Top 77 Kristen Wiig Quotes

I wasn’t rich.

Why can’t there be a lot of great women who are doing great things?

The weddings that I’ve been in have been pretty mellow.

There are so many funny women in the world, and there has been for so many years, so I’ll be happy when people can just move on from that, and things can just be ‘comedies’ and not ‘female’ or ‘male,’ and everyone gets an equal opportunity.

I don’t know about the romantic comedy route, although never say never.

I just always gravitate toward the kind of characters or people that maybe you don’t want to talk to for a long time at a party, but you do like to watch what they’re doing.

My friends back home are very supportive.

I would never wear fur.

I enjoy being characters rather than myself.

I wish I had a lot of tattoos.

I like to write and draw and paint, and my mom’s an artist, so I think I get caught up in thinking, ‘I’m afraid it’s gonna be bad,’ and it’s hard for me to start sometimes.

A big part of being in a wedding is the financial obligation, and that’s something that people don’t really talk about, but if you’re asked to be in a wedding, you’re gonna have to fork over some cash.

I’d make a terrible surgeon. The fear of blood? Very high on my list.

I roller skated when I was younger, but when you’re on a track that’s slanted and you’re with other people all skating in a pack, it’s a whole different sport.

I don’t know if you can articulate an instinct.

I hated speaking in public. I would miss school just so I wouldn’t have to do it.

I always say I want to look haunted.

For movies to get greenlit solely based on the success of other movies that have a lot of women in them? It’s so ridiculous to me.

Sometimes I need to blow off steam and go dance really hard.

For movies to get greenlit solely based on the success of other movies that have a lot of women in them? It’s so ridiculous to me.

I don’t rehearse a lot. I try to keep it organic. Even in movies, the less I rehearse, the better I am.

When you go out of your comfort zone and it works there’s nothing more satisfying.

If I can be doing something in the arts till the day I die. I would be very, very happy.

I can relate to having those people in your life that you feel are moving on to this great, big, normal life and you’re like, ‘What’s wrong with me?’

I definitely ran with a pack of hoodlums, that’s for sure.

I really, really want to go to Paris. I’ve never been.

I don’t always just want to do the same thing.

I always say I want to look haunted.

You have to leave things that you love.

I wish I had a lot of tattoos.

I do sort of gravitate towards smaller, indie-type movies.

If I can be doing something in the arts till the day I die. I would be very, very happy.

If you’re creating anything at all, it’s really dangerous to care about what people think.

It’s fun for me to play people that are just kind of odd.

I just like to walk around New York, just put my iPod on and walk around.

There’s something about a Christmas sweater that will always make me laugh.

I roller skated when I was younger, but when you’re on a track that’s slanted and you’re with other people all skating in a pack, it’s a whole different sport.

Maybe studios don’t want to see women acting in a way that isn’t womanly. Maybe people don’t.

At parties, I’ll start talking and notice everyone is looking at me and feel dumb and say, ‘Forget it,’ and then start eating things.

Why can’t there be a lot of great women who are doing great things?

It’s not like I have boxes of scripts arriving at my door.

I just like to walk around New York, just put my iPod on and walk around.

Even in this day and age, if you’re not married, there are people who are like, ‘Awww! Don’t worry, it’ll happen for you someday.’

The public doesn’t want to hear people complaining about having their picture taken.

I lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, until eighth grade, and then my high-school years were in Rochester, New York.

I wish I had less fear about creating my own parts.

I love the rain. It’s my favorite weather.

I know from my own experience and from other people in the business that when you come from a place where nobody knew who you were and then there is this sudden shift to where everybody now knows who you are, there’s an adjustment that you have to make.

There are so many funny women in the world, and there has been for so many years, so I’ll be happy when people can just move on from that, and things can just be ‘comedies’ and not ‘female’ or ‘male,’ and everyone gets an equal opportunity.

I would rather have a small part in a really great movie than a big one in one that I’m not too psyched about.

There’s something about a Christmas sweater that will always make me laugh.

I feel like women are asked their age more than men.

The public doesn’t want to hear people complaining about having their picture taken.

With improv, it’s a combination of listening and not trying to be funny.

People always call me a comedian. And I don’t really see myself like that. I guess I just consider myself an actor who does comedy. But who wants to do other things as well.

I do sort of gravitate towards smaller, indie-type movies.

I enjoy being characters rather than myself.

It’s fun for me to play people that are just kind of odd.

Even in this day and age, if you’re not married, there are people who are like, ‘Awww! Don’t worry, it’ll happen for you someday.’

I don’t always just want to do the same thing.

I think it’s an interesting thing to watch when a person is trying to keep it together and then ultimately when they do lose it a little bit.

At parties, I’ll start talking and notice everyone is looking at me and feel dumb and say, ‘Forget it,’ and then start eating things.

I don’t know about the romantic comedy route, although never say never.

I don’t rehearse a lot. I try to keep it organic. Even in movies, the less I rehearse, the better I am.

I’m not as much a history person as an art person, but I mean, you can read history through art.

It sounds so cheesy, but there’s something very powerful about looking in the mirror and asking yourself a question. Because I think it’s really hard to lie.

I lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, until eighth grade, and then my high-school years were in Rochester, New York.

I love the rain. It’s my favorite weather.

I know from my own experience and from other people in the business that when you come from a place where nobody knew who you were and then there is this sudden shift to where everybody now knows who you are, there’s an adjustment that you have to make.

I am shyer than most people think.

I wasn’t rich.

Sometimes I need to blow off steam and go dance really hard.

I would never wear fur.

I would rather have a small part in a really great movie than a big one in one that I’m not too psyched about.

I am shyer than most people think.

I really, really want to go to Paris. I’ve never been.

People are always so surprised when I want to do dramatic stuff.