Top 54 Quotes & Sayings by Jane Krakowski

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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Jane Krakowski

Jane Krakowski is an American actress, comedienne, and singer. She is best known for her starring role as Jenna Maroney in the NBC satirical comedy series 30 Rock, for which she received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Other notable television roles have included Elaine Vassal in the Fox legal comedy-drama series Ally McBeal (1997–2002) and Jacqueline White in the Netflix comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015–2020).

I'm willing to go further than other people on camera.
I'm a girl from Jersey.
My new favourite smell is new baby smell. It makes me so happy. If someone could bottle that, I'd love to have it. — © Jane Krakowski
My new favourite smell is new baby smell. It makes me so happy. If someone could bottle that, I'd love to have it.
The fact that I even get in Broadway shows is, to me, still amazing, but then to win a Tony was just incredible.
People's arrest tapes, mug shots, everything is online.
I don't think I do anything that well, but I do a little bit of everything!
I consider myself to be more real-sized than most of the actresses in California and in show business. They're very small. They're like miniature people.
Once you learn how to roller skate for 'Starlight Express,' it's a lifelong skill you have acquired.
I have trouble keeping plants alive. Even plastic ones.
Cheyenne Jackson is just a dream.
Straight men should take a thirteen-week course from a gay man to fully appreciate what's fabulous about women.
That's why I love doing live theater more than anything: You get an immediate reaction, whether it's good or bad.
What I love about doing live theater and the same material night after night is... you can live inside the same words. There comes a great joy in that, in making it so clear because you've had the time to define it.
The excitement of being in a rehearsal room is good for me. — © Jane Krakowski
The excitement of being in a rehearsal room is good for me.
I'm always awoken with the joyous sound and laughter of my son. That's the best part about being a mom.
I'm a New York girl. I want to stay here and raise my son here.
My motto is 'In Tina Fey I trust.'
There's never enough hours in the day to do what you want to do. What I've become OK with is that not everything can be done today. As long as I can get that time in with my son, then I can get all of the other stuff done today or tomorrow.
I think I used to sort of segregate things. Work was this and life was this and exercise was this. And I feel as I get older, or I become more relaxed, I feel like wellness is my whole being.
Oh, I'll tell you about 'Anyone Can Whistle' - the lesson I learned with doing that record is that the simplest songs are the hardest to do.
I think it's hilarious at 40 years old to bring out my roller skates from 'Starlight Express.' I find the humor and even the sadness in it hilarious and something to celebrate.
I find something funny when it lives on many levels - a level of self-deprecation, of knowledge and heightened reality.
I still get thrilled by the energy that is a live performance, the fear and the panic and the electricity that happens on the night. I think jolting myself every once in a while with that fear is a good thing for me.
I hope wit comes through in all the characters I portray.
I visited Krakow about 10 years ago, and when you're named Krakowski, you are very welcomed. I loved every minute of it. They had 'Ally McBeal' on Polish TV. People offered to drive us out to our family's farm.
You can have a plan, but you have to be flexible. Every day is unpredictable, and you just have to go with the flow.
I never thought I'd sing or dance on national television.
I love to roller skate.
There are days that I love just devoting to going to the park and playing with my son, but then sometimes you have to leave out other things, or if work is a full day of work, perhaps I miss the play time with my son, and I guess the only struggle is trying to not shortchange any of the things that you want to do.
I am always in much better shape when I am doing a Broadway show because you have the eight shows a week to kind of keep the body clean and perfect in a sense, you know? For instance, I always eat much better when I am in a show because you can't have dairy - for your voice.
Yes, I have a good sense of humor to sort of last a long time in show business, and I think to be able to find comedic value in who you are and the people that you work is always a good thing.
I have been lucky to be surrounded by other great working moms, like Tina Fey. I've certainly taken a lot of advice from her in every realm, from actor choices to mom choices.
If I could do theater during the hiatus and then do '30 Rock' in the winter, that would be my ideal job.
I will very happily grow old in the comedic world of Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, if they would keep having me over and over.
I think when I was younger, I strived for perfection. And now I strive for my imperfections because I think they're more interesting. — © Jane Krakowski
I think when I was younger, I strived for perfection. And now I strive for my imperfections because I think they're more interesting.
I am someone who puts their takeout or leftovers into the Tupperware and stores it in the refrigerator overnight.
I would love to play Dot in 'Sunday in the Park with George.' It's one of my dream roles - to play Dot.
I, like almost every actor in the world, auditioned for 'Friends.' I wish I had gotten that one. I actually auditioned for Rachel and didn't go very far.
Female movie stars from the pre-Code era of Hollywood, like Mae West, could be so raunchy and witty before they were edited. Sometimes they could go further in their wit than we go now.
I was one of those people who watched and videotaped the Tonys every year and kept a highlight reel every year. I saw every Broadway show as a kid.
I think of the Roundabout as my musical theater family here in New York City.
When a hot woman walks by, and we ask if she's your type, refrain from saying things like, 'Nah, I like a woman with a little meat on her bones' as you give us a squeeze.
Who wouldn't want to be an 'American Idol' judge? It's an awesome, awesome show.
Even though we all know the facts, it's hard to resist the lure of a tan.
If I'm ever lucky enough to be part of an awards tribute, I hope they play 'Muffin Top' in my little clip. That's how I want to be remembered.
It takes a lot out of you to do a one-hour episodic lead of a show. I don't think actors realize that when they take the job. — © Jane Krakowski
It takes a lot out of you to do a one-hour episodic lead of a show. I don't think actors realize that when they take the job.
I had a really tragic cut at the beginning of Season 2 of 'Ally McBeal.' Someone convinced me that it would be good to layer my hair. I basically looked like Ronald McDonald.
I love the story of how my parents met because it seems very 1950s Brooklyn. They met on a brownstone stoop as my father was singing a little doo-wop.
I feel like I eat pretty clean as my regular routine. I eat a lot of steamed vegetables, steamed chicken. I don't eat that much meat. I'd be maybe, I would say, 90 percent vegetarian. Mostly just because I like the way it makes me feel, not other reasons.
My great-grandparents came from Poland. Interestingly enough, they were named Adam and Eve. But I do not believe they are the original.
My parents were involved in community theater in New Jersey. Instead of hiring a baby sitter, they would take me with them. So my love of acting seeped in from watching my parents and seeing them having fun.
I think my baby already has a leg up on all other babies because the baby has already met Justin Bieber. I couldn't believe it! I'm like, first my unborn child has already gone to the Golden Globes, and now has met Justin Bieber. Lucky little one!
When I do scenes with Alec Baldwin, he just stares at my boobs. That's how good of an actor he is, he finds a way.
I've never been so on trend in my entire life.
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