Quotes from Lauren Ash

If comedy can be both - silly and fun but also say something and start a dialogue - that's the most you can ever ask for.

I think we've been programmed from birth to be a certain way - to be demure, to be polite, and to be nice and to not be boastful or braggadocios in all of these things - and it leads to this kind of tragedy. Women spend so much time hating what they look like.

There's always that siren song call from America for actors, I think, in Canada. You always want to know, you never want to not go and not try.

In 2015, I was at a high point in my career: Superstore,' the sitcom I star in as Dina, premiered on NBC and was getting rave reviews. But at the same time, my health hit rock bottom.

It's bizarre, almost, how lucky I am that I don't get a lot of trolling and the odd time I do, you just wait and watch because the fans They take out the trash for you, you know what I mean?

As comedians, if nothing else, we're certainly allowed to make fun of ourselves and our own journeys and our own experiences.

Adult and senior dogs have just as much love to give as younger ones and I encourage everyone to give an older dog a chance.

I think that's an important thing, being able to see women as multifaceted beings that have many layers to them.

I would work a morning shift at the gym, nap, then go do a comedy show or class.

What I really miss are Club Z brand ketchup chips. That was the Zellers brand. Something about those slightly stale, slightly gross, but kind of delicious chips that remind me of home.

I watch a lot of comedy; I'm a comedy nerd and have watched a lot of it over the years.

I have been begging our show runners to let us meet Dina's dad since Season 1 when we learned that he abandoned her at a gas station when she was a kid.

There is a certain nostalgia to the idea of Unsolved Mysteries.'

In TV you are paired up with strangers and it could be a nightmare.

Celebrity is titillating for a million reasons, right? So I think that's a fun part of it. This job that we do is weird. It's a very specific, odd industry to be a part of on many levels. When you're starting out, it's got a series of interesting quirks. And as you become more successful those quirks just change.

Normally when we see people of my size, we see them struggling to find confidence to be hot.

People want to engage you by being outraged or faux-outraged at things you're saying, but if you confront them and defend yourself, then people don't like it. But then if you don't and you stay quiet, people don't like that either.

I encourage anyone to try to stop negative self-talk because it's a really powerful thing.

I am a grudge-holder, I think it's part of my loyal nature.