Kristen Wiig
Kristen Wiig
Kristen Carroll Wiig is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer. She is known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, and such films as Knocked Up, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Paul and Bridesmaids, Girl Most Likely, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, the animated Despicable Me film series, The Skeleton Twins, The Martianand Ghostbusters...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth22 August 1973
CityCanandaigua, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I am shyer than most people think.
I think people like to see the lives of artists that are legends. They always go through the dark periods and I think just as humans we like to see that and them coming out of it. I love those kinds of movies.
People sometimes get a little extra criticism when they try something that they don't normally do, but I think that's just a natural thing for artists. It's like, 'Okay, I did that, and now I want to try this.'
I think no matter what kind of life you have, whether it looks one way to people or another way, you always have moments when you imagine a different life.
It sounds so cheesy, but there's something very powerful about looking in the mirror and asking yourself a question. Because I think it's really hard to lie.
If you're creating anything at all, it's really dangerous to care about what people think.
I never think if I do an impression of someone, I'm never making fun of them.
I just want to try and be in projects that are exciting to me.
I would rather have a small part in a really great movie than a big one in one that I'm not too psyched about.
People always call me a comedian. And I don't really see myself like that. I guess I just consider myself an actor who does comedy. But who wants to do other things as well.
I know from my own experience and from other people in the business that when you come from a place where nobody knew who you were and then there is this sudden shift to where everybody now knows who you are, there's an adjustment that you have to make.
I just always gravitate toward the kind of characters or people that maybe you don't want to talk to for a long time at a party, but you do like to watch what they're doing.
The public doesn't want to hear people complaining about having their picture taken.
People are always so surprised when I want to do dramatic stuff.