Impressions are still kind of hard for me and not what I love to do the most, but with characters, I think there's an element of fearlessness. You try to figure out the best reading and wording of the jokes before the show, and then you just really have to go hard.

Cecily Strong

People have confused playing devil's advocate with being intelligent.

Cecily Strong

I worked in a coffee shop called Buzz Cafe in Oak Park. I started when I was 14 or 15, washing dishes, and then I became a barista and sometimes waited tables. It was an artsy scene.

Cecily Strong

I think I'm always inspired by really, really funny, amazing women, but I'm also inspired by really funny, amazing men. I think there's more of a feminist voice, like with Amy Schumer being out right now, whom I adore.

Cecily Strong

You have to put work into relationships to keep them fun.

Cecily Strong

If you're a nerd, just be a nerd. That's way better than a nerd who's trying to be a hipster. And if you are going to tell jokes, don't direct them at other people. Not only is it not funny, but it's also mean.

Cecily Strong

I started doing professional theater and industrials in Chicago when I was a little squirt.

Cecily Strong

I like Instagram - I love pictures, I just don't take them very often.

Cecily Strong

Extra-dirty vodka Martinis - they're so easy to drink! I should really just drink olive juice; it'd be safer.

Cecily Strong

I'm generally happier and more easy going when it's warm outside.

Cecily Strong

I'm a huge Bulls fan. I like an emotional backstory while watching sports. In my mind, all the players on the Bulls are really nice, decent guys. Especially that Derrick Rose.

Cecily Strong

I'd like to be reincarnated as a French tart. They're so beautiful and delicate - they're like my opposite. I'm more of a comfort food: goat cheese with garlic.

Cecily Strong

I think women have always been funny. But when Tina Fey became head writer at 'Saturday Night Live,' the culture shifted, and women gained a bigger voice in comedy. It's not as if Hollywood producers are feminists. It's more that Hollywood said, ''Bridesmaids' made us so much money, all we want now is funny women.'

Cecily Strong

If something awkward happens, laugh. I don't think I've ever dated a guy who couldn't laugh - even in bed, during intimate times.

Cecily Strong

I've never been an impressionist. I was doing Sofia Vergara and Elizabeth Dole. I'm sometimes so low-confidence and self-aware, so characters that are confident and ignorant and wrong are my favorite.

Cecily Strong

I actually graduated from the Chicago Academy for the Arts. I think John Cusack did as well.

Cecily Strong

There's so much more bad information than good information out there - everybody's got something to say and it's usually wrong.

Cecily Strong

I do Twitter, but I'm still not great on it - I'm not good at writing short little jokes, so my Twitter's not really a jokey thing.

Cecily Strong

I grew up on 'S.N.L.,' doing all the sketches on the playground.

Cecily Strong

I always feel the most validated and confident being around people that I find funny - having Fred Armisen laugh at a scene or Bill Hader or Seth Meyers give me a compliment.

Cecily Strong

I think of myself as kind of a hippy. Everyone around me says that's not the impression they get. They think I'm sassy. Apparently, I think I'm nicer than I really am.

Cecily Strong