Rachel Dratch Quotes

I didn’t originally intend on writing a book. I started writing during the day to feel like I was accomplishing something creative.

If it gets laughs, it’s funny.

I know a lot of girls in the comedy world who are kind of like me. I don’t know where the slutty girls hang out, but it’s not the comedy world as far as I know.

I started doing improv in college, and I really liked it.

The first time we put Debbie Downer on the show, I had a giggle fit that I couldn’t control, and the whole cast ended up breaking so hard we could never quite recover.

I did some acting in high school, I knew I really liked it.

Personally, I don’t even read bummer news stories about the environment because it makes me feel helpless to fix anything and reminds me that the general population doesn’t treat these issues as an important part of our political life.

Many comedians have a dark side that lets them take a negative thing and turn it funny.

I hate trying to analyze comedy in some deep way. If it gets laughs, it’s funny.

And you know when I was growing up, I knew I wanted to have kids, but I knew I didn’t want to do it alone. Then once I was 41, 42, I had to accept that I probably wouldn’t have kids unless I decided to adopt later on, but even then it would be with a partner.

I have no wisdom to share on dating.

I remember watching Gilda Radner when I was a kid and everyone thought she was so funny and no one ever said that she was a funny woman, she was just funny.