Quotes from Molly Shannon

I had to babysit a lot when I was in high school, and I missed a lot of parties. I felt this longing, like, 'Oh no, I'm going to miss meeting the love of my life at that party!' I feel like that's very Mary Katherine Gallagher.

If you can write and create original characters, do your own show, develop your own material, it gives you more power than just waiting around to be hired.

I just try to laugh at the little things. Like, I'm always amazed by how long it takes two kids to get dressed and out the door. Every morning I say, 'Come on! Let's go! Five minutes!' And they're still in their underwear. Or they say they're ready, but they're not wearing shoes.

I went to drama school at New York University.

I feel like there is this resurgence of amazing roles for women. It's because TV is so good - there are amazing parts for women on TV, and it's upped the game in movies.

I think I'm a really hard worker, and I feel like my attitude is to just enjoy the process of being creative and developing and 'just throw a bunch of stuff against the wall and see what sticks.'

People would be like, 'Oh, 'Saturday Night Live' is such a stepping stone!' And I remember being like, 'A stepping stone?! This is my everything! I could just stop right here! This is the pinnacle!'

I've definitely read stuff that I've been offered where I've been like, 'I can't do this. I think somebody would be better in this than me.' I don't want to do something if I don't feel like I can do a good job serving the material.

Nobody knows how long you're going to have life on Earth, so you really have to work at being joyous and happy.

I definitely have loads of respect for writers and the art of writing.

I've got wonderful people I get to work with, and I'm trying to focus on that, instead of worrying about, Aw, who doesn't want to work with me? You focus on the ones who do.

I try to put my own history in my work.

I certainly struggled when I was little and didn't have an easy time, so I try to put that stuff in my work.

When I was on 'Saturday Night Live,' all I did was work.

I think in show business, it's really kind of easy to perpetuate that feeling of, like, Oh, I don't measure up. Or always having to prove yourself.

Mary Katherine Gallagher is an exaggerated version of me, how I felt when I was little.

I actually went to college with Adam Sandler. He was a dramatic actor, too!

The three words every woman really longs to hear: I'll clean up.

Losing my mom at such a young age had a profound effect on my life.