Top 40 Kate McKinnon Quotes

It’s much easier for me to do an impression of someone real, because you and the audience begin with a baseline understanding of this person’s life. And then if you subvert that in any way, it’s a little comedy surprise.

If I had Instagram, it would be pictures of my son, who is a cat.

For ‘Ghostbusters,’ the thing that makes it such an amazing franchise and an amazing idea is that it is adds the element of physics and technology. It’s not just about ghosts. Who the heck came up with that? It is such a good idea, such a unique combination of stuff from different genres. Ghosts and sci fi.

Comedy has become, I think, a very important branch of public intellectualism. But it still ain’t Washington.

I was just never discouraged from doing something wacky like trying to be a comedian.

I hate the feeling of having hair on my neck.

It just feels unnatural to me to broadcast anything other than the character I’ve created.

To be employed in the entertainment industry is a miracle.

There was just a lot of comedy on the TV in the house, and my parents are both very funny.

I was very serene, and I still am, until I start talking in another voice, then suddenly I have a lot of volume and I’m frantic. But I didn’t want to be one of those people who’s always talking in accents in real life, so I started doing sketch comedy.

I just like playing unique characters that I love.

Maddie Ziegler is the most amazing dancer I’ve ever seen, and I’m so obsessed with her. I was obsessed with her even before she did her first Sia video.

I pride myself on being tragically uncool.

I love doing impressions of politicians because the task is always to imagine the private lives of these people whose job it is to project an image of staunch, unflinching leadership and grace, and that’s just not how human beings, in their heart of hearts, work.

‘SNL’ can be a stressful environment, and I am panicking constantly, but I guess I keep it pretty internal.

I can relate to pushing yourself because you want to help and move culture toward justice.

I only come up with things when I am talking to myself, which I do constantly. The sidewalk and the subway are the best places for this. I speak at full volume and then laugh at myself if I like what I just said.

Nothing makes me laugh more than farting.

When I heard that Paul Feig was directing an all-female ‘Ghostbusters,’ I was prepared to do anything to be a part of this, to be a part of what sounded like an incredible project.

I do get approached occasionally, but not a ton. I’m unrecognizable because I’m coated in cat hair and sweat. And there’s a sort of yeti quality to my presence… so I don’t think that people can see the face.

You just have to work super hard, and if you have a passion, that’s the most beautiful thing in life, and you just have to bust out and do it, baby!

I’m a physical comedian first – and I’m a woman before that.

Comedy is a tool of togetherness. It’s a way of putting your arm around someone, pointing at something, and saying, ‘Isn’t it funny that we do that?’ It’s a way of reaching out.

I found I could speak louder and was more comfortable if I was doing it in someone else’s crazy voice.

Some people look at movies and think, ‘Oh my gosh, that’s so amazing.’ But to me, I look at a politician or a scientist and think, ‘They’re creating the content of humanity.’

It’s hard to write a comedy sketch.

I lost $6 in Atlantic City once and said, ‘Never again.’

Everyone has some kind of light inside them.

‘Mean Girls’ stands the test of time as one of the greatest comedies ever produced. I’ve seen it way too many times, and I just think it’s the most brilliant thing ever written. I love it so much.

I find donating stuff to be the biggest hassle.

I’ve been a big astrophysics nut since I was 12. I have always had a real soft spot for the bizarreness of quantum mechanics. But I gave up on being a scientist in high school – I’m just not that good at math.

I’ve never had a couch that needed to be cleaned or learned how to couch-clean in general. That feels too grown-up.

That’s the one criteria I have – I can’t do an impression of someone I don’t like.

I had this dream in my head of, if I got hired by ‘SNL, what that moment would be like. And I dreamed that I would, like, collapse on the sidewalk and cry to the heavens. I got this call, and it didn’t happen naturally. But I did it anyway because I wanted to have that moment. So I did collapse.

It’s hard not to be the straight man when Zach Galifianakis is there. He’s such a delightfully bizarre creature. Everything he does is so surprising. He’s such a live wire. It’s just so exciting to watch.

I will not hear a word against him. I love my Bieber!

I love Jared Hess’ movies. He’s such a weirdo and such a nice, funny guy.

I don’t sleep enough, and it does… what is the opposite of wonders… horrors. It does horrors for my skin.

I always wanted to live alone for a month in a lakeside cabin. In my fantasy, I enter a state of perfect peace and grow my own kale and stuff, but in real life, I think I might be very bored after four days.

A good impression is sort of a juxtaposition of disparate elements.