A biography for Jennifer Coolidgehasn’t been written yet.
“Girls are supposed to be feminine and demure. Comedy isn't about that, so you just have to unlearn it. Certain women are so pretty, they can't go weird enough to be funny. You have to be willing to be ugly. I'm lucky my face can look so hideous.”
“I wanted to be a dramatic actress. Life doesn't go the way you think it's going to go.”
“I love Australia, and I especially love those rugby players.”
“I always like to get a role where I think, 'Ah, I know this is probably going to be played like this, but I'm going to do it like this.'”
“Usually, when you're an actress, you have to audition 20 times.”
“I'm kind of harsher than most people.”
“I get the gold-digger part six times weekly. I can play those women into the ground, but I don't want someone telling me that's all I can do.”
“Younger guy are attracted to a strong quality.”
“A man's ability to haggle is never a turn-on. The only thing less romantic than how much you paid is how much you saved. The last thing we want to hear is how you talked the jeweler down on our new earrings.”
“Short of spending $10,000, there is nothing you can do to your head to hide the fact that you're going bald.”
“When it's going well, stand-up is the best thing in the world, but when it's not, it feels like all your toes are being pulled off one by one.”
“I always date younger men. For some reason that's just the way it's gone, because younger guys have always asked me out and I accept.”
“I went out with seven actors in a row. There are problems with that. I've had the really good-looking dramatic actor, and that has its problems. And then I'll go out with the funny guy. It's almost like the funny guy has more to prove.”
“Some people are really nice about it. I get Saudi princes and famous people stopping me in L.A. and saying, 'You're Stifler's mom. Can I take a picture with you?' But then you get people like her putting their camera in your face without asking. They think they can do whatever they like.”
“When you're an actress, there are only a few times you can really get paid. One of them is doing a sequel. They can't fake you or hire another actor to play you.”
“No one purposefully paints a bad painting. It's someone who's trying to do a good painting, but it's terrible. I have one with a matador, and the bull is going through the blanket. You can tell the painter didn't know how to paint it.”
“I don't know what I am. I guess you can call me a character actor in the sense that I'll never be an ingenue. You know, that's over. My shot was missed. I take a normal person and make them more of a character. I don't know what that would be called.”
“To be honest, sometimes I'm horrified because you don't really know what you look like. If I really knew what I was doing on-screen, I would try to stop doing it.”
“As a single woman, I reap the benefits of being Stifler's mom.”
“Physically, no one would ever consider me for the serial-killer lady.”