I don't consider myself a goody-goody, but I like to be perceived as classy.
Kristen Johnston
And to be different is great. You don't want to be the same.
I literally felt like a freak, which is another aspect of the role of Sally that I relate to: total outsider.
I like people-watching and fading into crowds.
I was such a dork. I was too big. I was really gangly.
I'm a strong person, but I'd never resort to violence.
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?
My way was not to be the petite, gorgeous, little cheerleader. My way of getting by was making people laugh.
I really came out to L.A. to take the money and run.
It was only when I moved to New York that I realized tall is good.
I was voted Biggest Ham and Likeliest to Become a Celebrity.
Onstage, I was never the ingenue.
To actually be allowed to be beautiful is a total first for me.
I was a full foot taller than any child my age.
But this show reminds me that there are other aspects to me besides the fact that I'm a funny chick.
I'd so much rather people think I was funny than pretty.
I spent 10 years in New York doing theater.
I was born in Washington, D.C., and I was raised in Milwaukee.
If you love it, and work really hard at it, it will really happen, I believe. I'm living proof.
I've always just gone with the best role, and I don't care if it's in theater, film or television.
When you're that tall, people talk about it all the time.
I think Janeane Garofalo is incredibly funny, and I love Dennis Miller.
I want to play a Disney villainess so badly.
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.
