Kristen Schaal

“I loved 'Burning Love,' and I really do love almost everything Paul Scheer touches.”

“My parents are pretty religious, devout, but did they force it on me? No, I don't think so. I still think of myself as a Lutheran, just one who doesn't go to church.”

“The more women sit down and write something in a woman's voice for a woman, they more you'll see women in comedy because gender doesn't define sense of humor. Imagination and intelligence and perspective do.”

“I think I've always had a disconnect from what I'm supposed to be like.”

“I'm not really a control person, and I'm a big believer in collaboration. I like to have a friend.”

“Sarcasm doesn't read sarcastic in print.”

“I never really saw myself as a standup comedian. I always just thought of myself as someone who used the eight minutes or 10 minutes she was allotted and had a blast.”

“My sensibilities are like, 'I want it to be weirder.'”

“I used to go to open mics in New York when I was starting out, and it was mostly just people who wanted an audience to look at them for eight minutes on a stage.”

“No one knows who the real me is, so I can be a hundred different kinds of me.”

“In the U.K., there's absolutely no money for television. So you can do pretty much whatever you want. They're not losing money on any of the shows, so they'll give you a lot of creative freedom. In the United States, there are millions and millions of dollars at stake, so they need a sure formula.”

“My style can't be held within a pixel medium. Like, it needs to be performed in a living, breathing space. People need to have all their senses ready to take on my comedy, and unfortunately, TV alienates at least their sense of touch, taste, smell.”

“In high school, I was doing a skit for forensics and people started laughing, more than I was prepared to deal with. It was a surprise.”

“'Rock of Love' with Bret Michaels was fun. He's a lovable guy.”

“I don't enjoy reality television at all. I have to say that I get it, though. I watch some of it, and I understand why people enjoy it.”

“Animals in general have sparked a weird depression in me, because as much as I tried, I couldn't layer a personality over them. You know what I mean? I would stare at the cows, and I would sing to the cows, and they would always just look at me blankly.”

“It's not hard to be a woman in comedy as long as you're also a writer. You have to create your opportunity.”

“I've been lucky. The projects I've gotten to work on are projects I'd want to watch myself. That's what I try to shoot for.”

“Sometimes I try to sell shows with a female lead to networks, and that isn't something that's been a proven formula for them, so they reject it. I do feel like men get the funniest roles in movies.”

“Most of the people I know in comedy are not weird or messed up.”