Maya Rudolph Quotes & Sayings

I feel like I come from a smaller off shoot of black people because I am mixed. People say I'm African American but that doesn't include the other half of me. — Maya Rudolph

I feel like I'm a drag queen. — Maya Rudolph

You don't want to be the first person to tell your 5-year-old, like, 'You're going to have a life filled with disappointments and letdowns - enjoy!' — Maya Rudolph

Before I had children, everything about my life was devoted to Saturday Night Live. — Maya Rudolph

I'm always learning when I'm surrounded by great people. In every experience, I feel like I'm learning. I'm not like, "Oh good. I'm done! I don't have to learn anymore." — Maya Rudolph

I really love laughing. — Maya Rudolph

The thing you can do better than anyone else is love your children, because they're your children. — Maya Rudolph

Most of my life I didn't feel very normal. There's definitely been some moments where I feel like, all right, I've finally graduated and I'm a normal lady. — Maya Rudolph

When I first moved to New York, someone who thought they knew more than I did said: "You have to always look like you know where you're going when you get out of the subway." — Maya Rudolph

Honestly, because it's my third, I feel like I've been pregnant for like six years, seriously. — Maya Rudolph

I get anxious. That lovely Jewish guilt that comes with ancestry. — Maya Rudolph

To have your childhood dream realized is a really big deal. — Maya Rudolph

Because you want to keep an air of calm and cool. — Maya Rudolph

I learned the enormous power of writing for yourself, especially now that people seem to be receptive to the fact that women can write. — Maya Rudolph

I've met people who are baffled by children, as though they were never children themselves. — Maya Rudolph

Without a doubt in sketch comedy there are fewer women than men. — Maya Rudolph

To grow up with the loss of your mother is a scar that never goes away. — Maya Rudolph

I was a loud child, and if my mother sang to me, I would be quiet. — Maya Rudolph

I think that people who don't like kids are awful people. — Maya Rudolph

No, no, no. Your accent is so beautiful. — Maya Rudolph

I have an equal opportunity womb! — Maya Rudolph

I thought she was the funniest woman, and I believed being a comedian was the most exciting thing you could be. — Maya Rudolph

There are days when I wonder why my mom couldn't be here to see this. — Maya Rudolph

I would love it if you would come in and teach me how to really do you. — Maya Rudolph

And in improvisation there is one hard and fast rule, and that rule is known as 'Yes And'. The term yes and: to say yes, and not just yes, but to add information. In the adding of information you don't negate the other persons idea - but you build on it. — Maya Rudolph

I never thought I'd get a chance to do what I'm doing. It's such a dream. — Maya Rudolph

Lord knows I had what you could call many fashion Don'ts in my day. — Maya Rudolph

I like being a funny lady. I think theres nothing sexier than a funny lady. — Maya Rudolph

If my time with my kids is shorter than it was yesterday, it's better than nothing. — Maya Rudolph

I still have a fantasy of being a musician when I grow up. — Maya Rudolph

I don't know if comedy is a male sport. I always wondered that. — Maya Rudolph

I've been writing joke songs since I was a kid and it served me well at S.N.L. I can write those in my sleep. In fact, I have. — Maya Rudolph

I've never set out to write a funny movie or be a funny comedian as a woman. I am a woman. I don't really have a choice in the matter. My goal is just to be funny. — Maya Rudolph

I like comedy as a group sport. — Maya Rudolph