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Jenny Slate
American
Actress
Born:
Mar 25
,
1982
Because
Life
Me
People
Think
You
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I tend to be really spacey, but I don't think it's because I'm unintelligent - it's just my imagination and a little bit of ADD.
Jenny Slate
Think
Imagination
Add
Bit
Tend
Because
Just
Little
Little Bit
Really
Unintelligent
I don't know exactly what's next. But I do know now that it's something rather than nothing.
Jenny Slate
Nothing
Exactly
Something
Rather
Know
Than
Next
Now
I always loved to sing and was very, very loud. I wanted to be a movie star, like Judy Garland.
Jenny Slate
Like
Sing
Always
Judy
Judy Garland
Loud
Very
Movie
Wanted
Loved
Movie Star
Star
Garland
I wanted to be in New York because I wanted to be on 'SNL.' I spent a lot of time wanting to be on 'Saturday Night Live' as a kid. That's what I wanted.
Jenny Slate
Time
Live
Spent
Kid
New
Because
Lot
SNL
York
New York
Wanted
Wanting
Saturday
Saturday Night
Saturday Night Live
Night
It's 2014, and the fact that anybody has to fight for the right to do what they want to do with their body in a safe and responsible way is infuriating.
Jenny Slate
Fight
Way
Responsible
Responsible Way
Fact
Safe
Anybody
Want
Infuriating
Body
Right
It's important to say women are complex.
Jenny Slate
Women
Important
Say
Complex
Women Are
It's important to say that it's not just men that can be man-children. Women can be grown-up women and still have the playfulness of people who are younger.
Jenny Slate
Women
People
Men
Important
Say
Still
Just
Younger
Who
Grown-Up
If I'm not the best aunt in America, then I don't know what's going on.
Jenny Slate
Best
Know
Aunt
America
Going
Then
I know sometimes my Twitter feed is intense, but I take it as a friendly void to scream into. I don't have another way to be.
Jenny Slate
Sometimes
Twitter
Way
Void
Take
Feed
Know
Another
Another Way
Friendly
Intense
Scream
I'm tired of someone being called 'quirky' because they tripped or got a stain on their shirt. It's like a beautiful blonde lady who's quirky because she has bedhead, or she's quirky because she sometimes says the wrong, cute thing. I like it when women are quirky as human beings.
Jenny Slate
Beautiful
Tired
Women
Sometimes
Cute
Says
Tripped
Someone
Wrong
Like
She
Because
Got
Blonde
Women Are
Shirt
Quirky
Human
Being
Lady
Human Beings
Stain
Beings
Thing
I don't always feel comfortable being outwardly aggressive.
Jenny Slate
Aggressive
Feel
Comfortable
Always
Being
I tend to watch things that aren't really the genre of my own work.
Jenny Slate
Work
Own
My Own
Tend
Genre
Really
Things
Watch
There's so much interference, so much static and people's voices talking about what you do and why you do it that I've learned to be like, 'No, no.' It's actually simple. I just do this.
Jenny Slate
You
People
Simple
Static
About
Voices
Like
Learned
Talking
Just
Much
Interference
Why
Actually
Usually what is difficult for me are things that make me feel scared. That's when difficulties rather than challenges arise.
Jenny Slate
Me
Challenges
Difficult
Difficulties
Scared
Rather
Arise
Feel
Make
Than
Things
We love rom-coms, but it's getting to where we don't identify with any of the women in them.
Jenny Slate
Love
Women
Identify
Any
Getting
Where
Them
I think it's important to not just speak to like-minded people.
Jenny Slate
People
Speak
Important
Think
Just
When I was growing up, I was so fascinated by Mel Blanc and all of the different voices that he did for 'Looney Tunes' and watching Robin Williams record voice-over for the genie in 'Aladdin.' It always seemed to be a major honor - something you have to earn. Like people trust you when they want to have you there without seeing you.
Jenny Slate
You
Trust
People
Honor
Earn
Williams
Record
Seeing
Seemed
Something
Voice-Over
Blanc
Voices
He
Major
Like
Genie
Robin
Robin Williams
Without
Always
Up
Did
Different
Want
Tunes
Fascinated
Growing
Growing Up
Watching
I love waking up in the morning. It makes me feel really excited.
Jenny Slate
Love
Morning
Me
Excited
Feel
Makes
Up
Waking
Waking Up
Really
I feel nervous when the script is set in stone, and I feel nervous when I feel the script is written for mass consumption because I don't see myself that way.
Jenny Slate
Myself
Nervous
Way
See
Written
Consumption
Feel
Mass
Because
Stone
Script
Set
I've become very interested in the ways things can change even with someone you've known for many years and you've committed to for life. How drastic can you damage things in the way you speak to someone?
Jenny Slate
Life
You
Change
Speak
Become
Drastic
Way
Ways
Someone
Known
How
Years
Very
Committed
Interested
Many
Even
Things
Damage
There's a whole thing now in the entertainment industry that's like, 'You need to write for yourself. Those are the people that are really valuable.' And it's just like, 'I don't want to! I just want to act!'
Jenny Slate
You
Entertainment
Yourself
People
Valuable
Those
Entertainment Industry
Write
Like
Industry
Just
Want
Really
Act
Whole
Now
Thing
Need
I just really like it when things are earnest.
Jenny Slate
Earnest
Like
Just
Really
Things
My grandfather was a lot like a white Jewish George Jefferson, and he did not enjoy my work very much.
Jenny Slate
Work
White
Enjoy
He
Like
George
Lot
Very
Did
Grandfather
Much
Jefferson
Jewish
I always wanted to be a children's author, and I have a really big library of children's books. All the ones from when I was little, they are just so beautiful. I read kids' books, and they calm me down.
Jenny Slate
Beautiful
Me
Library
Big
Calm
Down
Books
Kids
Read
Always
Author
Just
Children
Wanted
Little
Really
I've called myself an accidental activist because I came to it not on purpose.
Jenny Slate
Myself
Purpose
Because
Accidental
Came
Activist
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