Jenny Slate
Jenny Slate
Jenny Sarah Slateis an American comedian, actress, voice artist and author best known for her role as Donna Stern in Obvious Child, as well as being the co-creator of the Marcel the Shell with Shoes On short films and children's book series. She is also known for her season as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2009 to 2010 and for her appearances in shows such as House of Lies, Married, Parks and Recreation, Bob's Burgers, Hello Ladies,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth25 March 1982
CityMilton, MA
CountryUnited States of America
I don't make a lot of mistakes, honestly. I'm an A-student, I'm an Ivy Leaguer. I need those things.
I play a lot of characters where I don't even speak in my own voice. I learned about focus and I learned to trust that things can work when they're not heightened and that it's interesting when things are pared down.
There are so many things I'd like to do. I'd really like to be in a period piece that takes place in old New York or old Hollywood and wear those costumes and that makeup.
I just left wishing that it was longer because I enjoyed it so thoroughly.
I've only been acting since 2009 and I learn more and more with each job. I think I prepare and I'm very focused and I have a good work ethic that I learned in school.
I have no regrets. The best thing to happen to me was for Lorne Michaels to hire me and fire me.
Being on "SNL" was a goal that I had when I was younger. When I got fired, I just felt really mad and I felt really grossed out by the system and grossed out by myself and it just sort of knocked me on my ass.
I am a comedian and I started in stand-up when I was 22.
When I would go on stage I would start to feel that the eyes that watching me weren't kind. And it took me a while to realize that those eyes were my own eyes.
I'm not one to wallow, but I am one to feel the sting of a slap for a while, I think.
I feel like when I go on stage I feel so excited at the prospect that there will be a true connection.
There was a while when I got really bad stage fright and I basically felt...I was incredibly angry. I felt like everything had been taken away from me and it was at that point that I realized how much doing stand up reminds me of my self love and curiosity about myself and love of other people because I don't go on stage to dominate.
If you're in a good marriage, you have the sense that it won't be forever.
I feel a lot of life in me and a lot of creative energy and I think it's better suited somewhere it can run free.