Top quotes by Maya Rudolph

To have your childhood dream realized is a really big deal. Votes: 19

You don't want to be the first person to tell your 5-year-old, like, 'You're going to have a life filled with disappointments and letdowns - enjoy!' Votes: 10

Before I had children, everything about my life was devoted to Saturday Night Live. Votes: 10

To grow up with the loss of your mother is a scar that never goes away. Votes: 9

I feel like I come from a smaller off shoot of black people because I am mixed. People say I'm African American but that doesn't include the other half of me. Votes: 9

I learned the enormous power of writing for yourself, especially now that people seem to be receptive to the fact that women can write. Votes: 6

If my time with my kids is shorter than it was yesterday, it's better than nothing. Votes: 6

I don't look my best when I wake up! But I do feel beautiful when I'm tired and happy and I've had a good laugh and a glass of champagne. Votes: 5

I was a loud child, and if my mother sang to me, I would be quiet. Votes: 4

I've met people who are baffled by children, as though they were never children themselves. Votes: 4

I've never set out to write a funny movie or be a funny comedian as a woman. I am a woman. I don't really have a choice in the matter. My goal is just to be funny. Votes: 4

I'm always learning when I'm surrounded by great people. In every experience, I feel like I'm learning. I'm not like, "Oh good. I'm done! I don't have to learn anymore." Votes: 3

Honestly, because it's my third, I feel like I've been pregnant for like six years, seriously. Votes: 3

I get anxious. That lovely Jewish guilt that comes with ancestry. Votes: 3

I never thought I'd get a chance to do what I'm doing. It's such a dream. Votes: 3

I have an equal opportunity womb! Votes: 2

I feel like I'm a drag queen. Votes: 2

The thing you can do better than anyone else is love your children, because they're your children. Votes: 2

Without a doubt in sketch comedy there are fewer women than men. Votes: 2

Lord knows I had what you could call many fashion Don'ts in my day. Votes: 1

And in improvisation there is one hard and fast rule, and that rule is known as 'Yes And'. The term yes and: to say yes, and not just yes, but to add information. In the adding of information you don't negate the other persons idea - but you build on it. Votes: 0

Because you want to keep an air of calm and cool. Votes: 0

I don't know if comedy is a male sport. I always wondered that. Votes: 0

I really love laughing. Votes: 0

I still have a fantasy of being a musician when I grow up. Votes: 0

I think that people who don't like kids are awful people. Votes: 0

I thought she was the funniest woman, and I believed being a comedian was the most exciting thing you could be. Votes: 0

I've been writing joke songs since I was a kid and it served me well at S.N.L. I can write those in my sleep. In fact, I have. Votes: 0

Most of my life I didn't feel very normal. There's definitely been some moments where I feel like, all right, I've finally graduated and I'm a normal lady. Votes: 0

There are days when I wonder why my mom couldn't be here to see this. Votes: 0

When I first moved to New York, someone who thought they knew more than I did said: "You have to always look like you know where you're going when you get out of the subway." Votes: 0

I like comedy as a group sport. Votes: 0

I like being a funny lady. I think theres nothing sexier than a funny lady. Votes: 0