Some children challenge themselves to maybe run a marathon or something. I challenged myself to stay up for two days and make cinnamon toast and watch the Jerry Lewis Telethon and laugh and cry. Paula Pell Read Quote
All the women I’ve grown up with at ‘SNL’ and other areas, and even the women that work with Judd Apatow, all those women are powerful, assertive women that have great material, and they just produce themselves. Paula Pell Read Quote
I grew up where the repercussion of you having an opinion was being ‘cocky,’ or people would be mad at you. And I have finally learnt that it is better for them to be mad at you and disagree than you be so mad at yourself all of the time for not speaking up. Paula Pell Read Quote
Young, handsome men never flirt with me. I get heat from old dudes that run the parking garages. Paula Pell Read Quote
I have written before, but I was primarily an actor and improvisational performer. Paula Pell Read Quote
I was born in Joliet, Illinois. It was totally Midwestern – small, little house, two great parents, and a sister and a beagle. Paula Pell Read Quote
I think women are taking charge of the origins of a production, which is the most important part. Because you can’t be a victim of whatever people ask you to do. Paula Pell Read Quote
My specialty at ‘SNL’ was doing triage. There was always a great need for someone to say, ‘Make this funnier. Give me an ending for this. What’s a better big laugh for this towards the end? What’s a better physical joke in this?’ And I just really, over time, honed that specific thing so well. Paula Pell Read Quote
