Amy Sedaris Quotes - Page 5

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• If you cannot come to the party, do not cancel at the last minute or give a message to a child to inform the host. And don't bother explaining why you can't attend because anything after 'because' is bullshit.

  Amy Sedaris

  Children, Party, Bullshit

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• I don't really consider myself to be a comedian. I mean, it's not like I'm sitting around writing jokes or anything. I just like dressing up and pretending to be other people.

  Amy Sedaris

  Writing, Mean, Dressing Up

  Interview with Will Harris, www.bullz-eye.com. January 7, 2009.

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• I love costumes. My dream growing up was always to have my own costume and prop shop.

  Amy Sedaris

  Dream, Growing Up, Costumes

  Interview with Genevieve Koski, www.avclub.com. November 3, 2010.

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• I'm not a good storyteller. I always think I'm going to get interrupted, or something's going to get edited. I think that comes from being in a large family, so you have to get your story in really quick or someone cuts you off.

  Amy Sedaris

  Cutting, Thinking, Stories

  "Amy Sedaris Likes To Watch You Cry". Interview with Lucas Kavner, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 2, 2011.

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• I don't know my telephone number or anything like that, but when I do have to make a call, I just pull my body over to the side and squat. I don't want to be one of those people who are on their phone all the time.

  Amy Sedaris

  People, Squat

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• I just like to have the ideas. Other people can help see them through.

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  Ideas, People, Helping

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• Crafting, or 'making things,' has always been a delightful pastime of mine because it requires putting common elements together in order to achieve a lovely something that nobody needs.

  Amy Sedaris

  Order, Lovely, Together

  "Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People". Book by Amy Sedaris, November 2, 2010.

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• I like to play unattractive people who think they're pretty. You can do what you want, but I prefer to look interesting.

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  Thinking, Play, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'd rather have a part where you walk into a room and you leave. That's perfect for me.

  Amy Sedaris

  Perfect, Rooms, Perfect For Me

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• I'm not a first-place person.

  Amy Sedaris

  Firsts, Persons

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• My characters always like themselves.

  Amy Sedaris

  Character

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• Exercise your imagination muscle! How many uses can you come up with for a flowerpot? Write down your answers. But don't write them in this book. Grab a separate sheet of paper. I didn't spend two and a half weeks writing a book just so you could mark up the pages with your silly ideas for things you can do with a flowerpot. When it comes down to it, what's wrong with a flowerpot not being a flowerpot? Why is nothing ever good enough for you?

  Amy Sedaris

  Silly, Book, Writing

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• Gift-wrap the framed artwork on your walls and rehang them - what's nicer than a wall of presents to look at?

  Amy Sedaris

  Wall, Looks, Framed

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• My father and I have a very good relationship. We always got along. But I always scold him.

  Amy Sedaris

  Boyfriend, Dad, Father

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• If I'm creating something for myself, then I want to have fun.

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  Fun, Creating, Want

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I like to be around entertaining people. Even if they're bored, and you're in a convalescent home, there's something entertaining about that, in a way.

  Amy Sedaris

  Home, People, Bored

  Interview with David Wolinsky, tv.avclub.com. May 6, 2008.

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• I've been to some funerals where there's a lot of laughing - it's about celebrating their new journey. I can't think of anything. There's humor in everything. There's gotta be humor in everything.

  Amy Sedaris

  Journey, Thinking, Laughing

  Interview with David Wolinsky, tv.avclub.com. May 6, 2008.

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• I always want to look unattractive, it's more fun. I like playing opposites, people who aren't attractive who think they are pretty. That's always interesting to me.

  Amy Sedaris

  Fun, Thinking, Opposites

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• I'm not very good with drink recipes. If I'm entertaining, I like to come up with a house drink for the evening, one thing I'll make for the whole evening of the whole month.

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  House, Recipes, Months

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• I need a costume to be convinced that I'm somebody else. Otherwise, it's just me. It's just Amy saying lines. I haven't really become somebody else. And what's the fun in that?

  Amy Sedaris

  Fun, Needs, Amy

  "Amy Sedaris: The Believer Interview". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.ericspitznagel.com. March, 2004.

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• I did shoplift but I didn't get in trouble for it. I shoplifted a lot when I was little. Candy. I would steal candy.

  Amy Sedaris

  Littles, Trouble, Stealing

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• You just can't enjoy any of the movie when you're in it.

  Amy Sedaris

  Enjoy

  Interview with David Wolinsky, tv.avclub.com. May 6, 2008.

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• I like dramas and stuff. That's what I watch, but it seems weird that I'd be in it.

  Amy Sedaris

  Drama, Watches, Stuff

  Interview with David Wolinsky, tv.avclub.com. May 6, 2008.

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• I'm more of a clown, a tragic clown. Yeah. I just like humor to come out of characters.

  Amy Sedaris

  Character, Clown, Yeah

  Interview with Amelie Gillette, tv.avclub.com. June 28, 2006.

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• I try to pick music for a diner that doesnt involve a lot of lyrics, so you're not paying attention to that. As long as it doesnt dominate the party, it should be more atmosphere music. When I'm by myself, I never play music.

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  Party, Play, Long

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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