left-field thing going on, and I love it - I am a huge fan of Christopher Durang.”

“I think humor is such a personal thing, and you put a microphone in somebody's face, they're going to say something that offends somebody.”

“Football is very masculine and, to me, a metaphor for war.”

“I'm like Jay Gatsby. I like to throw the party and then stand back, looking gorgeous. Stand back and watch it.”