Molly Shannon
Molly Shannon
Molly Helen Shannonis an American comic actress best known for her work as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2001 and for starring in the films Superstar and Year of the Dog. More recently, she starred in NBC's Kath & Kim from 2008 to 2009 and on the TBS animated series Neighbors from Hell. Throughout Shannon's career she has appeared in a number of films in supporting roles...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth16 September 1964
CityShaker Heights, OH
CountryUnited States of America
We are a little short. We've done car washes, we had donations but we're still a little short.
Yeah, the guy that wrote the script is John Hoffman. He wrote and directed. He's one of my best friends in LA. So he asked my if I could play the mom. I think he's such a good writer. It's a kid's movie, but it's written really beautifully. There are moments when I was like, this is so sweet. I really feel it's great to see live action like that for kids. It's moving and makes you think. I found it so touching when I read it.
Losing my mom at such a young age had a profound effect on my life.
She's true to herself and she's determined. She has things going against her, but she forges ahead despite all of that. I think that's encouraging. She's got some problems, but she has hope and tries to plow through things. I think that's a good role model.
I'm no way one of those comedians who want to do drama. I really do love comedies. I hope to go back to it.
I like both movies and TV, so I don't have some big grand plan.
In real life, my son had a little injury a couple of years ago where we had moved into a new house and he put his hand through a glass window and it cut him really badly. Thank god he had surgery and repaired everything, but I remember I felt frozen I was so scared, and then I realized I was holding my hand just because his hand was hurt.
Most comedians come from a dark past and have a lot of sadness.
I try to put my own history in my work.
I certainly struggled when I was little and didn't have an easy time, so I try to put that stuff in my work.
I think people pick up on that. You use personal stuff and mix it all in - I definitely pull on that stuff in my acting.
Sometimes a fan comes up to me, and I'm really interested in how they're acting, so I'll study them and use that in my material.
I can't believe when you write something from within, how many people relate to it.
I think in show business, it's really kind of easy to perpetuate that feeling of, like, Oh, I don't measure up. Or always having to prove yourself.