Michaela Watkins

The wardrobe department isn't a bunch of elves there to serve you; they're artists with vision. Honor them.

I went on a road trip and ended up in Portland, Oregon, and from there, I did non-stop theater. I had just graduated, and I had all these ideas about what good acting was, but I hadn't put any of it into action. I spent five years honing my acting chops. And then I had this epiphany one day that I need to go to L.A.; I need to be on a sitcom.

I love comedies, both broad and subtle.

Because I do mostly comedy, I'm usually working with friends, and it's usually a ball.

I get to do physical comedy! When do women get to do physical comedy? Very rarely.

When you're casting a show, you have your idea of who you want it to be, and of course, those are going to be very well-known names.

My dad is a mathematician; I think we both have that problem-solving, looking-for-patterns way of thinking.

I love working so much. For me, working equals happiness.

SNL' was a dream come true for me. It was a fantastic year. I don't have any regrets.

I don't come from a Hollywood family. I don't have Hollywood friends. I didn't have any connections.

I'm definitely an observer of human behavior. I always have been.

It was weird that most people knew me as someone let go from 'SNL.' I had the best time there, and in retrospect, it was the perfect amount of time. The only thing that matters is what you do with yourself in that moment after. If you decide, 'I'm the girl who was fired from 'SNL,' you're just that.