Quotes from Maya Rudolph

I think that people who don't like kids are awful people.

I've met people who are baffled by children, as though they were never children themselves.

I was a loud child, and if my mother sang to me, I would be quiet.

To grow up with the loss of your mother is a scar that never goes away.

I don't look my best when I wake up! But I do feel beautiful when I'm tired and happy and I've had a good laugh and a glass of champagne.

I'm always learning when I'm surrounded by great people. In every experience, I feel like I'm learning. I'm not like, "Oh good. I'm done! I don't have to learn anymore."

Before I had children, everything about my life was devoted to Saturday Night Live.

I would love it if you would come in and teach me how to really do you.

You don't want to be the first person to tell your 5-year-old, like, 'You're going to have a life filled with disappointments and letdowns - enjoy!'

I like comedy as a group sport.

Most of my life I didn't feel very normal. There's definitely been some moments where I feel like, all right, I've finally graduated and I'm a normal lady.

Before I had children, I was - everything about my life was devoted to "Saturday Night Live."

I feel like I'm a drag queen.

I have an equal opportunity womb!

There are days when I wonder why my mom couldn't be here to see this.

I don't know if comedy is a male sport. I always wondered that.

If my time with my kids is shorter than it was yesterday, it's better than nothing.

To have your childhood dream realized is a really big deal.

The thing you can do better than anyone else is love your children, because they're your children.

I really love laughing.

I get anxious. That lovely Jewish guilt that comes with ancestry.

I feel like I come from a smaller off shoot of black people because I am mixed. People say I'm African American but that doesn't include the other half of me.

I've been writing joke songs since I was a kid and it served me well at S.N.L. I can write those in my sleep. In fact, I have.

I still have a fantasy of being a musician when I grow up.