Michaela Watkins

“As much as I would have loved to look like Jennifer Aniston in 'Friends,' that didn't happen. And I really tried! I hit that gym! I got a flatiron. But it didn't happen.”

“My dad is a mathematician; I think we both have that problem-solving, looking-for-patterns way of thinking.”

“I love working so much. For me, working equals happiness.”

“I made a pact with myself when I was 12 that I would only work with people who make me happy. I choose happy.”

“I went on a road trip and ended up in Portland, Oregon, and from there, I did non-stop theater. I had just graduated, and I had all these ideas about what good acting was, but I hadn't put any of it into action. I spent five years honing my acting chops. And then I had this epiphany one day that I need to go to L.A.; I need to be on a sitcom.”

“I actually have huge respect for Lorne Michaels. I think that guy is really something.”

“Evvverrrrybody wants to know what it's like working with Jennifer Lopez.”

“When you're casting a show, you have your idea of who you want it to be, and of course, those are going to be very well-known names.”

“I have this weird optimism that when things are not good - like, really, genuinely not good - that we shall persevere.”

“It was weird that most people knew me as someone let go from 'SNL.' I had the best time there, and in retrospect, it was the perfect amount of time. The only thing that matters is what you do with yourself in that moment after. If you decide, 'I'm the girl who was fired from 'SNL,' you're just that.”

“When I got 'Trophy Wife', the first fear is, 'This could go away;' the second is, 'It's here and I love it; I hope it gets a second season.'”

“I realize I love crazy ladies. Of course I don't like to think of myself as one, but maybe I am, too. I dunno. I'm always drawn to them; I think it's because I'm attracted to people who aren't in the business of people-pleasing: saying what they really think, not passive-aggressive at all.”

“I say yes to everything if I like the overall thing that's being put out there. I'll do anything with David Wain.”

“Rejection and I are old friends.”

“I do like to play people I wouldn't want to spend five minutes in a room with.”

“What's fun now is that I have a show at USA that I co-wrote called 'Benched.' I'm completely behind the scenes and not the actor at all.”

“'SNL' was a dream come true for me. It was a fantastic year. I don't have any regrets.”

“I'm happy because I was proud of what I did at 'SNL.' It's the only time probably in my life that I didn't have any regrets. I worked really hard. I played really nice. I threw myself into it. I committed. Beyond that, what else could I have done?”