Top 35 Jane Krakowski Quotes

I’m willing to go further than other people on camera.

I never thought I’d sing or dance on national television.

I visited Krakow about 10 years ago, and when you’re named Krakowski, you are very welcomed. I loved every minute of it. They had ‘Ally McBeal’ on Polish TV. People offered to drive us out to our family’s farm.

I hope wit comes through in all the characters I portray.

There’s never enough hours in the day to do what you want to do. What I’ve become OK with is that not everything can be done today. As long as I can get that time in with my son, then I can get all of the other stuff done today or tomorrow.

Who wouldn’t want to be an ‘American Idol’ judge? It’s an awesome, awesome show.

I consider myself to be more real-sized than most of the actresses in California and in show business. They’re very small. They’re like miniature people.

The fact that I even get in Broadway shows is, to me, still amazing, but then to win a Tony was just incredible.

I have trouble keeping plants alive. Even plastic ones.

I have been lucky to be surrounded by other great working moms, like Tina Fey. I’ve certainly taken a lot of advice from her in every realm, from actor choices to mom choices.

I would love to play Dot in ‘Sunday in the Park with George.’ It’s one of my dream roles – to play Dot.

It takes a lot out of you to do a one-hour episodic lead of a show. I don’t think actors realize that when they take the job.

If I’m ever lucky enough to be part of an awards tribute, I hope they play ‘Muffin Top’ in my little clip. That’s how I want to be remembered.

People’s arrest tapes, mug shots, everything is online.

Oh, I’ll tell you about ‘Anyone Can Whistle’ – the lesson I learned with doing that record is that the simplest songs are the hardest to do.

I don’t think I do anything that well, but I do a little bit of everything!

If I could do theater during the hiatus and then do ’30 Rock’ in the winter, that would be my ideal job.

I find something funny when it lives on many levels – a level of self-deprecation, of knowledge and heightened reality.

I’m a girl from Jersey.

Female movie stars from the pre-Code era of Hollywood, like Mae West, could be so raunchy and witty before they were edited. Sometimes they could go further in their wit than we go now.

I love the story of how my parents met because it seems very 1950s Brooklyn. They met on a brownstone stoop as my father was singing a little doo-wop.

The excitement of being in a rehearsal room is good for me.

I think of the Roundabout as my musical theater family here in New York City.

I am someone who puts their takeout or leftovers into the Tupperware and stores it in the refrigerator overnight.

Yes, I have a good sense of humor to sort of last a long time in show business, and I think to be able to find comedic value in who you are and the people that you work is always a good thing.

That’s why I love doing live theater more than anything: You get an immediate reaction, whether it’s good or bad.

There are days that I love just devoting to going to the park and playing with my son, but then sometimes you have to leave out other things, or if work is a full day of work, perhaps I miss the play time with my son, and I guess the only struggle is trying to not shortchange any of the things that you want to do.

What I love about doing live theater and the same material night after night is… you can live inside the same words. There comes a great joy in that, in making it so clear because you’ve had the time to define it.

I am always in much better shape when I am doing a Broadway show because you have the eight shows a week to kind of keep the body clean and perfect in a sense, you know? For instance, I always eat much better when I am in a show because you can’t have dairy – for your voice.

Cheyenne Jackson is just a dream.

I’m always awoken with the joyous sound and laughter of my son. That’s the best part about being a mom.

I still get thrilled by the energy that is a live performance, the fear and the panic and the electricity that happens on the night. I think jolting myself every once in a while with that fear is a good thing for me.

My great-grandparents came from Poland. Interestingly enough, they were named Adam and Eve. But I do not believe they are the original.

When a hot woman walks by, and we ask if she’s your type, refrain from saying things like, ‘Nah, I like a woman with a little meat on her bones’ as you give us a squeeze.

Even though we all know the facts, it’s hard to resist the lure of a tan.