Kristen Schaal Quotes & Sayings

“I think growing up on a farm in a certain amount of isolation, with not a lot of friends nearby, makes you entertain yourself and kind of grows your imagination - being alone is quite good for all that. You make up stories, talk to the animals, let them be an audience, a bunch of cows.”

“Sarcasm doesn't read sarcastic in print.”

“I would like to be known as someone who was really sweet but also knowledgeable in all areas of life.”

“No one knows who the real me is, so I can be a hundred different kinds of me.”

“I probably shouldn't say this about all animals, but at least the farm animals that I've hung out with, and even when I go to the zoo usually, they're like a blank slate. I guess that's why I like them. They're puppets, and you can imagine them being anything you want.”

“I think it's great training for any comedian to start on cows. Because with cows, you expect them to be bored and just stare at you blankly. And that's exactly what you'll get at a comedy club. If you can toughen up with a cow audience, then you'll never be worried with a human audience.”

“In high school, I was doing a skit for forensics and people started laughing, more than I was prepared to deal with. It was a surprise.”

“I love the idea that I have the power to look for the projects I can put myself into, but I'm still at that level of just being happy to have a job.”

“I think I've always had a disconnect from what I'm supposed to be like.”

“Most of the people I know in comedy are not weird or messed up.”