A biography for Paula Pellhasn’t been written yet.
“I think, as a woman, you have to really make sure that you're taking care of yourself and make sure that you're covered and you have enough material written for you.”
“I think women are taking charge of the origins of a production, which is the most important part. Because you can't be a victim of whatever people ask you to do.”
“Commercials used to have such a serious tone to them or a really corny tone.”
“It was really fun to start writing movies because you could actually take characters whose voice you enjoy writing in and have actual things happen to them for more than five minutes. It was really fun to thread it together.”
“I was really dramatic, really concerned with love or life.”
“'Hudson Valley Ballers' is just the joy of my life.”
“My sister's journal was the romantic one with boys, and mine was talking about my rock tumbler. We were so different and so similar.”
“I've always felt, even with sketches, that if you don't care about these people, then it doesn't matter.”
“I'm a late bloomer, so I'm going to embrace it all.”
“Starting probably with Janeane Garofalo and that era of stand-up ladies who were starting to be more brainy and strong and clever, guys started noticing those girls as sexy smart. I always called it smarxy.”
“I grew up where the repercussion of you having an opinion was being 'cocky,' or people would be mad at you. And I have finally learnt that it is better for them to be mad at you and disagree than you be so mad at yourself all of the time for not speaking up.”
“I was born in Joliet, Illinois. It was totally Midwestern - small, little house, two great parents, and a sister and a beagle.”
“I think it helps in any comedy room for a woman to have very strong, respected convictions, because then it opens the door up a little bit for other women to have that.”
“I'm obsessed with 'Rocky.' We went 13 times to the theater.”
“I went to a Catholic girls' school before we moved to Florida when I was 15.”
“I was half Catskills comedian, half 1800s matron.”
“I was always a bit of a class clown.”
“I'm a plus-size person, so when I tried to go into the Gap, I used to just walk out of there shaking my head because they have nothing that fits me.”
“I'd always be loaning my sister money, knowing full well I wasn't going to get it back. But she had the kids, and that paid me back.”
“I grew up with an extremely funny dad, and my mom is super funny.”