“I started performing non-professionally at birthday parties and family...” — Annaleigh Ashford Quote

“I started performing non-professionally at birthday parties and family gatherings doing 'Saturday Night Live' impressions at four. Then I started for real at seven.”

“In the comedy world, there's always been one woman to five men. I think that's changing, that we're being respected more as writers and comedians.”

“I have always known mosquitoes love me, but they really love me in Central Park.”

“I trained to be a priest - started to. I went to seminary school when I was 11. I wanted to be a priest, but when they told me I could never have sex, not even on my birthday, I changed my mind.”

“The turning point was when I hit my 30th birthday. I thought, if really want to write, it's time to start. I picked up the book How to Write a Novel in 90 Days. The author said to just write three pages a day, and I figured, I can do this. I never got past Page 3 of that book.”

“I always wanted to shave. It is a very natural process. For my birthday I got a lot of shaving stuff.”