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Kate McKinnon
American
Actress
Born:
Jan 6
,
1984
Comedy
Like
Love
Me
People
You
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Comedy is a tool of togetherness. It's a way of putting your arm around someone, pointing at something, and saying, 'Isn't it funny that we do that?' It's a way of reaching out.
Kate McKinnon
Funny
Saying
Comedy
Tool
Way
Out
Someone
Something
Pointing
Putting
Arm
Reaching
Around
Togetherness
Your
What's not to love about a crazy cat lady? You have to be very giving to be a crazy cat lady.
Kate McKinnon
Love
Crazy
You
Giving
About
Cat
Very
Lady
To Love
Even if you're an angry, intense person, you also have to have intense joy about life and intense feelings about the world.
Kate McKinnon
Life
Angry
You
Joy
World
Feelings
About
Also
Person
Intense
Even
A good impression is sort of a juxtaposition of disparate elements.
Kate McKinnon
Good
Sort
Impression
Juxtaposition
Disparate
Elements
I was just never discouraged from doing something wacky like trying to be a comedian.
Kate McKinnon
Discouraged
Something
Never
Like
Comedian
Wacky
Doing
Trying
Just
I was an umpire at little league softball games. I only lasted a few games because I wasn't one hundred percent clear on all the rules.
Kate McKinnon
Few
Lasted
Softball
Hundred
Rules
Percent
Only
Clear
League
Because
Umpire
Little
Little League
Games
I pride myself on being tragically uncool.
Kate McKinnon
Myself
Pride
Tragically
Being
I really like collections of things. I love antique botanical prints with a bunch of different weeds and seeds.
Kate McKinnon
Love
Collections
Seeds
Weeds
Like
Prints
Bunch
Antique
Different
Really
Things
I found I could speak louder and was more comfortable if I was doing it in someone else's crazy voice.
Kate McKinnon
Crazy
Speak
Else
Someone
More
Voice
Could
Comfortable
Doing
Louder
Found
I only come up with things when I am talking to myself, which I do constantly. The sidewalk and the subway are the best places for this. I speak at full volume and then laugh at myself if I like what I just said.
Kate McKinnon
Best
Myself
Speak
Sidewalk
Laugh
Constantly
Only
Volume
Come
Like
Talking
Said
Am
Up
Just
Which
Places
Subway
Then
Full
Things
I worked as a telemarketer for an SAT-prep company. That was the worst of it, because I had to call people in post-Katrina New Orleans and offer them this very, very expensive SAT class. And I'm not even a good salesman.
Kate McKinnon
Good
Class
People
Worst
Had
New
Call
Because
Salesman
New Orleans
Very
Offer
Expensive
Them
Worked
Sat
Company
Even
Orleans
'SNL' can be a stressful environment, and I am panicking constantly, but I guess I keep it pretty internal.
Kate McKinnon
Guess
Constantly
Pretty
Environment
Am
SNL
Internal
Keep
Stressful
I find donating stuff to be the biggest hassle.
Kate McKinnon
Hassle
Find
Stuff
Biggest
I was very serene, and I still am, until I start talking in another voice, then suddenly I have a lot of volume and I'm frantic. But I didn't want to be one of those people who's always talking in accents in real life, so I started doing sketch comedy.
Kate McKinnon
Life
People
Comedy
Real Life
Those
Frantic
Voice
Volume
Until
Accents
Talking
Another
Always
Am
Real
Still
Doing
Lot
Very
Want
Sketch
Sketch Comedy
Then
Serene
Suddenly
Start
Started
I started watching 'SNL' when I was thirteen or so; those were the Molly Shannon/Ana Gasteyer/Cheri Oteri years.
Kate McKinnon
Those
Were
Years
SNL
Molly
Started
Watching
Thirteen
I grew up with a pet iguana named Willy. We had a very contentious relationship. It turns out that iguanas are not meant to live in suburban homes.
Kate McKinnon
Relationship
Pet
Live
Out
Had
Named
Up
Very
Grew
Suburban
Meant
Turns
Homes
I always wanted to live alone for a month in a lakeside cabin. In my fantasy, I enter a state of perfect peace and grow my own kale and stuff, but in real life, I think I might be very bored after four days.
Kate McKinnon
Life
Alone
Peace
Real Life
Own
Live
Think
State
Month
Enter
Bored
My Own
Perfect
Cabin
Stuff
Days
Always
Real
Very
Wanted
After
Might
Fantasy
Grow
Four
I don't sleep enough, and it does... what is the opposite of wonders... horrors. It does horrors for my skin.
Kate McKinnon
Skin
Enough
Horrors
Does
Opposite
Wonders
Sleep
When I was on 'The Big Gay Sketch Show' I thought, 'Well, this is going well now, but then when it's over I'll just be a barista.'
Kate McKinnon
Gay
Thought
Big
Just Be
Over
Well
Going
Just
Sketch
Then
Show
Now
I just like playing unique characters that I love.
Kate McKinnon
Love
Characters
Like
Just
Unique
Playing
Nothing makes me laugh more than farting.
Kate McKinnon
Me
Nothing
Laugh
More
Makes
Than
I hate the feeling of having hair on my neck.
Kate McKinnon
Hate
Hair
Feeling
Having
Neck
I admire my boss, Lorne Michaels. He never stops producing. I think, for him, comedy is a tool of compassion, a way of rallying people together and saying, 'Guys, isn't the world bonkers? Aren't we all just trying our best?' There's a tenderness in everything he does.
Kate McKinnon
Saying
Best
Together
People
World
Comedy
Compassion
Think
Rallying
Tool
Our
Everything
Way
Admire
Boss
Guys
Tenderness
Never
He
Him
Does
Trying
Just
Stops
Producing
I have no skills. I'm bad at most things.
Kate McKinnon
Bad
Most
Skills
Things
Even when Facebook came out, and I was in college, I found myself never putting anything on it.
Kate McKinnon
Myself
Facebook
College
Out
Never
Putting
Came
Anything
Even
Found
I hope to be on 'SNL' as long as they'll let me.
Kate McKinnon
Hope
Me
Long
SNL
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