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Kristen Johnston
American
Actress
About the author
It was only when I moved to New York that I realized tall is good.
Kristen Johnston,
American
Actress
I want to play a Disney villainess so badly.
Kristen Johnston,
American
Actress
#Want
#Play
#Disney
And to be different is great. You don't want to be the same.
Kristen Johnston,
American
Actress
#Want
But this show reminds me that there are other aspects to me besides the fact that I'm a funny chick.
Kristen Johnston,
American
Actress
#Fact
#Funny
I am, uh... a 6 foot tall woman, I feel like I'm a healthy size, I'm not anorexic; and I feel that people who aren't anorexic are punished... for not being anorexic.
Kristen Johnston,
American
Actress
#People
#Being
#Woman
I don't consider myself a goody-goody, but I like to be perceived as classy.
Kristen Johnston,
American
Actress
I like people-watching and fading into crowds.
Kristen Johnston,
American
Actress
#People
#Crowds
I literally felt like a freak, which is another aspect of the role of Sally that I relate to: total outsider.
Kristen Johnston,
American
Actress
I really came out to L.A. to take the money and run.
Kristen Johnston,
American
Actress
#Money
I spent 10 years in New York doing theater.
Kristen Johnston,
American
Actress
#Years
#Theater
I think Janeane Garofalo is incredibly funny, and I love Dennis Miller.
Kristen Johnston,
American
Actress
#Love
#Funny
I was a full foot taller than any child my age.
Kristen Johnston,
American
Actress
#Age
I was born in Washington, D.C., and I was raised in Milwaukee.
Kristen Johnston,
American
Actress
#Washington
I was such a dork. I was too big. I was really gangly.
Kristen Johnston,
American
Actress
I was voted Biggest Ham and Likeliest to Become a Celebrity.
Kristen Johnston,
American
Actress
#Celebrity
I'd so much rather people think I was funny than pretty.
Kristen Johnston,
American
Actress
#People
#Pretty
#Funny
I'm a strong person, but I'd never resort to violence.
Kristen Johnston,
American
Actress
#Violence
If you love it, and work really hard at it, it will really happen, I believe. I'm living proof.
Kristen Johnston,
American
Actress
#Love
#Work
#Will
#Living
#Proof
May I say, if you were suddenly put into a woman's body, wouldn't you be slightly interested in your breasts, and why people look at certain parts of you, and why certain parts move like they do?
Kristen Johnston,
American
Actress
#People
#May
#Woman
#Body
My way was not to be the petite, gorgeous, little cheerleader. My way of getting by was making people laugh.
Kristen Johnston,
American
Actress
#People
Onstage, I was never the ingenue.
Kristen Johnston,
American
Actress
To actually be allowed to be beautiful is a total first for me.
Kristen Johnston,
American
Actress
#First
When you're that tall, people talk about it all the time.
Kristen Johnston,
American
Actress
#Talk
#Time
#People
I've always just gone with the best role, and I don't care if it's in theater, film or television.
Kristen Johnston,
American
Actress
#Film
#Television
#Theater
#Care