Quotes from Jenny Slate

You don't realize it until you go out and take a look, but there are so many ways in which sexism is just allowed in our culture, not just in the entertainment industry. It's just allowed to be there, and that's not acceptable anymore. And I think it's really important to be very vocal.

There's so much interference, so much static and people's voices talking about what you do and why you do it that I've learned to be like, 'No, no.' It's actually simple. I just do this.

I never noticed my voice. I did become aware as a little kid at camp that I liked doing accents. We'd do plays and skits, and I realized I loved speaking in voices that weren't my own.

I know sometimes my Twitter feed is intense, but I take it as a friendly void to scream into. I don't have another way to be.

I got great sex education, and I always knew that if I wanted to be sexually active, I had to have safe sex.

I guess some people want to be performers because they want to be famous.

I feel I have to be totally cemented in my position, all: 'You can't tell me what to do with my body', but there is another part of me that is, you know, myself: vulnerable, with lots of doubts.

I waited my whole life to be a woman, so now my clothes are fairly tight.

You are not waiting for your life to start. It's going on right now.

That time when you're waiting for a job can be the most impactful and important time because you develop your preferences as a person. Knowing what you like will make you more confident. And then you'll stand out.

You don't have to be in the brightest, shiniest state of being an individual to feel like you're exceptional.

A lot of people think that I'm one of the women from 'Broad City' - and I'm just not.

Comedy can be a little brutal, but not in a satisfying way.

I loved pretending to be a middle-aged Jewish woman. I just wanted to do what I saw Gilda Radner and Carol Burnett doing. But I'm not a particularly good impressionist. It was never my strong suit.

I wanted to be in New York because I wanted to be on 'SNL.' I spent a lot of time wanting to be on 'Saturday Night Live' as a kid. That's what I wanted.

It's strange: I've done so many things up until I did 'Obvious Child,' including writing children's books and making 'Marcel the Shell.' To me, the through-line is incredibly clear: it all comes from wanting to be connected to my own inner voice and not wanting to be on somebody else's agenda if that means that I can't be myself.

I had some friends that went to this hypnotist to stop smoking, and I kind of love things that seem magical. And I liked that it was in Santa Monica, and I had to go near the ocean to get my brain washed out or whatever. So I went there. And I went on a Thursday, and I got hypnotized.

I always wanted to be a children's author, and I have a really big library of children's books. All the ones from when I was little, they are just so beautiful. I read kids' books, and they calm me down.

It makes a lot of sense to me that I would be a cartoon. I feel like a cartoon as a person. I really, really do.

The experience of the human, male or female, cannot be completely defined by one startling, surprising, or gigantic life experience.

I really like to cook and have dinner parties and I like to clean, it really clears my head and it makes me feel good to keep my home as a comfortable place.

If you're in a good marriage, you have the sense that it won't be forever.

For some reason, I never watched Lifetime but just discovered it. I was like, 'Oh, it's all rom-coms!'

It takes a while to realize that just because you're a stand-up comedian and you do comedy, you're not going to be good at all comedy.