Casey Wilson Quotes & Sayings

All of my favorite actresses are comedians at heart: Shirley MacLaine and Madeline Kahn, Diane Keaton and Debra Winger. And they are all amazing dramatic actresses, but everything they do is funny. — Casey Wilson

Frankly, 'Bride Wars' got made because movies with women need to be about weddings and love. — Casey Wilson

Pageants are already ridiculous and sad, I think. — Casey Wilson

Kenya Moore is everything to me. She's everything. — Casey Wilson

Not everyone is married at 25 and taken care of. — Casey Wilson

So many shows don't have laugh tracks now that, when you hear it, it can be slightly jarring. — Casey Wilson

I want to see a ton more comedy for women. — Casey Wilson

There are sometimes concerns about being respectful with a gay character, and you either end up with a tiptoeing quality or an all-out cliche. — Casey Wilson

I guess funny people are attracted to funny people, and then you get comedy marriages. — Casey Wilson

I think the key to working with my husband is that collaboration in comedy is best. — Casey Wilson

New York is hard living. It's fun living, but it's hard. — Casey Wilson

Somewhere along the way, I think I realised that taking yourself seriously is the worst thing that you can do in life, so once I let that go, I've just let it all go. I have no standard of personal dignity. — Casey Wilson

I think there's almost nothing that I won't, sadly, do for a laugh. It's a problem, actually. — Casey Wilson

Everything related to 'SNL,' that was very sudden - from the time I found out I was joining the cast to the time I could read on a blog that someone watching the show thinks I'm fat, that was about 30 days. That blog part, that could've moved a little more slowly. But hey - it's all material, right? — Casey Wilson

If you're going to be part of a nationally televised show that airs live and do sketches that haven't even been brainstormed a week earlier, you really can't be afraid to fail. — Casey Wilson

I went on the road with Hillary Rodham Clinton when she was out campaigning. — Casey Wilson

I love Nene Leakes, of course. — Casey Wilson

When you're on a road trip, anything goes. — Casey Wilson

My mom's brother was gay, and he actually passed away from AIDS when I was 13. He was quite a character, but he also worked at the electrical plant, so he was this complicated guy with a big laugh who would wear a trucker hat and do impressions. He was gay, but to me, Uncle Alan was just the funniest person in the world. — Casey Wilson

If you can have a laugh with someone, you're then in each other's world. — Casey Wilson

If Damon Wayans is not breaking, it's a miracle. He is so funny that he makes everyone die laughing. — Casey Wilson

Molly Shannon, for example, is someone I've always really looked up to, because her comedy is so physical and wild and unembarrassed and brave. — Casey Wilson

There's a creative freedom with being under the radar. But I guess if you're too under the radar, you get canceled? — Casey Wilson

I'll take discrimination if it's in my favor! — Casey Wilson

It's certainly strange to do sketch comedy with cue cards at midnight in a skyscraper as opposed to in a basement with your friends. — Casey Wilson

I use a method approach to all my sitcom work. — Casey Wilson

I've always been very animated. — Casey Wilson

My dad would write these sketches for me while I was at 'SNL.' — Casey Wilson

I went to drama school at NYU for serious acting. So I was doing Chekov and Sam Shepard plays. — Casey Wilson

I still am not a size two - I don't think I could get there if I wanted to. — Casey Wilson

I actually do enjoy the Kardashians' show, and I know that other people do enjoy it, but at the same time, they want to make fun of it. Like, I know that girls are watching that show - I'm just the only one courageous enough to say it. Other people are courageous in acts of war, but I'm courageous in my love for the Kardashians. — Casey Wilson

The more money you spend, the more you need to make back, and the more pressure there is to appeal to everyone - which to the studio means that the specificity and uniqueness must be watered down. But I think mass audiences like things that are more specific and tend to have a voice, like 'Napoleon Dynamite' or 'Superbad.' — Casey Wilson

The down-side of these huge-budget movies is that so many people have a hand in them, sometimes they come out a little more vanilla. — Casey Wilson

Is it normal to make a minute-to-minute schedule for the timing of thanksgiving? I'm asking for a friend. — Casey Wilson

I'm getting into all sorts of L.A. things. I go to bikram yoga, I went to an astrologer recently ... I'm accepting L.A. for who she is. She's a dark temptress. — Casey Wilson

Debra Winger blows me away, always. — Casey Wilson

At my wedding, I was dancing so furiously that I fell hard on my kneecaps. The next morning, my knees were so swollen that I had to get a wheelchair at the airport to go on my honeymoon. — Casey Wilson

If you have a sense of your place in the world, that's the best preparation for anything. — Casey Wilson

The comedian just wants to get a laugh. — Casey Wilson

Especially with Facebook and Instagram and Twitter, I can't tell necessarily the nitty gritty of what you're really up to. I'm just seeing the performance of all the work you're doing and the look you're giving; it's very hard to get to the center. It's very hard to see what's what. — Casey Wilson

You can't always tell if someone's gay over Twitter, but when he's talking to you about 'Real Housewives,' it's probably OK to assume. — Casey Wilson

I am riveted by Phaedra Parks and her performance of herself. She kills me. — Casey Wilson

The woman I'd want to meet the most is Nicole Holofcener. I've loved every single film she's done. I think her films are deeply comedic while being deeply disturbing and dark. — Casey Wilson

Something that's good in the mini-culture of 'Happy Endings' is that the goal is to try and make each other laugh. There is a pretty high bar, and you want to make the writers laugh, and you want to elevate what's already great material - and also, we're like, 'Who is even watching this? Let's just go for it.' — Casey Wilson

I have never turned to my girlfriend and said, 'Oh, okay, babe,' and I see it in scripts all the time. — Casey Wilson

Instead of going into politics, I decided to go into comedy, which is the second most daunting career path for a woman. — Casey Wilson

My goal is to generate more material for myself. — Casey Wilson

The alternative comedy scene is actually pretty small, I guess. — Casey Wilson

My parents are both super funny, and I always knew I wanted to be on 'SNL.' My mom and I would watch it a lot. — Casey Wilson

Amy Poehler, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph - when they speak, everyone listens. Because they're freaking hilarious. — Casey Wilson

I know this is a weird niche, but a lot of my female friends have these strange stories where there their dads have seen the small successes of their daughters and have decided that they are creative as well. — Casey Wilson

I can never turn my creativity off. — Casey Wilson

I'm in therapy, and I think everyone should be. — Casey Wilson

I'm the girl that writes feverishly in my tiny trailer on set. — Casey Wilson

It's always great to get to do what you love and to do something that hopefully people will see and love. — Casey Wilson

When you move to New York, especially, you feel like you need to be something. — Casey Wilson

I've started meditating, but I do have a quick temper. — Casey Wilson

To clarify, the issue isn't that I'm too fat, it's that I'm too phat. Can I get a WHAT-WHAT! — Casey Wilson

Once I made a boyfriend dress up as Woody Allen from 'Annie Hall.' — Casey Wilson

I love the idea of someone getting knocked down repeatedly, but they still believe in love. — Casey Wilson

Even before I got on 'SNL' I assumed I would do some type of sitcom; I kind of thought that was how I would start. I don't mean to sound arrogant - I just thought I would be best suited to the form. — Casey Wilson

I've met architects before, and they're not living the life we see on TV. — Casey Wilson

When I was 13, I was in my tent at Girl Scout camp, trying to change out of my bathing suit and talking at the same time. I fell out of the tent in front of everyone with my bathing suit around my ankles. I was humiliated - but no amount of humiliation has ever seemed to stop me. — Casey Wilson

My dad always said that 90 percent of marital problems could be solved by getting your blood sugar up, and he's right! So I would say pick a partner who's forgiving when you have low blood sugar and threaten to drive your car through your shared home. — Casey Wilson

With agents, I've learned to bring them into the process when I feel confident. You're the only one that can really know what's right for your career. You're on a wing and a prayer through most of it. — Casey Wilson

Jake Johnson is one of my oldest friends. — Casey Wilson

What I think is funny is when people, despite tragic situations, are still hopeful, still trying. It's sweet and sad - and, to me, hilarious. — Casey Wilson

My mom worked tirelessly on getting equal rights for women. — Casey Wilson

I don't love to fail. — Casey Wilson

My mom always worked, and I certainly don't want to look back and think, 'Well, I don't have kids, but I'm glad I did that sitcom.' — Casey Wilson

You only feel as good as your last sketch. — Casey Wilson

I'm a voyeuristic American. — Casey Wilson

I love Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Adele. — Casey Wilson

Both my parents were working in politics when I was growing up, so going on stage was not that great a leap. — Casey Wilson

My dad's cool. He is socially liberal. — Casey Wilson

On 'Saturday Night Live,' you wear so many hats there. You're the prop person, the actor, you're everything. — Casey Wilson

I took a clown class at NYU - that's where I met June Diane Raphael, my writing partner and best friend. — Casey Wilson

I love the area I grew up in, which is right outside D.C., in Alexandria, Virginia. — Casey Wilson

Posturing is funny to me. — Casey Wilson

I didn't have the greatest ride on 'SNL,' but I always felt support from gay fans, which made me feel accepted within a place I didn't feel totally accepted. — Casey Wilson