Wendi McLendon-Covey Quotes

• La improvisación es algo más que soltar un montón de cosas graciosas que no tienen nada que ver con el material. Tienes que mantenerte en el personaje, reaccionar y responder como el personaje que intentas interpretar. Tienes que estar al servicio de la historia, y creo que el entrenamiento en improvisación me ha ayudado a escuchar, a responder y a mi técnica de audición. Parece una tontería, pero es verdad. Porque no sólo improvisas durante la audición, sino que una vez que consigues el papel, te dicen: "Tíralo todo. Improvisa esta escena. Haz lo que quieras". Alguien podría entrar en pánico si no está acostumbrado a hacer algo así.

  Wendi McLendon-Covey

  Silly, Character, Thinking

  "Wendi McLendon-Covey on Her New Sitcom and Her Career in Comedy". Interview with Phoebe Robinson, www.glamour.com. September 24, 2013.

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• I learned how to let other performers have their moment. A lot of people can't do that. They just chew the scenery and steamroll over their scene partners. It doesn't make you look better in the long run to do that. You have to have balance in your scene. If it's somebody else's moment, let them have it. Learn how to be generous. Plus, it makes the audience hate you.

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  Correr, Odio, Largo

  "Wendi McLendon-Covey on Her New Sitcom and Her Career in Comedy". Interview with Phoebe Robinson, www.glamour.com. September 24, 2013.

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• I used humor to avoid being picked on as a kid. Or I would try and make my parents laugh, so I wouldn't get in trouble. But as a kid, I would watch Flip Wilson and I would memorize his whole routine, listen to Bill Cosby's records constantly, Steve Martin, Carol Burnett, Lucille Ball. I just drank that stuff up and loved it.

  Wendi McLendon-Covey

  Kids, Laughing, Parent

  "Wendi McLendon-Covey on Her New Sitcom and Her Career in Comedy". Interview with Phoebe Robinson, www.glamour.com. September 24, 2013.

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• I grew up fascinated with comedy and with people who could capture someone's attention.

  Wendi McLendon-Covey

  People, Attention, Comedy

  "Wendi McLendon-Covey on Her New Sitcom and Her Career in Comedy". Interview with Phoebe Robinson, www.glamour.com. September 24, 2013.

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• You think your friends have good taste in fashion, until they ask you to wear an ugly bridesmaid dress!

  Wendi McLendon-Covey

  Fashion, Thinking, Dresses

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• Now, I love playing moms who can't hide their paranoia.

  Wendi McLendon-Covey

  Mom, Paranoia

  "Q&A with ‘What to Expect..." star Wendi McLendon-Covey". Interview with Lauren McCutcheon, www.philly.com. May 18, 2012.

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• What's the most humiliating thing? When you take someone to dinner or you cook somebody dinner and they get food poisoning. I mean, how bad do you feel?

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  Mean, Dinner, Cooks

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• As a performer, you can't just sit around waiting for the phone to ring. You have to write and develop projects for yourself, because casting people aren't always going to see you the way you want to be seen. Write a one-person show, shoot a short film, do plays, whatever - activity breeds activity. No one's interested in a stay-at-home actress.

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  Home, Writing, Phones

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Weddings are really good for making you feel terrible about yourself if you're not where you want to be in life.

  Wendi McLendon-Covey

  Want, About Yourself, Terrible

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• Growing up, I was the weird, theatrical kid who always tried to make people be in my plays. I've always loved comedy, but when it came time to figure out what I was going to go to school for, my parents were like, "Acting?! I don't think so. No." It took me a while to get the courage to pursue it. I had to do it in secret for a little bit, and then when I got married and was out on my own, I went for it.

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  Crecer, Escuela, Niños

  "Wendi McLendon-Covey on Her New Sitcom and Her Career in Comedy". Interview with Phoebe Robinson, www.glamour.com. September 24, 2013.

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• I had seen some shows at the Groundlings [legendary L.A. improvisational and sketch comedy troupe] and thought, "If I could ever do that, that would really mean something, that I have arrived." So I went through the program and said to myself, "I'm going to stay here until they kick me out." Seriously, they can ask you to leave at any point. Luckily, they never did that to me.

  Wendi McLendon-Covey

  Mean, Comedy, Legendary

  "Wendi McLendon-Covey on Her New Sitcom and Her Career in Comedy". Interview with Phoebe Robinson, www.glamour.com. September 24, 2013.

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