A lot of independent films offer a harsh reality check.
When you improvise, you work off the laughs from the audience, but when you step on stage to do standup, it's silent.
I want to go to New Zealand. I have no idea what it's like, and in my head, everyone lives in/on an ice lake, so I'd like to come stay.
This is one of the good parts of being a freelancer - you get to choose the spot you're going to be working at. But I wouldn't base everything on my social media or my work. I'm also a person and I have my personal life. So my social media is my work. It's an important part of my life but it's not my life. People tend to get the wrong idea because they only see the good stuff but it's just my work. I'm trying to portray only the good stuff and what I think is going to be inspiring. I have a personal Instagram where my friends follow me.
Improv is so different, it's such a collaborative thing, you're working with other people, nothing is planned and it's kind of this community mentality, whereas stand-up, you're alone and it was really hard.
I obviously bring all of my insecurities along with me to any role that I tackle.
I can't say I follow politics extremely closely, but I'm definitely aware of what's going on in the world.
Louis C. K. is one of my all time favorite standup comedians.
I'm pretty good at weaseling my way into a job, even if I have no business being there.
I don't have many actors in my family, but I do have a Great Uncle that is a film-maker in Philadelphia, and my great-great-grandparents were Flamenco dancers in the 30's in New York, they were Spanish dancers.
With stand-up, it doesn't matter who you are. If the audience claps because they love your movies, that clapping stops after five seconds, and then it's your job to make them laugh.
Well, I was obsessed with Judy Garland growing up. Like, obsessed.
Writing is hard - writing is the hardest.
I've always wanted to do all kinds of roles, dramatic roles and comedic roles, all kinds of roles.
When I was in high school I was a really huge 'SNL' fan. I remember the cast around the time I started watching it - Will Ferrell, Ana Gasteyer, Molly Shannon, Cheri O'Teri, Tracy Morgan. I did research to find out how people got on the show. Their bios always said they came from an improv team, so I started taking classes.
When I was doing comedy in New York, before I was in movies, I was never known as the deadpan actress. I was just a comedienne.
