Catherine O'Hara

The year I married my American husband, I won the lottery - and I tried to give it to somebody else, because I was already approved - not the money lottery, the immigration lottery.

I met Gilda Radner, God bless her, when I was in grade 13, which doesn't exist anymore. The high school I went to went from 9 to 13.

Comedy has changed with the times, thank God - slowly, oh my lord, slowly - but it has.

I only want to write. I don't care about directing, really. I've tried it, and it was fun, but it's not like I have to.

As a teenager, I loved 'The Carol Burnett Show' and 'Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In,' and I lived to watch 'Monty Python.'

Character roles definitely age better than your ingenues. You don't get to keep doing that.

I lived in L.A. for a few months. It seemed like no one there had parents. Or if they did have parents, they would deny it.

You've got muscles and you use them everywhere else in your body when you want it. Why not your face?

I'm drawn to playing characters who are terribly flawed and have no idea about it.

I'd love to work with Michael Keaton, Steve Martin, and Bryan Cranston again.

I've met people whose accents have nothing to do with where they were born or raised - they want to reinvent themselves.

My crutch was, in improvs, when in doubt, play insane, because you didn't have to excuse anything that came out of your mouth. It didn't have to make sense.

Amy Poehler and Tina Fey are so cool together.

I wouldn't mind spending a little more time and effort and money on good skin care. And I'm sure they'll come out with, as they are doing, with more and more treatments that are noninvasive and healthy ways to keep your face looking as good as it can.

When you're writing, you're putting thought into what you want to express, and then you come up with it - it comes to you. When you're improvising, it's the same thing. You're writing. You just say it out loud right then, instead of saying, 'You think this might work?'

I just like to work and get paid.

I'm afraid of needles, except acupuncture needles.

I think one of the sexiest things a couple can share is laughing.

I love 'Beetlejuice' - that's where I met my husband! He designed the sets, so I have nothing but fond memories of that movie.

I mean, I knew I wanted to do this kind of thing in school, but to actually have somebody that would bring you into that world, that was really exciting, you know?