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