Wiig Quotes & Sayings

I'm not as much a history person as an art person, but I mean, you can read history through art. — Kristen Wiig

I enjoy being characters rather than myself. — Kristen Wiig

I feel like women are asked their age more than men. — Kristen Wiig

I'm one of those people that really pays attention to the music in films. — Kristen Wiig

I think 'Saturday Night Live', starting in the 1970s, really gave women an outlet to be funny. A lot of those women went on to have film careers, from Kristen Wiig now to Tina Fey and Gilda Radner. — Emma Stone

I feel there's so much pressure, especially for women, to declare what their life's going to be and what their career is, and are you married yet? Are you single? But you're 30. And girlfriends are so important. You can have a boyfriend or husband when you're 30, but you still need your girlfriends. — Kristen Wiig

I do sort of gravitate towards smaller, indie-type movies. — Kristen Wiig

When you're a woman in your thirties, and maybe you don't really know what you want to do with your life, but it seems like everyone else does, and your best friend gets married, and it forces you to look at yourself. I don't know if I described that in a very funny way. — Kristen Wiig

I'm a vegetarian; I eat a lot of tofu and soy. — Kristen Wiig

I think people like to see the lives of artists that are legends. They always go through the dark periods and I think just as humans we like to see that and them coming out of it. I love those kinds of movies. — Kristen Wiig

It's fun for me to play people that are just kind of odd. — Kristen Wiig

I love the rain. It's my favorite weather. — Kristen Wiig

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. — Kristen Wiig

I love a lot of comedy actors and actresses like Kristen Wiig and Tina Fey and all those women who are really brilliant and funny. — Saoirse Ronan

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. It's like, 'Okay, I did that, and now I want to try this.' — Kristen Wiig

It's a mystery to me what makes people laugh. — Kristen Wiig

I wish I had a lot of tattoos. — Kristen Wiig

The good thing about 'SNL' is that it's the same people every week that you're working with, and we've all become so close and tight because we've worked together so long and so closely together. — Kristen Wiig

I just want to try and be in projects that are exciting to me. — Kristen Wiig

I love Jennifer Aniston. I'm a bit obsessed with her. I also love Kristen Wiig, and obviously, 'Bridesmaids' is one of the funniest movies ever. I do have some of her 'SNL' skits that I've saved on my computer and stuff. — Jillian Rose Reed

I would never wear fur. — Kristen Wiig

I don't know if you can articulate an instinct. — Kristen Wiig

I think no matter what kind of life you have, whether it looks one way to people or another way, you always have moments when you imagine a different life. — Kristen Wiig

The public doesn't want to hear people complaining about having their picture taken. — Kristen Wiig

I really, really want to go to Paris. I've never been. — Kristen Wiig

I probably lived more of a rock-star life when I was 15. I got in trouble a fair amount. I cared more about hanging out and skipping school than studying. — Kristen Wiig

I like to write and draw and paint, and my mom's an artist, so I think I get caught up in thinking, 'I'm afraid it's gonna be bad,' and it's hard for me to start sometimes. — Kristen Wiig

I'll never forget my very first [SNL] show. I had a card in my changing room from Kristen Wiig. It just had a heart on the inside, and she'd written "Have fun." That always stayed with me. — Nasim Pedrad

I don't know if I even consider myself a comedian really - I do comedic acting in some films and dramatic in others. — Kristen Wiig

Maybe studios don't want to see women acting in a way that isn't womanly. Maybe people don't. — Kristen Wiig

I don't always just want to do the same thing. — Kristen Wiig

Don't do something just because someone else wants you to — Kristen Wiig

I'd love to do a comedy like 'Bridesmaids;' I think that would be so fun. I would play the Kristen Wiig character. — Emma Roberts

I don't rehearse a lot. I try to keep it organic. Even in movies, the less I rehearse, the better I am. — Kristen Wiig

I took guitar lessons and recorded the song in New York. It was kind of a dream. I got to pretend I was a recording artist for a couple days. — Kristen Wiig

The weddings that I've been in have been pretty mellow. — Kristen Wiig

Mean comedy is not really something that I personally gravitate towards or something that I do. — Kristen Wiig

Sometimes I need to blow off steam and go dance really hard. — Kristen Wiig

Why can't there be a lot of great women who are doing great things? — Kristen Wiig

It's not like I have boxes of scripts arriving at my door. — Kristen Wiig

I always say I want to look haunted. — Kristen Wiig

People always call me a comedian. And I don't really see myself like that. I guess I just consider myself an actor who does comedy. But who wants to do other things as well. — Kristen Wiig

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?' — Kristen Wiig

I lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, until eighth grade, and then my high-school years were in Rochester, New York. — Kristen Wiig

I just did this movie with Kristin Wiig called 'The Skeleton Twins.' That's a straight drama. We play estranged twins, and I end up moving in with her and her husband, played by Luke Wilson. But it's a drama, and the Duplass Brothers produced it and this great guy, Craig Johnson, directed it. And that was great, you know? — Bill Hader

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

It is funny that people always assume you have a bigger part in a movie than you actually do. I remember a lot of people thought 'Adventureland' starred me and Kristen Wiig. But we were like, 'No, we're only in the movie for like ten minutes!' — Bill Hader

I know from my own experience and from other people in the business that when you come from a place where nobody knew who you were and then there is this sudden shift to where everybody now knows who you are, there's an adjustment that you have to make. — Kristen Wiig

When you go out of your comfort zone and it works there's nothing more satisfying. — Kristen Wiig

I don't know about the romantic comedy route, although never say never. — Kristen Wiig

If I can be doing something in the arts till the day I die. I would be very, very happy. — Kristen Wiig

I love Robin Wright. Kristin Wiig! I love those two women. — Kathleen Rose Perkins

I think it's an interesting thing to watch when a person is trying to keep it together and then ultimately when they do lose it a little bit. — Kristen Wiig

You have all this stuff going on in your head, like, 'I can't believe seven years has gone by, and I'm going to miss all these people.' And I'm like, 'Oh, by the way, Mick Jagger is to my right, and I just danced a waltz with him.' So there's that. — Kristen Wiig

Even with college, the reason I wanted to go so badly is because I wanted to major in film. I want to take screenwriting classes and learn more about behind the scenes stuff, because I love people like Steve Carell and Kristen Wiig who are able to write a lot of their own material and be so involved in everything they do. — Miranda Cosgrove

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. — Kristen Wiig

There's something about a Christmas sweater that will always make me laugh. — Kristen Wiig

I definitely ran with a pack of hoodlums, that's for sure. — Kristen Wiig

For movies to get greenlit solely based on the success of other movies that have a lot of women in them? It's so ridiculous to me. — Kristen Wiig

I'd love to hear what confident, intelligent women in the industry have to say: Rachel McAdams, Carey Mulligan, Angelina Jolie, Kristen Wiig and Tina Fey. I would stand in line all day for that panel. — Nina Dobrev

I never think if I do an impression of someone, I'm never making fun of them. — Kristen Wiig

I just like to walk around New York, just put my iPod on and walk around. — Kristen Wiig

With improv, it's a combination of listening and not trying to be funny. — Kristen Wiig

When you're on your deathbed, you probably aren't counting the movies you've made. — Kristen Wiig

Women do get drunk, they do get sick and they do get food poisoning. It seems to be a bit of a surprise to people that they are seeing it. — Kristen Wiig

So many people: Lucille Ball is the earliest incarnation of a woman I thought was funny, Joan Rivers, Roseanne, Carol Burnett, Gilda Radnor, down to current times, where you have Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, and Kristen Wiig. — Chelsea Peretti

I'd make a terrible surgeon. The fear of blood? Very high on my list. — Kristen Wiig

I am a big David Bowie fan. — Kristen Wiig

I wish I had less fear about creating my own parts. — Kristen Wiig

A big part of being in a wedding is the financial obligation, and that's something that people don't really talk about, but if you're asked to be in a wedding, you're gonna have to fork over some cash. — Kristen Wiig

If you're creating anything at all, it's really dangerous to care about what people think. — Kristen Wiig

I used to carry my dad's empty guitar case around the neighborhood because I wanted people to think I played the guitar. I would put flintstones vitamins in it in case I got tired, so I could pop some and keep walking. — Kristen Wiig

I love kids. All my best friends have kids, and I love, love, love kids. — Kristen Wiig

At parties, I'll start talking and notice everyone is looking at me and feel dumb and say, 'Forget it,' and then start eating things. — Kristen Wiig

My friends back home are very supportive. — Kristen Wiig

My humor is a lot like Kristen Wiig's from 'Saturday Night Live' or 'Bridesmaids.' Quirky, off the beaten path. — Nicole Ari Parker

I am shyer than most people think. — Kristen Wiig

I just always gravitate toward the kind of characters or people that maybe you don't want to talk to for a long time at a party, but you do like to watch what they're doing. — Kristen Wiig

I hated speaking in public. I would miss school just so I wouldn't have to do it. — Kristen Wiig

You have to leave things that you love. — Kristen Wiig

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 s-t out of you. — Kristen Wiig

I roller skated when I was younger, but when you're on a track that's slanted and you're with other people all skating in a pack, it's a whole different sport. — Kristen Wiig

I would rather have a small part in a really great movie than a big one in one that I'm not too psyched about. — Kristen Wiig

I would love to work with Kristin Wiig one day. I find her hilarious, and I totally idolize her. — Kelli Berglund