Jane Lynch Quotes

• No one's just going to hand you a career. I waited for years for someone to hand me one and it never happened.

  Jane Lynch

  Hands, Years, Careers

  "Jane Lynch on How She Almost Wreck-It Ralph -ed Her Career". Interview with Jim Hill, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 2, 2012.

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• You can't make a cloudy day a sunny day, but can embrace it and decide it's going to be a good day after all.

  Jane Lynch

  Inspirational, Graduation, Good Day

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• I just had to be strong enough to allow myself to be vulnerable. Great Lesson. For art and for life.

  Jane Lynch

  Art, Strong, Lessons

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• My advice to you: live in the moment. Stay fluid and roll with those changes. Life is just a big extended improvisation. Embrace the ever changing, ever evolving world with the best rule I’ve ever found. Say 'YES AND.”

  Jane Lynch

  Life Changing, Advice, Live In The Moment

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• Along time ago I asked myself do I want to be right or do I want to be kind; I opted for kind.

  Jane Lynch

  Want, Be Kind, Kind

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• You just have to decide how close you want them. Not every person in your life needs to be your best friend: some can be friends or just friendly acquaintances.

  Jane Lynch

  Just Friends, Friendly, Needs

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• Don’t deprive yourself of the exciting journey your life can be when you relinquish the need to have goals and a blueprint.

  Jane Lynch

  Journey, Goal, Needs

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• A lot of people are curious why I'm a lesbian - ladies and gentlemen, the cast of Entourage.

  Jane Lynch

  Gay, People, Gentleman

  "Jane Lynch Lesbian Joke About Entourage 'Not Fair,' Says Kevin Dillon". Jane Lynch's speech as host at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards, www.eonline.com. September 18, 2011.

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• Stay fluid and roll with those changes. Life is just a big extended improvisation.

  Jane Lynch

  Inspirational, Graduation, Life Changing

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• Making people laugh is a really fabulous thing because it means you're getting deep inside somebody, into their psyche, and their ability to look at themselves.

  Jane Lynch

  Mean, People, Laughing

  "I'm just a goof" by Danielle Berrin, www.theguardian.com. January 08, 2010.

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• I can still impress my family, yeah. In fact, I always text my family when I meet someone famous. I ran into Anna Faris and I texted my niece, and I said "Just hugged it out with Anna Faris," and she was like, "Oh my God! OMG! OMG!" She got a big kick out of it.

  Jane Lynch

  Niece, Facts, My Family

  Interview with Noel Murray, tv.avclub.com. May 19, 2009.

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• But now that I've matured, I've realized that - at the end of the day - what's really important is the work, not what people think of me.

  Jane Lynch

  Thinking, People, The End Of The Day

  "Jane Lynch on How She Almost Wreck-It Ralph -ed Her Career". Interview with Jim Hill, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 2, 2012.

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• I try not to plan ahead. I just kind of try to think in the moment. I always believe everything will work out the way it's supposed to.

  Jane Lynch

  Believe, Thinking, Work Out

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I spent so much of my younger life drinking, and being drunk makes learning to be a grown-up kind of hard.

  Jane Lynch

  Drinking, Drunk, Kind

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• For many, many years, I was always whipping up things in order to keep myself busy and moving ever forward and saying, 'What's next? What's next? What's next?' I like the equanimity that comes with my age. I don't have big highs, and I don't have big lows. Even if this job goes away tomorrow, the nonstop ambition is a thing of the past for me. I've mellowed

  Jane Lynch

  Jobs, Moving, Ambition

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• When I was a kid, I wanted to be a boy. I really had gender issues. I really thought I was supposed to be a boy. I used to sneak into my dad's room and put on a suit, drink a cocktail, and pretend to smoke a cigarette.

  Jane Lynch

  Dad, Kids, Boys

  Interview with Noel Murray, tv.avclub.com. May 19, 2009.

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• I know it sounds new age-y, but what I've truly come up with is that you really need to trust that you're on your own path, as long as you stay true to it and you show up, which is 99% of it.

  Jane Lynch

  Long, Age, Sound

  "Jane Lynch Talks About the GLEE Super Bowl Episode and Season Two". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 5, 2011.

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• To this day, I still would choose the angst over something easier, when I really don't have to.

  Jane Lynch

  Easier, Angst, Stills

  "Jane Lynch Talks About the GLEE Super Bowl Episode and Season Two". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 5, 2011.

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• When I was younger, I actually wanted to be in the spotlight. To have people want me, want to have a piece of me.

  Jane Lynch

  People, Pieces, Spotlight

  "Jane Lynch on How She Almost Wreck-It Ralph -ed Her Career". Interview with Jim Hill, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 2, 2012.

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• That was the most offensive thing I've ever seen in 20 years of teaching - and that includes an elementary school production of hair.

  Jane Lynch

  Women, Teaching, School

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• Artists are free to push boundaries to make art. But when pushing boundaries is their only aim, the result is usually bad art.

  Jane Lynch

  Art, Pushing Boundaries, Results

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• We did an a cappella version, which I have always wanted to do, of the "Coventry Carol." It's beautiful, and we did it in three part harmony with no accompaniment. We have two a cappella songs that, in my opinion, are just gorgeous.

  Jane Lynch

  Beautiful, Song, Two

  Source: collider.com

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• My first love, in my head, believe it or not, was Ron Howard.

  Jane Lynch

  Believe, First Love, Firsts

  "Jane Lynch Talks About the Glee Super Bowl Episode and Season Two". Press Conference, collider.com. February 05, 2011.

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• I've just always loved singing, and I come from a family that loves singing around the kitchen table.

  Jane Lynch

  Kitchen, Singing, Kitchen Table

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• I've never been turned down for a role because I'm gay. I'm a character actor, and that's probably why. I don't find Hollywood, in my own experience, to be homophobic. ... But I do think the straight folks will continue to play the straight roles.

  Jane Lynch

  Character, Gay, Thinking

  "Jane Lynch: Studios Won’t Cast Gay Leading Actors". www.huffingtonpost.com. January 13, 2011.

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