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9 of Kristen Wiig’s Most Empowering Quotes Because This Funny Lady Gives Great Advice
What better way to celebrate Kristen Wiig's 41st birthday than to recall a few of the many reasons why she's become one of the most loved women in Hollywood? While Wiig has the uncanny ability to make us belly laugh with her slew of one-of-a-kind, crazy characters, as she explains time and time again in various interviews, that's not who she is. Wiig is actually a real deal, timid, down-to-earth person. In fact, she's way more well-rounded than you may have ever expected. Here's a compilation of some of Kristen Wiig's most empowering quotes, because, put simply, she's freakin' awesome.
On Following Your Heart
“Don’t become something just because someone else wants you to, or because it’s easy; you won’t be happy. You have to do what you really, really, really, really want to do, even if it scares the shit out of you.” - Elle Magazine
On Taking A Chance With 'SNL' After Years Of Struggling
“We were all nervous and excited and fearful. It was really taking a step off a ledge and not knowing what was on the other side. You just hope people are laughing on the way down.” - The New York Times
On The Hype of 'Bridesmaids' Being A Women-Driven Comedy
“I don’t even know why it’s an issue. There are so many funny women in the world, and there has been for so many years, so I’ll be happy when people can just move on from that, and things can just be ‘comedies’ and not ‘female’ or ‘male,’ and everyone gets an equal opportunity.” - Newsweek
On Being Honest With Herself
“…It was one of those things where you’re like, What am I doing with my life? It sounds so cheesy, but there’s something very powerful about looking in the mirror and asking yourself a question. Because I think it’s really hard to lie.” - Elle Magazine
On Being Compared To Her Female Castmates
“Why can’t there be a lot of great women who are doing great things?” - The New York Times
Her Thoughts on Moving On
“I will say that when I do leave it’s not because I’m sick of it and not because I see something better or anything like that. It’s just that it’s time. When I do leave, it will be the hardest thing… You have to leave things that you love.” -Here’s The Thing podcast as reported by USA Today
On Identifying With Her 'Bridesmaids' Character's Unsettled Life
“I can relate to having those people in your life that you feel are moving on to this great, big, normal life and you’re like, ‘What’s wrong with me?’” - Collider.com
This bodes well for the rest of us, folks!
On The Reception Of Her Various Characters
“I don’t think about it at all. If you’re creating anything at all, it’s really dangerous to care about what people think.” -Movieline
On Doing The Unexpected
“People sometimes get a little extra criticism when they try something that they don’t normally do, but I think that’s just a natural thing for artists.” - Interview Magazine
