comedians-from-california

"My parents raised me to be very free with expressing myself"

"The biggest legacy I want to leave behind is how much I loved and was loved by my tribe"

"I just love being a woman and especially a multi-cultural woman where I’m able to hopefully continue to tell a wide range of stories that make others feel seen, recognized, and heard."

"In a lot of ways, I think songwriting can be more cathartic for me than acting because I’m really just sharing what makes me me"

"For us child actors, it can be really difficult to transition to adult material"

"Sometimes I feel a little odd because no one in my life shares the same experiences that I do, but I hope that through my artistry I’m able to help people feel less alone in their feelings of weirdness or ‘too-much-ness"

"I think having the creative outlet to express myself at a young age shaped me into the woman I am today"

"I think, honestly, growing up was the biggest role I could have taken"

"A lot of music from some of our female artists is about relationships and can be a little whiny"

"I think stand-up is all controversial anyway and that's kind of the point of stand-up comedians is to be offensive and be weird and have opinions"

"WE ALL GET THE SAME 24 HOURS IN A DAY, JUST GO OUT THERE AND BE GREAT—WHATEVER THAT IS. BE GOOD AT WHAT YOU DO, AND STRIVE TO BE BETTER"

"I just want to be free and creative until I can’t be anymore!"

"Don’t let people break your spirit, mama. What you spend five minutes dwelling on won’t even matter in five years."

"Diversity means love of all people. The love of every difference, every skin tone, every personality & culture"

"My goal was and still is to make people feel like they belong somewhere"

"seeing little to no representation of who I am never discouraged me"

"I don’t look at my ethnicity as a setback but more of an asset."

"I love my brown skin and my Asian eyes. It’s what makes me unique"

"I most definitely have faced racism and indifference in this industry and in the world period. However, I’m proud of who I am and I would never ever want to be anyone else but myself"

"It is my job that requires me to bare my soul in front of random strangers on set all day, so I have to have this level of focus that kind of takes me outside of myself"

"as a person living in the world, you have to be able to open your heart and be vulnerable. Acting does that and I would say acting is really telling the truth"

"I love acting because I think it’s beautiful to be able to step into other people’s shoes"

"It starts with everybody having a voice and not being quiet anymore, and having those uncomfortable discussions, because that’s the only way we’re going to rewrite the narrative of this global issue"

"I really think it starts with having the conversations and having racism and prejudices and discrimination no longer be a necessary evil in order to just get ahead"

"I am done holding my tongue to make the oppressor feel comfortable. Peace be with you all who are fighting out there for us in this twisted world"

"I think I carry this responsibility of being one of the voices of this generation, but also being a biracial girl and just kind of carrying the torch for everyone and paving the way"

"Being able to have that light and have this platform has made me very choosy and very picky about roles, what I do, what I say, what I put out on social media."

"There are so many mixed babies out there who don’t see themselves represented on TV or in the media or in film"

"I think it’s been incredible to be able to represent two different cultures that are so rich in their history and very different from each other"

"It was fun kind of getting off the hamster wheel a little bit, I was able to write a bunch of songs, I started this kids' band called The Roughhousers and I wrote like 11 songs and we just put that out and it's fun. It's really good rock and roll music for kids and it's for adults too, because I just hate kids music. I would put kid music on and go, "Ugh, let's just put on Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton." I never played kid music for my kid, but this stuff is actually really good and we have the drummer from X and we have my ex-husband Murry Hammond was in the Old 97's playing bass and we have just an all-star super group of people doing the music and it's kind of taking off."

"I don’t do any of the writing, but I’ve had a really great friend Mitch Watson, who helped shaped that version of Daphne and allowed us to explore her more. The writers also allowed me to lean more into my “stand up routine” with Daphne in “Be Cool, Scooby-Doo”."

"Unfortunately, people in California would vote for a bowl of shit if it had “D” next to it."

"She said I was afraid of success, which may in fact be true, because I have a feeling that fufilling my potential would really cut into my sittin' around time."

"Everything is being televised so you won't be able to tell where the Revolution is. "Who's revolting? Well, I don't know, what's on the other channel?""

"[In response to having being referred to as schizophrenic] Well, that is clearly not my mental illness; I am Bipolar-II — which is the new gladiator sandal! Schizophrenia is, of course, hearing voices— not doing voices."

""Oh, but I've done some other unforgivable, unspeakable thing"? Google it. There's seven billion of us. Somebody has done exactly what you have done, and is currently on a book tour. You're never alone!"

"Over seven thousand US veterans die of suicide every year, which is funny... [false laughter]... because you'd think they'd die over there, but they come home! Right? I thought that must be funny, because nobody was taking it that seriously."

"[when the bank calls:] "Chase Bank, I'm self-employed, how long do you want to stay on the phone?""

"There's a lot of mental illness in my family. So, if you catch schizophrenia, get four boxes of Mike and Ikes, a Bible, and a cage. Wait it out."

"Time flies when you are anxious!"

"(singing) Old McDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O!/"

"[singing the song her therapist told her to improvise in order to "let her anxieties out"] If I keep the kitchen floor clean, no one will die!"

"I've never really thought of myself as depressed so much as I am paralyzed by hope."

"I'm not technically rich, but I do have a lot of shit that I don't need, and I refuse to share with others."

"I wish I'd get mad about something that actually, you know, kinda mattered. Go in Target and be like: "You know what? If you can't help me, then I need to speak to someone who can, because this is a three dollar pair of flip-flops made by a 5-year-old Guatemalan girl, and I'm not leaving until she gets benefits and an education under the NAFTA Fair Trade Agreement. You better go get a manager. This could take awhile.""

"I love my country, but maybe that's because I'm white and rich. I'm not technically rich, but I do have a lot of shit, that I refuse to share with others."

"My old lip color could barely keep up with my busy schedule. In the time it takes to notice the wide discrepancy between my salary and that of my male peers, I'd have to reapply! In the seconds to count the number of women in high political office, seated on corporate executive boards and featured in film and television over the age of 40, my lip color would be as invisible as this glass ceiling only inches above my head! L'Oreal. Because I am worth it. And because holding myself to an impossible standard of beauty keeps me from starting a riot!"

"[impersonating her mother] Now, Maria, if a boy doesn't like you, I would just like you to know that he is intimidated by your beauty, because you are the most beautiful girl in the whole world and if you would stop doing impersonations of me I think other people would see that..."

"S-s-sure I'll join your cult. [nervous smile]"

"I'm not looking for much [in a guy], I just want, like, a really nice guy who has, you know, like a job... and the missing half of this golden amulet."