When youre a stay-at-home mother you have to pretend its really boring, but its not. Its enriching and fulfilling, and an amazing experience. And then when youre a working mother you have to pretend that you feel guilty all day long. – Amy Poehler
I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebodys passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesnt mind leading. – Amy Poehler
I worked at an ice cream parlor called Chadwicks. We wore old-timey outfits and had to bang a drum, play a kazoo, and sing Happy Birthday to people while giving them free birthday sundaes. Lots of ice cream scooping and $1 tips. – Amy Poehler
I also think if youre an actor and you can improvise, when you go on an audition and you can improvise youre just a genius. If you can, you know, take a Tide commercial and you can just say one funny line thats not in the commercial they think youre a genius. – Amy Poehler