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Molly Shannon Biography

Molly Helen Shannon (born September 16, 1964) is an American actress who was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2001. In 2017 she won the Film Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film Other People.

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Most comedians come from a dark past and have a lot of sadness.

Come, Dark, Past, Sadness

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.

Good, Gut, Important, Instinct, Scripts, Writing

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.

Effort, Like, Make, Old, Patterns, Want

You can make the audience laugh, be funny and sad at the same time.

Audience, Funny, Laugh, Laughing, Time

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.

Comedy, Drama, Dramatic, Head, Monologues, Music

I can't believe when you write something from within, how many people relate to it.

Believe, People, Relate, Writing

I'm very driven by writing.

Driven, Writing

I definitely have loads of respect for writers and the art of writing.

Art, Art Of Writing, Loads, Respect, Writing

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

Earth, Happy, Joyous, Long

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.

Game, Games, Parts, Roles, Tvs, Women

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.

Easy, Feelings, Having, Kind, Prove, Thinking

I try to put my own history in my work.

History, My Own, Trying, Work

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.

Carry, People, Performance, Real, Thinking, Walk

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

Littles, Struggled, Stuff, Trying, Work

I'm healthy, I have beautiful children and a beautiful life. I don't want to go toward negative stuff because I'm scared.

Beautiful, Children, Healthy, Scared, Stuff

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

Connection, Connections, Eternal, Love, Parent

I went to drama school at New York University.

Drama, New York, School, University, York

When I was on 'Saturday Night Live,' all I did was work.

Night, Saturday, Saturday Night, Saturday Night Live, Work

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. "

Like, Offered, Somebody, Stuff, Thinking, Would Be

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.

Feelings, Reading, Scripts, Sense, Thinking

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