I admire my boss, Lorne Michaels. He never stops producing. I think, for him, comedy is a tool of compassion, a way of rallying people together and saying, ‘Guys, isn’t the world bonkers? Aren’t we all just trying our best?’ There’s a tenderness in everything he does. Kate McKinnon Read Quote
There was just a lot of comedy on the TV in the house, and my parents are both very funny. Kate McKinnon Read Quote
I was very serene, and I still am, until I start talking in another voice, then suddenly I have a lot of volume and I’m frantic. But I didn’t want to be one of those people who’s always talking in accents in real life, so I started doing sketch comedy. Kate McKinnon Read Quote
I like to connect with people and suss them out. There’s no better way than seeing how they react if you just bear into them. Kate McKinnon Read Quote
I don’t sleep enough, and it does… what is the opposite of wonders… horrors. It does horrors for my skin. Kate McKinnon Read Quote
My cat does this thing where he’s so happy to see me that he repeatedly smashes his face into my face and purrs like a literal pig. Kate McKinnon Read Quote
I love doing impressions of politicians because the task is always to imagine the private lives of these people whose job it is to project an image of staunch, unflinching leadership and grace, and that’s just not how human beings, in their heart of hearts, work. Kate McKinnon Read Quote
