Ellie Kemper Quotes & Sayings

One nice thing that I have discovered about Los Angeles is the enthusiasm with which people dress. — Ellie Kemper

I ended up majoring in English, which I'm not particularly fluent in. — Ellie Kemper

If you're going to plan a wedding, then a certain amount of suffering is not a choice. — Ellie Kemper

Los Angeles survives on that which is unpredictable. The unexpected courses through its very veins. — Ellie Kemper

My painting teacher in high school used to say, 'I can't paint like I want to, but through practice I'll get better.' But I don't think that's true. I think sometimes you just can't paint. — Ellie Kemper

I want to be a morning-talk-show host. I love Kelly Ripa's job. She gets to live in New York and has this amazing job hosting a talk show. — Ellie Kemper

I think weather affects my mood a lot more than I thought, and I like to be in bad moods sometimes. — Ellie Kemper

I need to make sure that when I'm running out to the drugstore I'm not wearing a Biore strip or something. Not that I expect anyone to recognize me, but on the off chance they do, I just don't want to embarrass myself. — Ellie Kemper

Most New Yorkers want to look amazing, and they want you to understand that they look amazing, but they also want you to stop staring at them. — Ellie Kemper

I can't do impressions. — Ellie Kemper

Growing up, I had one very specific idea of what a wedding should be, and that was the wedding of Fraulein Maria and Captain von Trapp in 'The Sound of Music.' — Ellie Kemper

I think I get certain pleasure from writing what I'm performing. — Ellie Kemper

I loved 'Freaks and Geeks.' I don't know a better show. — Ellie Kemper

When I laugh hard, sometimes I wet my pants, but I'm always relieved because that means I'm having a good time. — Ellie Kemper

I've never had prejudice against me because of being a woman in comedy, I've never felt any sort of unfairness because of that - but I do think it is naive to think that it doesn't exist. — Ellie Kemper

It's interesting because with a lot of people who I've met in comedy, it seems not to matter what your background is. In terms of formal schooling - I feel like that's a nineteenth century term - but in terms of where you went to high school or college, or wherever, all that really is irrelevant, I have found, in comedy. — Ellie Kemper

In Los Angeles, people dress with the deep and earnest hope that people will do nothing but stare at them. — Ellie Kemper

Improv is mostly what I've studied. — Ellie Kemper

New York is like the weirdest city in the United States, in a great way, and Los Angeles is probably more similar to most of America. — Ellie Kemper

I guess it's easier to think badly and then be pleasantly surprised. — Ellie Kemper