Top 37 Quotes & Sayings by Maya Rudolph

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Last updated on April 15, 2025.

Maya Khabira Rudolph is an American comedian, actress, and singer. In 2000, she became a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL) and later played supporting roles in the films 50 First Dates, A Prairie Home Companion, and Idiocracy.

American - Actress | Born: July 27, 1972

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Lord knows I had what you could call many fashion Don'ts in my day.

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I still have a fantasy of being a musician when I grow up.

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I've met people who are baffled by children, as though they were never children themselves.

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I like comedy as a group sport.

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There are days when I wonder why my mom couldn't be here to see this.

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To grow up with the loss of your mother is a scar that never goes away.

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Without a doubt in sketch comedy there are fewer women than men.

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I've been writing joke songs since I was a kid and it served me well at S.N.L. I can write those in my sleep. In fact, I have.

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I feel like I come from a smaller off shoot of black people because I am mixed. People say I'm African American but that doesn't include the other half of me.

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I was a loud child, and if my mother sang to me, I would be quiet.

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I think that people who don't like kids are awful people.

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I never thought I'd get a chance to do what I'm doing. It's such a dream.

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No, no, no. Your accent is so beautiful.

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I really love laughing.

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I feel like I'm a drag queen.

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You don't want to be the first person to tell your 5-year-old, like, 'You're going to have a life filled with disappointments and letdowns - enjoy!'

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I have an equal opportunity womb!

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Before I had children, everything about my life was devoted to Saturday Night Live.

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I learned the enormous power of writing for yourself, especially now that people seem to be receptive to the fact that women can write.

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To have your childhood dream realized is a really big deal.

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Most of my life I didn't feel very normal. There's definitely been some moments where I feel like, all right, I've finally graduated and I'm a normal lady.

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I would love it if you would come in and teach me how to really do you.

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I don't know if comedy is a male sport. I always wondered that.

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I've never set out to write a funny movie or be a funny comedian as a woman. I am a woman. I don't really have a choice in the matter. My goal is just to be funny.

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I get anxious. That lovely Jewish guilt that comes with ancestry.

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If my time with my kids is shorter than it was yesterday, it's better than nothing.

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Because you want to keep an air of calm and cool.

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I don't look my best when I wake up! But I do feel beautiful when I'm tired and happy and I've had a good laugh and a glass of champagne.

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Honestly, because it's my third, I feel like I've been pregnant for like six years, seriously.

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I thought she was the funniest woman, and I believed being a comedian was the most exciting thing you could be.

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The thing you can do better than anyone else is love your children, because they're your children.

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When I first moved to New York, someone who thought they knew more than I did said: "You have to always look like you know where you're going when you get out of the subway."

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I'm always learning when I'm surrounded by great people. In every experience, I feel like I'm learning. I'm not like, "Oh good. I'm done! I don't have to learn anymore."

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And in Improvisation there is one hard and fast rule, and that rule is known as "Yes And." The term YES AND: to say yes, and not just yes, but to add information. In the adding of information you don't negate the other persons idea - but you build on it.

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I like being a funny lady. I think theres nothing sexier than a funny lady.

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I feel like I come from a smaller off shoot of black people because I am mixed. People say I’m African American but that doesn’t include the other half of me.

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Before I had children, I was - everything about my life was devoted to "Saturday Night Live."

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Top 37 Quotes & Sayings by Maya Rudolph

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