Kate McKinnon Quotes

A magic show and a concert are very similar in the way I like keeping things a mystery and not doing them the same way every time. The listener and the audience never know what's going to happen next.

When it's a live performance, anything can happen.

Whenever I come to Ireland, I end up just bantering with the crowd so the show will just be what it is.

Shows are really strange. Sometimes you really don't know what to expect.

I watched 'Ghostbusters' from the age of four. It's my favorite movie, still. Bill Murray's, like, the weirdest straight man that you've ever seen. He's convinced that he's the normal one, even though he's definitely not.

I really love live performing!

My stage show is raw and unpredictable.

Every performance is different. That's the beauty of it.

I love making 'iCarly' - it's so much fun, and I love getting the script every week and not really knowing what insane thing I'm going to be doing. It's just like an adventure every episode; that's really fun.

When I was younger I always thought, 'If I were ever a comedian I'd make it like a rock concert.' I wanted to generate that type of enthusiasm and excitement.

Most things I get hired on, I get hired because I improvise something funny, or they just think I look weird.

This is why improvisational music and comedy is so inspiring: You are seeing something being born, and that energy, there is no substitute for. These songs, most of them, are about a minute old when you hear them.

Nothing is more enjoyable for me than when I'm watching a movie or a TV show and there's that sense that anything can happen. It is the most fun feeling in the world.

There's real drama in performing live. You never know how it's going to be.

What I always got excited about with 'Arrested Development' was the element of surprise.

I love the you-never-know-what's-going-to-happen aspect of doing concerts.

The essence of comedy, drama, and horror is surprise. I have an uncanny ability to surprise people because they look at my face, and they don't know where I'm going.

There's something distinct and interesting about a live performance. There's this weird immediacy that's, for me, really invigorating, and it just feels really rewarding.

I love working on the fly when the writers come up with new jokes on show nights. It's exciting. I love it so much.

When I read the scripts, I'm always so excited to see what's going to happen because it's unpredictable.

I want people to come to the game to see what I will do next.

I'm a bloody fun-seeker. Whatever the role is, I'll find a way to deliver the line that is confounding.

Sometimes heckling can almost help a set, because it ratchets up the tension in the room... can even bring things to a climax.

I'm a chronic ad-libber. So whoever hires me, often to their chagrin, should know that I will be talking a bunch of smack.

There's nothing like watching a live performance of, frankly, anything. You have to make sure that people believe everything is improvised. I could not stress enough how little we [actors] prepare and what small amount of time we put in before these shows.