Michelle Buteau

“Growing up, I did love television and film, and I always wish that I could see more representation.”

“If there's no pressure, then why do it? Challenge yourself.”

“Like so many couples, my husband and I had a hard time trying to conceive.”

“I saw 'Get Out;' that's one of my favorite movies.”

“We feel like we have to do everything and we feel like we have to be good at everything and we feel like we have no one to talk to. Especially women who have just given birth who are beating themselves up because it wasn't a natural birth, it was a C-section, or feeling like 'I can't breastfeed and I should be' and it's like 'Are you kidding me?'”

“There was never a moment where I thought, I'm not going to make it.”

“I started standup and did it the way I wanted it to look. I did my thing and realized it made me happy and I could make money.”

“You know, I grew up Catholic. My mom is very conservative. She's very Catholic. But she's also very open-minded, right?”

“You know, the husband and I have a mid-century furniture store located in Bushwick, so we believe in understanding the value of what you have.”

“That's what I love about podcasting, especially doing live shows, because you have this safe space to be like, 'You know what happened to me today? This.' And later you can edit it.”

“I always say that today's assistant is tomorrow's executive.”

“I'm sure tea tree is good for you, but I don't know what it does because I'm not a holistic healer.”

“I was a late bloomer when it came to believing in myself - like, 24. I think it had to do with being out in the world. I didn't really know how to deal with other people until I started working retail at the mall in my 20s.”

“That's what I tell my friends that complain about having three lines in a TV show or movie: Make those three lines pop. Make them so big that everybody will be talking about that scene for the rest of the week.”

“Every kid looks forward to buying their first JanSport backpack for school - you know my kids did!”

“I had my twins via surrogacy, so I didn't have that experience of breastfeeding.”

“There's always gonna be an audience that doesn't know me. I'm down with that, and thank God I age well.”

“There are a lot of clubs that are like, 'Don't do political jokes because it incites a lot of heckling.'”

“I think life is pretty messy and we should give each other license to complain and talk without having to fix it or have an answer or whatever it is. Sometimes you just have to say it out loud and that's part of the healing process.”

“There are so many people that feel lonely, that feel like they're not worthy.”