41+ Molly Shannon Quotes On Happiness, Snl And Seinfeld

Molly Shannon is an American actress and comedian, best known for her work as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2001. She has since appeared in a number of films and television shows, including the films Superstar and Year of the Dog. She also starred in the HBO series Divorce and the Netflix series Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Molly Shannon on love, life, happiness.

Top 10 Molly Shannon Quotes

1. The three words every woman really longs to hear: I'll clean up.
2. If it's not happening, write your own thing!
3. 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.
4. When I was on 'Saturday Night Live,' all I did was work.
5. 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."
6. I want to do something I feel like I can do.
7. In real life, I always look at people and how they walk, or how they carry themselves. I think about the body a lot, in performance.
8. I'm healthy, I have beautiful children and a beautiful life. I don't want to go toward negative stuff because I'm scared.
9. I don't want to do something, if I don't feel like I can do a good job serving the material.
10. I feel like there is this resurgence of amazing roles for women. It's because TV is so good - there are amazing parts for women on TV, and it's upped the game in movies.

Molly Shannon Short Quotes

• I definitely have loads of respect for writers and the art of writing.
• I do use my body a lot, to click into a character.
• Marriage can be complicated.
• People struggle in marriages and more than 55% of people get divorced.
• There's so much to watch, I can't even keep up.
• I try to put my own history in my work.
• I actually went to college with Adam Sandler. He was a dramatic actor, too!
• I can't believe when you write something from within, how many people relate to it.
• Most comedians come from a dark past and have a lot of sadness.
• You can make the audience laugh, be funny and sad at the same time.

Molly Shannon Quotes About Love

The love of a parent, that connection, it's eternal. — Molly Shannon

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. — Molly Shannon

I really love having lots of down time with my kids. — Molly Shannon

I have always loved both drama and comedy. — Molly Shannon

Molly Shannon Famous Quotes And Sayings

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. — Molly Shannon

I'm very driven by writing. — Molly Shannon

I think people pick up on that. You use personal stuff and mix it all in - I definitely pull on that stuff in my acting. — Molly Shannon

I do make a conscious effort to not repeat old patterns, instead of being like, But they don't want me! I haven't always been that way. — Molly Shannon

I've got wonderful people I get to work with, and I'm trying to focus on that, instead of worrying about, Aw, who doesn't want to work with me? You focus on the ones who do. — Molly Shannon

I consider my comedy to be dramatic comedy. I always wanted music underscoring the dramatic monologue. It was always drama with comedy, in my head. — Molly Shannon

Sometimes a fan comes up to me, and I'm really interested in how they're acting, so I'll study them and use that in my material. — Molly Shannon

I went to drama school at New York University. — Molly Shannon

The clothes, the shoes, the gold belts and the necklaces always click me into the character, for sure. You could not feel the character, and then you put on the shoes and get the walk. — Molly Shannon

I barely have time to watch stuff that I'm in, or my friends' stuff. The bar for writing has really elevated and it's really exciting, it's not just parts for 25-year-olds. — Molly Shannon

I think in show business, it's really kind of easy to perpetuate that feeling of, like, Oh, I don't measure up. Or always having to prove yourself. — Molly Shannon

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. — Molly Shannon

You really get a feeling, when you're reading scripts, pretty quickly. Within 20 or 25 pages, you can get a sense of the part. I always think about whether I'm right for it and whether I can do it. If I don't think I'm right for it, it should go to somebody else. — Molly Shannon

I certainly struggled when I was little and didn't have an easy time, so I try to put that stuff in my work. — Molly Shannon

In real life, my son had a little injury a couple of years ago where we had moved into a new house and he put his hand through a glass window and it cut him really badly. Thank god he had surgery and repaired everything, but I remember I felt frozen I was so scared, and then I realized I was holding my hand just because his hand was hurt. — Molly Shannon

Nobody knows how long you're going to have life on Earth, so you really have to work at being joyous and happy. — Molly Shannon

I'm so respectful of good writing. It's the blueprint for the movie. You have to have that script there because, if you don't, you're going to have problems. It's very important. It's also a gut instinct. — Molly Shannon

Life Lessons by Molly Shannon

1. Molly Shannon has demonstrated that hard work and dedication can lead to success, as she has had a long and successful career in acting, writing, and producing.
2. She has also shown that it is possible to have a successful career while maintaining a positive attitude and sense of humor.
3. Finally, Molly Shannon has demonstrated that it is possible to have a successful career in a variety of different mediums, from film and television to theater and writing.