32 Thought-Provoking Quotes By Molly Shannon
Molly Shannon is an illustrious American comedian and actress. From 1995 to 2001, he was a cast member on ‘Saturday Night Live.’ For her performance in comedy-drama film ‘Other People,’ she bagged in the ‘Film Independent Spirit Award.’ She was also seen playing supporting roles in various films, including ‘Never Been Kissed,’ ‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,’ ‘Osmosis Jones,’ ‘A Night at the Roxbury,’ ‘Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,’ ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas,’ and ‘My Boss's Daughter.’ Following is a corpus of inspiring and empowering quotes and sayings by Molly Shannon which have been curated from her movies, thoughts, public utterances, interviews, works and life. Here is a list of motivational quotes and thoughts by Molly Shannon that are sure to inspire you.
Mary Katherine Gallagher is an exaggerated version of me, how I felt when I was little.
Without a doubt, the worst part of being a mom is having to floss my kids' teeth every night. It's so tedious.
When I see a mom embarrassed because her kid is having a temper tantrum, I'm like, 'Please! Do you think I've never gone through that?' Women tend to be too hard on themselves.
When I was 12, my friend and I tried to sneak onto a plane from my hometown of Cleveland to New York City! My dad encouraged us - he was a wild guy, big on jokes.
I never think I want to try to be funny. And humor, if there is anything funny, should come from a real place.
My dad was a real fun guy, and despite his personal problems, he was a great father. It wasn't easy, but he did a good job of raising my sister Mary and I all by himself.
I used to get painful crushes on really unavailable guys.
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.
There was a period where I stopped auditioning because I was like, 'I don't have the heart.' There's just so much rejection.
If you can write and create original characters, do your own show, develop your own material, it gives you more power than just waiting around to be hired.
I'm very driven by writing. Coming from 'Saturday Night Live,' because it's such a writing job, and we all write our parts on the show and create characters, I'm so respectful of good writing.
I definitely have loads of respect for writers and the art of writing.
I love comedy, but I did always consider myself a dramatic comedian.
Losing my mom at such a young age had a profound effect on my life.
When I was on 'Saturday Night Live,' all I did was work.
I like both movies and TV, so I don't have some big grand plan.
I really love having lots of down time with my kids.
I actually went to college with Adam Sandler. He was a dramatic actor, too!
I went to drama school at New York University.
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'm no way one of those comedians who want to do drama. I really do love comedies. I hope to go back to it.
I used to watch 'SNL' when I was babysitting, after I put the kids to bed. It was the Gilda Radner and Bill Murray era. I loved it.
I guess I have a positive attitude about divorce because I have some friends who've gotten divorced, and I'm like, 'Well, if it's better, then - good!'
I think I'm a really hard worker, and I feel like my attitude is to just enjoy the process of being creative and developing and 'just throw a bunch of stuff against the wall and see what sticks.'
The love of a parent, that connection, it's eternal.
I just try to laugh at the little things. Like, I'm always amazed by how long it takes two kids to get dressed and out the door. Every morning I say, 'Come on! Let's go! Five minutes!' And they're still in their underwear. Or they say they're ready, but they're not wearing shoes.
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.
I went to NYU drama school, so I was a very serious actress. I used to do monologues with a Southern accent, and I was really into drama and drama school. And then, in my last year of drama school, I did a comedy show, and the show became a big hit on campus.
I've definitely read stuff that I've been offered where I've been like, 'I can't do this. I think somebody would be better in this than me.' I don't want to do something if I don't feel like I can do a good job serving the material.
I lead a very normal life. I'm just so happy being a mother that everything else revolves around that. If a movie falls through or a TV show doesn't get picked up, I'm pretty easygoing about it because I'm just like, 'Yay, I get to be with my kids more!'
