“After college, I knew I wanted to work in comedy, so the first thing I did was go to where the comedy was. I moved from Charlottesville to Chicago, because that’s where The Second City and Improv Olympics are. You have to go wherever you need to go to study what interests you…In Chicago, I worked a cruddy job folding towels at a YMCA from 5:30 in the morning until 2:30 in the afternoon. I’d nap, then go to improv class all night. I made, like, $7 an hour, and it was freezing in Chicago — but I was so happy. I was doing comedy with the best people in the world…If you’re an actor and you don’t get cast in stuff a lot, then put together a show, or hold play-reading nights at your apartment. Make your own opportunities.”
Writer/Actress Tina Fey (30 Rock, Saturday Night Live, Mean Girls)
Seventeen magazine interview by Kelly Tracy
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