Quotes from Jennifer Coolidge

A man's ability to haggle is never a turn-on. The only thing less romantic than how much you paid is how much you saved. The last thing we want to hear is how you talked the jeweler down on our new earrings.

I get the gold-digger part six times weekly. I can play those women into the ground, but I don't want someone telling me that's all I can do.

'Best in Show' legitimized me, and it was a great experience in Vancouver for six weeks with all those dogs!

I play so many weirdos in movies that it's nice to play an attractive woman.

Dating is... weird.

I always find the most depressing stuff most interesting.

I went out with seven actors in a row. There are problems with that. I've had the really good-looking dramatic actor, and that has its problems. And then I'll go out with the funny guy. It's almost like the funny guy has more to prove.

I figured New York was the closest I'd get here in America to Scotland.

Hair extensions and wigs are not the same thing. Wigs are for old ladies and drag queens. Extensions are for women who want longer hair. To be safe, never bring it up if you think a woman is wearing either. No good comes of it.

Thank God for Stifler's mom. I don't know if life would be this fun if I didn't have that.

The minute I started doing comedy, the doors opened.

The one thing that has helped sustain my career as an actress and a comedian is that people generally view me as fundamentally stupid.

Cate Blanchett and others, they get this broad range of all these cool people they can play. Some women really do get it all. For me, it is the same thing that happens over and over. I should change that and maybe write my own thing.

I do love to gamble; I hate to admit it.

It was always the cliche of men leaving their wives for younger women. The playing field is sort of even now. Women make their own salaries. They can do the exact same thing and can have a younger man.

Girls are supposed to be feminine and demure. Comedy isn't about that, so you just have to unlearn it. Certain women are so pretty, they can't go weird enough to be funny. You have to be willing to be ugly. I'm lucky my face can look so hideous.

I am allergic to a certain kind of glue. Most eyelash glues are terrible, the glue in acrylic nails. I get a rash up my arm and face.

Hugh Grant has that magic in real life, so when he's saying these lines, 'It's always been you,' it's just devastating.

A lot of those good-looking girl parts aren't very fun.

With Christopher Guest films, we have a lot of say.

As a single woman, I reap the benefits of being Stifler's mom.

I was thinking, 'If I go bald, I might do something like Bret Michaels and have it all attached to a handkerchief.'

If things don't work out with one person, there's many other people to replace you with online.

I wasn't allowed to watch regular television when I was growing up, only PBS, so I watched 'Masterpiece Theatre' and a lot of Jane Austen. I loved stories where the girl is attracted to a man and it looks like it's not going to work out.