Top 145 Quotes & Sayings by Jane Lynch - Page 2

I think the only way we can really get you to laugh hard is if we take it to a deep psychological place. It has to resonate with you on a really deep level in order for you to really do that good guffaw.

I don't have to talk to a surgeon to play a surgeon, you know what I mean?

I'm fascinated by Greta Garbo. My cat's named Greta, and I have a framed photograph of her from 1949.

I auditioned for a one-act version of 'The Princess and the Pea' called 'The Ugly Duckling,' and I was cast as the King, starting a pattern of being cast in roles originally intended for men. I went to the first rehearsal, and I didn't get any laughs, and I choked and I quit. I walked away from it and joined the tennis team.

I'm an actor more than anything else.

It's always a good idea to go up for the male roles. You go up against a bunch of beefy guys, and the casting director then feels smart for taking you on, like he's the one who thought outside the box.

When you raise your voice in song to express what's going on deep inside of you, I think people just react to that because it's so truthful. It's so raw.

I do feel that softness for the vulnerability and the innocence in our world, including my own.

It has to come from a truthful place in order to be funny.

I think about Chicago as being a very actor-centered theater town, and people aren't in it to get to the next level, like movies and television. We're there for the love of the theater. So I think it fit right into my particular skill set, which is I love performing live.

I think my cruelty hides beneath the surface a lot more than Sue Sylvester's.

It was my own internalised homophobia. I didn't want to be gay.

When I look back, I think I must have been hugely motivated. I would have loved for somebody to say, 'You go for it!' I just didn't have that.

I try to dress the bottom I have. The body I have and the bottom I have. I have the intention of looking fabulous every time, and I care about it a great deal. I'm very vain.

I've always sung. My dad had a song in his heart and on his lips 24/7. A lot of the time, it was the same song and the same phrase over and over again.

If you're contriving something, if you're making something up, it's not funny. You can tell. It's instant. It has to come from someplace real.

I love being in these ensemble comedy movies. I love working with a bunch of people and coming up with, you know, How can we make this moment funnier?

We're all conditioned to think we have to get to the top and be the best.

I love James Taylor and Carole King, Joni Mitchell - this is, like, early '70s stuff. I love the stuff from the '40s. I love that tight harmony that the studio singers in the '50s would sing. I love Patsy Cline. Yeah, I'm all over the place.

I was filled with angst all the time, but when it came down to it, I dove into what was in front of me, and I always did my best. I invested 100 percent. And that's what saved me.

My parents felt judged by me.

I did voice work for many years before I started having success as an actress. It was mostly radio and television voiceover work, but I know my way around the studio. I know how to use the cappuccino machines and the headphones.

I can fool people that I was educated.

I looked at my mom and her life, and I thought, 'I don't want that.' I don't think my mom wanted it, either. I think my mom did want to be out there and have a career. She loved working. As soon as we were old enough to feed ourselves, she was out.

I love that there are all these macho guy actors out there that have secret desires to be on 'Glee.'

The comedians who I admire that are really good, they always take it to a deep psychological place.

I didn't have a coming out moment.

So much of Sue Sylvester, the angry woman, came from that part of my life, wanting to crush other people's dreams and judging others so harshly, which is always just a way of deflecting your own self-judgment.

When I was a kid, we would get McDonalds on Christmas Eve, and that was a big deal because the closest one to the south side of Chicago was a 35 minute drive away. I remember opening the bag and smelling those fries, and even now when I smell them, it reminds me of Christmas Eve.

I never thought I would work with Meryl Streep. I also love Cate Blanchett.

I'm not out to conquer anything, which I think is a good thing. That's why I also think crazy, different things come my way. I really don't have an agenda, and I'm really happy not to have one. I'm just keeping it light.

A lot of the songs in 'See Jane Sing!' are pulled straight from the kitchen table and my parents harmonizing together.

My first-ever role was the king in 'The Princess and the Pea.'

There are still parts of the country where it's hard: when you realize you're gay, it's like a death sentence.

Everybody has their own way to deal with it. I don't concern myself with other people's - whether or not they want to come out, it's not something for me think about.

In Chicago, actors start up companies and get together and produce things, and there's a really rich, vibrant non-Equity theater scene out there.

I love doing sketches, but I don't relish being by myself. That's not something I'm used to doing.

One of the few advantages to not being beautiful is that one usually gets better-looking as one gets older; I am, in fact, at this very moment, gaining my looks.

I have a big family. Even though it's only three kids in our family, it's always aunts and uncles and the whole thing.

Nothing like falling in love with a dead actress to prove your sanity.

I love the character I played in 'Criminal Minds.'

Television is really fertile ground, and it's because of platforms like Netflix and Hulu and, of course, the cable channels like HBO and Showtime.

I've been in Chicago for every Christmas of my life.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a boy. I really had gender issues.

I wanted to - any chance I had to dress up as a boy, like Halloween, I would be a pirate or a ghost that wore a tie. A hobo.

From the start. As early as - I felt I was in the wrong sex; I really did. I would go into my dad's room and put on his clothes.

I loved working with Cybill Shepherd. We had a good time together; we enjoyed being girlfriends. It was a real comfortable fit for us. I loved putting on a suit and tie.

I've actually never done standup before.

I get the male thing. I like being that for a woman. But I also like being a woman, too. I like being girly.

I love Jennifer Saunders, the 'Absolutely Fabulous' creator.

When I'm not feeling good about how I look, I figure if I just buy the right piece of clothing, I'll feel all right.

I love Matt LeBlanc in 'Episodes' - he's very good. And the 'Modern Family' cast just cracks me up.

I'm like Jay Gatsby. I like to throw the party and then stand back, looking gorgeous. Stand back and watch it.

I can be kind of razor sharp in my disapproval.

Along time ago I asked myself do I want to be right or do I want to be kind; I opted for kind.

You just have to decide how close you want them. Not every person in your life needs to be your best friend: some can be friends or just friendly acquaintances.

My advice to you: live in the moment. Stay fluid and roll with those changes. Life is just a big extended improvisation. Embrace the ever changing, ever evolving world with the best rule I’ve ever found. Say 'YES AND.”

I just had to be strong enough to allow myself to be vulnerable. Great Lesson. For art and for life.

You can't make a cloudy day a sunny day, but can embrace it and decide it's going to be a good day after all.

A lot of people are curious why I'm a lesbian - ladies and gentlemen, the cast of Entourage.