Elizabeth Stamatina “Tina” Fey is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and playwright. She is best known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (1997–2006). These inspirational Tina Fey Quotes will change your life.
Best Tina Fey Quotes
- “And I can see Russia from my house.” – Tina Fey
- “Just say yes and you’ll figure it out afterwards.” – Tina Fey
- “I had my hair in a ponytail and looked my trademark exhausted.” – Tina Fey
- “It’s no more dangerous to society than a radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds.” – Tina Fey
- “…nothing is creepier than a bunch of adults being very quiet.” – Tina Fey
- “…the music seems creepy, like when children sing in a horror movie” – Tina Fey
- “I’m a big fan of ‘The Office,’ both the British and the American versions.” – Tina Fey
- “Life is improvisation.” – Tina Fey
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“There are no mistakes only opportunities.” – Tina Fey
- “When you have a set of characters, you have to fall in love with them and care about them as each individual character.” – Tina Fey
- “In real life, people in the most dire situations must cope through humor.” – Tina Fey
- “My ability to turn good news into anxiety is rivaled only by my ability to turn anxiety into chin acne.” – Tina Fey
- “I had a gentleman in college tell me, during a date, that I could be really pretty if I lost some weight. On a date!” – Tina Fey
- “Do your thing and don’t care if they like it.” – Tina Fey
- “Whatever the problem – be part of the solution” – Tina Fey
- “My work is my work. I take my work seriously but I don’t take myself too seriously.” – Tina Fey
- “Ah, babies! They’re more than just adorable little creatures on whom you can blame your farts.” – Tina Fey
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“I like to crack the jokes now and again, but it’s only because I struggle with math.” – Tina Fey
- “In an attempt to make things easier for myself, which is the basis for all of history’s worst decisions […].” – Tina Fey
- “I am going to dedicate myself, full time, to my day-drinking.” – Tina Fey
- “Every kid has something they’re good at, that you hope they find and gravitate toward.” – Tina Fey
- “It will never be perfect, but perfect is overrated. Perfect is boring on live TV.” – Tina Fey
- “Quentin Tarantino is here, star of all my sexual nightmares.” – Tina Fey
- “Seriously, I’ve just realized that almost everyone is a fraud, so I try not to feel too bad about it.” – Tina Fey
- “In my experience, the hardest thing about having someone “come out” to you is the “pretending to be surprised” part.” – Tina Fey
- “Don’t be too precious or attached to anything you write. Let things be malleable.” – Tina Fey
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“I am constantly amazed by Tina Fey. And I am Tina Fey.” – Tina Fey
- “It has been said that to write is to live forever. The man who said that is dead.” – Tina Fey
- “Whatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don’t just sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles.” – Tina Fey
- “You can tell how smart people are by what they laugh at.” – Tina Fey
- “Start with a ‘Yes’, and see where that takes you.” – Tina Fey
- “Why are my arms so weak? It’s like I did that push-up last year for nothing!” – Tina Fey
- “Confidence is 10 percent hard work and 90 percent delusion.” – Tina Fey
- “You’ve got to experience failure to understand that you can survive it.” – Tina Fey
- “Gay people don’t actually try to convert people. That’s Jehovah’s Witnesses you’re thinking of.” – Tina Fey
- “Boyhood proves that there’s still good roles for women over 40, as long as you get hired when you’re under 40.” – Tina Fey
- “Amy Poehler and I have been friends for so long, we’re like Oprah and Gale. Only we’re not denying anything.” – Tina Fey
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“If you are capable people are happy to play with you.” – Tina Fey
- “In most cases being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way.” – Tina Fey
- “You’re not in competition with other women. You’re in competition with everyone.” – Tina Fey
- “Photoshop is just like makeup. When it’s done well it looks great, and when it’s overdone you look like a crazy asshole.” – Tina Fey
- “When choosing sexual partners, remember: Talent is not sexually transmittable.” – Tina Fey
- “A wise friend once told me, ‘Don’t wear what fashion designers tell you to wear. Wear what they wear.'” – Tina Fey
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“You’re in competition with everyone.” – Tina Fey
- “I learned quickly that trying to force Country Folk to love the Big City is like telling your gay cousin, “You just haven’t met the right girl yet.” – Tina Fey
- “Sometimes if you have a difficult decision to make, just stall until the answer presents itself.” – Tina Fey
- “When humor works, it works because it’s clarifying what people already feel. It has to come from someplace real.” – Tina Fey
- “I believe in process. I believe that having a really difficult process is more valuable than a good outcome.” – Tina Fey
- “The ladies of comedy now are comfortable dressing up. It’s not forbidden anymore.” – Tina Fey
- “Being a mom has made me so tired. And so happy.” – Tina Fey
