Molly Shannon Quotations

We are a little short. We've done car washes, we had donations but we're still a little short.

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.

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.

I like both movies and TV, so I don't have some big grand plan.

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.

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've got wonderful people I get to work with, and I'm trying to focus on that, instead of worrying about, Aw, who doesn't want to work with me? You focus on the ones who do.

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.

I do make a conscious effort to not repeat old patterns, instead of being like, But they don't want me! I haven't always been that way.

Nobody knows how long you're going to have life on Earth, so you really have to work at being joyous and happy.

I'm healthy, I have beautiful children and a beautiful life. I don't want to go toward negative stuff because I'm scared.

I feel like there is this resurgence of amazing roles for women. It's because TV is so good - there are amazing parts for women on TV, and it's upped the game in movies.

There's so much to watch, I can't even keep up.

I barely have time to watch stuff that I'm in, or my friends' stuff. The bar for writing has really elevated and it's really exciting, it's not just parts for 25-year-olds.

I think that being a mother, you would do anything for your children. Their pain is your pain; if they're in pain, you feel their pain.

The love of a parent, that connection, it's eternal.

You can make the audience laugh, be funny and sad at the same time.

I think things get a lot better after high school. I think the ones that struggle during that time tend to have better experiences after.

I went to drama school at New York University.

I really love having lots of down time with my kids.

If it's not happening, write your own thing!

I actually went to college with Adam Sandler. He was a dramatic actor, too!

When I was on 'Saturday Night Live,' all I did was work.

The three words every woman really longs to hear: I'll clean up.