Quotes by Retta

I was always silly in high school. I used to always get in trouble because I was laughing. Ive always thought I was funny but never thought I could use it to make money. In 1996, I decided I was going to use my humor to get on TV to make money.

For Christmas I do gift bags for my friends and the cast, and I put treat yo self key chains in there. And people send me pictures of treat yo self all the time.

I started once a week in North Carolina at a pub called Charlie Goodnight and met a lot of comics there. Then I moved to L.A., and if youre not known, its hard to get stage time. So you start out doing what they call bringers - you have to bring five people if you wanna get on stage. It was a lot of hustle, a learning curve.

Glee is very easy to clown because I feel like its just crumbling. Smash! Smash is the ultimate. I love it because Im all about theater. I did plays in high school and college, and it totally brings me back to that feeling: how excited you get on opening night, how it sucks when youre not learning the dance moves.