I think that people who don't like kids are awful people.
— Maya Rudolph
You don't want to be the first person to tell your 5-year-old, like, 'You're going to have a life filled with disappointments and letdowns - enjoy!'
I've been writing joke songs since I was a kid and it served me well at S.N.L. I can write those in my sleep. In fact, I have.
I really love laughing.
I never thought I'd get a chance to do what I'm doing. It's such a dream.
I was a loud child, and if my mother sang to me, I would be quiet.
Without a doubt in sketch comedy there are fewer women than men.
I like comedy as a group sport.
I would love it if you would come in and teach me how to really do you.
I've met people who are baffled by children, as though they were never children themselves.
Most of my life I didn't feel very normal. There's definitely been some moments where I feel like, all right, I've finally graduated and I'm a normal lady.
I still have a fantasy of being a musician when I grow up.
Lord knows I had what you could call many fashion Don'ts in my day.
There are days when I wonder why my mom couldn't be here to see this.
I feel like I come from a smaller off shoot of black people because I am mixed. People say I'm African American but that doesn't include the other half of me.
I learned the enormous power of writing for yourself, especially now that people seem to be receptive to the fact that women can write.
I've never set out to write a funny movie or be a funny comedian as a woman. I am a woman. I don't really have a choice in the matter. My goal is just to be funny.
No, no, no. Your accent is so beautiful.
I get anxious. That lovely Jewish guilt that comes with ancestry.
I feel like I'm a drag queen.
If my time with my kids is shorter than it was yesterday, it's better than nothing.
I have an equal opportunity womb!
To grow up with the loss of your mother is a scar that never goes away.
I don't know if comedy is a male sport. I always wondered that.
To have your childhood dream realized is a really big deal.
Before I had children, everything about my life was devoted to Saturday Night Live.
