Quotes from Kay Cannon

Society has this deeply rooted love of seeing women fail.

You never imagine that the Green Bay Packers were going to be in something you wrote or singing 'Bootylicious.'

I played volleyball and basketball, and I did track and volleyball in college.

I was an athlete, so I have kind of an athletic sensibility towards writing. I can work for many long hours without fatiguing.

I have to say, my husband is a big Patriots fan. Like, a huge Patriots fan.

I wake up around seven, and I give my daughter breakfast. I spend the first hour or two of her day with her.

Even if I wrote 'The Kay Cannon Show,' I would have to audition to play Kay Cannon. And I probably wouldn't get it.

'Pitch Perfect' was my first screenplay, so it was like my little baby.

I was working at 'New Girl' when I found out there was going to be a 'Pitch' sequel.

I like it when adult straight men are big fans of 'Pitch Perfect!'

I was like, 'I have to start writing for myself, to show people what I can do and what my point of view is.'

I ran track in college. And that team, that all-lady team that I was on, I can remember just being so incredibly sad that I knew we were all going to leave each other after we graduated and that our lives would change. And even though I was the bridesmaid at all their weddings and stuff like that, it's just not the same, right?

I took a class at The Second City, and it became contagious.

Writers who sit down and write might judge what they're putting down, but I always just try to barf it out. I'm writing crap, but I'll put it down.

On '30 Rock,' the hours were really intense, and I was often on set. I'm glad I didn't have a kid then because I don't think I would have ever seen her. I would work 15-hour days, and weekends, too.

Tell your daughters and their daughters that if they want to be a firewoman, they can be a firewoman. If they want to be an astronaut, they can be an astronaut. If they want to run their own business or run for president, they can do whatever they put their mind to.

We have a lot of depressed people in the world because they don't know what their purpose is in life.

When I finished grad school, I moved to Chicago proper, and I was at all the different improv schools, taking classes or interning.

I was auditioning a lot in L.A., and I was actually getting called back a lot for sitcoms. But I wasn't getting jobs. I even tested for 'Saturday Night Live' and didn't get that.

I feel like the guilds are, just to be frank, people I pay money to.

You just tell a good story where you're funny and it makes people laugh.

I've seen 'Bring It On,' like, a thousand times.

I've got to literally write my own ticket.

I started writing when I was trying to be an actor, and I happened to be friends with Tina Fey, who happened to have her show '30 Rock' coming out. So Tina, who happens to be a mentor to me, gave me my slot and hired me.