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Quotes by Jenny Slate

I like to wear dresses and skirts when I go onstage because the attitude that I have is, Im so excited to introduce myself to you. And I want to be wearing what Id be wearing to a date or a dinner party.

I hope that the restaurant I go to will have buffalo chicken fingers. I hope that one day I can work with Matt Damon. I have big and little dreams, and theyre all equally important to me. A life without buffalo chicken fingers, I dont know if I would want that life. Even if it meant I got to work with Matt Damon. Everything has its worth.

I guess some people want to be performers because they want to be famous.

I think that there have been a lot of fear-based assertions that feminism is about aggression, and that is incorrect and untrue. Feminism is about equality; thats what its about.

I love waking up in the morning. It makes me feel really excited.

If Im going to have baked goods in the morning, the rule is that I have to make them myself.

Saturday Night Live will always be this amazing, powerful behemoth, but its also not the only thing happening in comedy anymore.

When I was growing up, I was so fascinated by Mel Blanc and all of the different voices that he did for Looney Tunes and watching Robin Williams record voice-over for the genie in Aladdin. It always seemed to be a major honor - something you have to earn. Like people trust you when they want to have you there without seeing you.

I tend to be really spacey, but I dont think its because Im unintelligent - its just my imagination and a little bit of ADD.

It looks like Im just gonna keep getting really, really happy and sad and embarrassed and excited and disappointed for the rest of my life, so lets just do that.