Top 18 Mary Lynn Rajskub Quotes

I have to paint at least two times a week, and there’s not enough time in the day to do everything.

’24’ is not an anti-government show, really. We’ve always relied on Jack to fight for the greater good in his own way, and at times, ’24’ is very patriotic. For me personally, I definitely pay attention to things in a different way.

I had fun doing a lot of low-budget movies and web series. And I got back into stand-up where I started.

I got into acting to avoid politics of any sort so I could remain in a fantasy world.

I’m doing stand-up comedy. I’m working on a one-woman show about how I don’t like my baby. There is a period of time where a baby is born where the next 3 months is harrowing. A lot of people say it’s the most wonderful time, but for me it was harrowing.

The really cool challenge of ’24’ was learning on camera how to be a dramatic actress. The biggest difficulty was the industry side of things. I was very lucky that I had Joel Surnow, one of the creators of ’24,’ in my corner. Early on, the Fox executives couldn’t believe that I was on the show.

I’m not married and I don’t think that’s going to work out for me. I’m not even bitter, I’m just exhausted.

I need to see where I am physically and practicing with NHL players is the best way to find that out.

I always love performing live, and that’s what I was doing that started getting me acting parts, so I still find time do it.

I like America. I think it’s pretty cool. I got into acting to avoid politics of any sort so I could remain in a fantasy world.

To really be on stage and not know what you’re going to say, and to be able to say something that makes people laugh, or do something that’s sort of abstract or off the beaten path and have people connect to it by just putting your ideas together, that really makes me happy.

I read a fan bulletin board once, and somebody said I had a face like a potato, so I never went back on there.

The more I get to do this character, the more I realize that she’s not just annoying. It’s that her strength is not interacting with people socially. She just doesn’t have time because she has so much going on in her brain.

I went to art school for fine art and then I started doing performance art, and then I started making fun of performance art, and it turned into comedy.

My stand-up has always been very character-based. I’m not really the kind of person that’s like, ‘Hey, here’s what’s on my mind! Tip your waitress!’ I would create the jokes based on the character I was playing. It was always a performance-based thing for me.

I’ve been a weirdo since I was a kid.

It always surprised me that I was getting acting work.

’24’ is a pretty serious show – there isn’t a lot of improv that is happening. Having said that, I do play around with the delivery. A lot of the humor comes from playing a character who is very furious and really up in her own brain and in a serious situation. That is humorous to me.