Kristen Johnston Quotations

If you love it, and work really hard at it, it will really happen, I believe. I'm living proof.

I don't consider myself a goody-goody, but I like to be perceived as classy.

And to be different is great. You don't want to be the same.

May I say, if you were suddenly put into a woman's body, wouldn't you be slightly interested in your breasts, and why people look at certain parts of you, and why certain parts move like they do?

I'm a strong person, but I'd never resort to violence.

My way was not to be the petite, gorgeous, little cheerleader. My way of getting by was making people laugh.

When you're that tall, people talk about it all the time.

I was such a dork. I was too big. I was really gangly.

I've always just gone with the best role, and I don't care if it's in theater, film or television.

I'd so much rather people think I was funny than pretty.

To actually be allowed to be beautiful is a total first for me.

I literally felt like a freak, which is another aspect of the role of Sally that I relate to: total outsider.

I was voted Biggest Ham and Likeliest to Become a Celebrity.

But this show reminds me that there are other aspects to me besides the fact that I'm a funny chick.

I spent 10 years in New York doing theater.

I think Janeane Garofalo is incredibly funny, and I love Dennis Miller.

It was only when I moved to New York that I realized tall is good.

I am, uh... a 6 foot tall woman, I feel like I'm a healthy size, I'm not anorexic; and I feel that people who aren't anorexic are punished... for not being anorexic.

I want to play a Disney villainess so badly.

I was a full foot taller than any child my age.

I was born in Washington, D.C., and I was raised in Milwaukee.

I really came out to L.A. to take the money and run.

I really came out to L.A. to take the money and run.

Onstage, I was never the ingenue.

I think that there are many different ways of getting and staying sober. Like religion, I just don't think that one way is the only way.

Royal Young has accomplished a rare feat in his fresh and riveting debut: he manages to recount his fascinating youth and unconventional family with a mixture of humor, scathing honesty and tenderness. Much more than simply a book about a kid who dreams of stardom, Fame Shark is a thoughtful, hilarious and moving love letter to his family and the Lower East Side of New York City.

I was born in Washington, D.C., and I was raised in Milwaukee.

I like people-watching and fading into crowds.

I am, uh ... a 6 foot tall woman, I feel like I'm a healthy size, I'm not anorexic; and I feel that people who aren't anorexic are punished ... for not being anorexic.

In some roles I have to wear fur, and I always make sure it's fake, like in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. Faux fur is great because it shows people that faux can look fabulous.