Amy Sedaris Quotes


"Well I went to New Orleans to cover the jazz festival for Trio, it's this new arts channel, it's really great."
- Amy Sedaris
(Related: Jazz)

"They just expected it to you know... Paul, Steve and I could have hired our own publicist, if we wanted to, but I kind of liked the way it was more of a cult thing and those that liked it, liked it, you know what I mean?"
- Amy Sedaris
"Whenever I do your show, sometimes I get a little check in the mail and then I take that check and buy a new pair of shoes, and then I wear those shoes the next time I do your show."
- Amy Sedaris
(Related: Time, Mail)

"My father and I have a very good relationship. We always got along. But I always scold him."
- Amy Sedaris
(Related: Father)

"I swear I want to be a food model."
- Amy Sedaris
(Related: Food, Want)

"I'd rather have a part where you walk into a room and you leave. That's perfect for me."
- Amy Sedaris
"I'm gonna do the whole bedroom in camel color - it's an old lady color."
- Amy Sedaris
(Related: Lady, Old)

"I'm not a first-place person."
- Amy Sedaris
(Related: First)

"I'm not ambitious."
- Amy Sedaris
"It was more of their quirky show. It was more like a cult show. The ratings weren't really that high."
- Amy Sedaris
"My characters always like themselves."
- Amy Sedaris
"I stayed in New York City for the first time, I'd always wanted to do that."
- Amy Sedaris
(Related: Time, First)

"My kitchen's pink, like skin-tone pink, and I lowered my spice rack so it's eye level - it's true! - and my phone, so I can reach it when I fall, it's right there."
- Amy Sedaris
(Related: Eye, Kitchen, Right, Skin)

"My mom used to say that Greek Easter was later because then you get stuff cheaper."
- Amy Sedaris
(Related: Mom, Easter)

"People who shop in health food stores never look healthy."
- Amy Sedaris
(Related: Food, Health, People)

"I choose to do unattractive people, because then I can pretend they think they're attractive."
- Amy Sedaris
(Related: People)

"More men than women like 'Strangers With Candy'. Pretty girls don't like the show. They don't like to see an ugly lady."
- Amy Sedaris
(Related: Men, Women, Lady, Girls, Pretty, Ugly)

"But I always like to play ugly people who think they're pretty."
- Amy Sedaris
(Related: People, Play, Pretty, Ugly)

"I live in the moment."
- Amy Sedaris
"I just like to have the ideas. Other people can help see them through."
- Amy Sedaris
(Related: People, Ideas, Help)

"I have no desire to carry a movie."
- Amy Sedaris
(Related: Desire)

"I have always wanted a bunny and I'll always have a rabbit the rest of my life."
- Amy Sedaris
(Related: Life, Rest)

"Books are challenging and inspirational to me."
- Amy Sedaris
(Related: Inspirational, Books)

"I failed first grade, which is my biggest problem. You always feel like a failure, like you're stupid."
- Amy Sedaris
(Related: Failure, First)

"I hate playing pretty or sane people. Most people are not attractive or all there."
- Amy Sedaris
(Related: People, Hate, Pretty)

"I always got along with all types of people - popular people as well as drug addicts."
- Amy Sedaris
(Related: People, Popular)

"I always find something to keep me busy."
- Amy Sedaris
"David and Dad didn't get along too well growing up. I mean we all got along, but it was harder on David, because David wasn't going to be the son that Dad wanted. But now they're like best friends."
- Amy Sedaris
(Related: Dad, Son, Friends, Growing up, Now)

"But I love how people who are musical, they know how to dress."
- Amy Sedaris
(Related: Love, People, Dress)

"I really don't like going out. I don't like restaurants because I don't like the idea of someone, a waitress, being responsible for my evening. I like seconds, and more, and lots of conversation, and I've always hated the idea that in a restaurant an evening just ends. I find that incredibly depressing."
- Amy Sedaris
(Related: Idea, Being, Conversation, Evening, Restaurants)