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Some people get in the way of change happening. Some people spend their whole careers thinking they can make a difference. Other people want to do as little as possible to get the day done.

~Amy Poehler

Topics: Careers Change Day Difference Done Get Happening Little Make Make A Difference Other People Possible Some Some People Spend Thinking Want Way Whole

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When you're a stay-at-home mother you have to pretend it's really boring, but it's not. It's enriching and fulfilling, and an amazing experience. And then when you're a working mother you have to pretend that you feel guilty all day long.

~Amy Poehler

Topics: All Day Amazing Amazing Experience Boring Day Enriching Experience Feel Fulfilling Guilty Long Mother Pretend Really Stay-At-Home Then Working You

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When I had a job catering, I catered a wedding for the Smashing Pumpkins bassist in Indiana. And I served Billy Corgan shrimp off a tray.

~Amy Poehler

Topics: Bassist Billy Catering Had Indiana Job Off Served Shrimp Smashing Wedding

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I worked at an ice cream parlor called Chadwicks. We wore old-timey outfits and had to bang a drum, play a kazoo, and sing 'Happy Birthday' to people while giving them free birthday sundaes. Lots of ice cream scooping and $1 tips.

~Amy Poehler

Topics: Bang Birthday Cream Drum Free Giving Had Happy Happy Birthday Ice Ice Cream Lots Outfits Parlor People Play Sing Them Tips While Wore Worked

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Right now I'm singing along to books on tape. I typically pop in something like Stephen King's 'The Stand,' and I love singing along to that kind of stuff.

~Amy Poehler

Topics: Along Books Kind King Like Love Now Pop Right Singing Something Stand Stuff Tape I Love

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I have to say I enjoy physical comedy and I've always loved to kind of take risks. I don't like worrying too much about how I look or how I come across, so that can sometimes... You know, I like to play those kinds of deluded but fun characters.

~Amy Poehler

Topics: About Across Always Characters Come Comedy Enjoy Fun How Kind Kinds Know Like Look Loved Much Physical Physical Comedy Play Risks Say Sometimes Take Those Too Too Much Worrying You

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I lived in Chicago for a few years and got a sense of - kind of that broad-shouldered, windy, um, stern, Midwestern, warm-slash-passive aggressive, wonderful - every adjective I can think of, very cold.

~Amy Poehler

Topics: Adjective Aggressive Chicago Cold Every Few Got Kind Lived Midwestern Sense Stern Think Um Very Windy Wonderful Years I Can

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If you do a scene and you really like a character in it or a premise in it to write it down and to work on it so that you can have five or six characters that you can pull out in an audition.

~Amy Poehler

Topics: Audition Character Characters Down Five Like Out Premise Pull Really Scene Six Work Write You

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Whenever I read stories of people doing huge pranks on set, all I think is, 'These people have too much time on their hands.' Besides, I don't want to make some poor assistant clean up someone's trailer after I've filled it with, say, Cadbury eggs. See? I can't even think of a good prank.

~Amy Poehler

Topics: After Assistant Besides Clean Clean Up Doing Eggs Even Filled Good Hands Huge Make Much People Poor Prank Pranks Read Say See Set Some Someone Stories Think Time Too Too Much Too Much Time Trailer Up Want Whenever I Think

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I used to get my hair dyed at a place called Big Hair. It cost $15. They just used straight bleach, so my hair was the color of white lined paper, and my eyebrows looked like they were done with a thick black marker.

~Amy Poehler

Topics: Big Big Hair Black Color Cost Done Dyed Eyebrows Get Hair Just Like Lined Looked Paper Place Straight Thick Used Were White

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Comedian

Born: September 16th, 1971

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