Jennifer Coolidge

“The standup thing has been really fun, really seeing the United States instead of reading about it.”

“Dating is... weird.”

“If I wasn't an actress and I wasn't Stifler's mom, my life would be so dull.”

“I'm not a prude.”

“I play so many weirdos in movies that it's nice to play an attractive woman.”

“I kind of waited for opportunities to be handed to me. I think I was lazy, and when things didn't go right, I just said, 'Oh well.'”

“With Christopher Guest films, we have a lot of say.”

“I don't think my career would be as good if I were a serious actress. Comedy is less age-conscious.”

“Werner Herzog, when I auditioned for 'Bad Lieutenant,' he had never seen any of my films. He thought I was this actress living in New Orleans and it was my first job.”

“I live in New Orleans part of the year, and it's a really fun eating town. I bought two homes there, one to live in and one as an investment. They love to eat, drink and dress up in costumes. There are so many reasons to dress up - Mardi Gras, Halloween, Southern Decadence.”

“I always get excited when I find out there's a sequel, because all the work is kind of done.”

“I was the cocktail waitress, and Sandra Bullock was the host, and this guy came in and persuaded me to try improv with Gotham City Improv.”

“I have a storage unit, as I moved out of a bigger house into a smaller house in L.A. I put all my stuff in a storage unit, where I have the most amazing collection of bad paintings, which took me 10 years to put together.”

“Stand-up is a weird animal. There are people who really want to know what you think about things, your opinion on life. But then there are people who think you're just that beautician in 'Legally Blonde,' who doesn't have opinions on anything. Or that I'm Stifler's mom and hot for it all the time.”

“I've played a lot of weird women. I play crazy ladies, and I've played a lot of insane women and weird best friends that are not sexually desirable.”

“I love that topic, the whole relationship thing, and I think that's why I love all this stuff, the Jane Austen stuff.”

“I'm so lucky I got a career in my 30s because these young girls aren't allowed to have their 20s. It's all being documented.”

“I think I'm comedy-attractive, but it's never gonna be me and Charlize Theron up there.”

“I always remember this neighbor who would ask me to babysit for her. She looked like Jayne Mansfield, and I remember babysitting for, like, five hours and she would pay me 80 cents, with a phony smile. I used to go home fuming to my mum.”

“It ends up being a terrible movie if you try and please everyone.”