Kristen Johnston Quotes & Trivia



Quotes

And the blooper award goes to me - with John Lithgow as a close second.

And to be different is great. You don't want to be the same.

But most of my life my height was something to be ashamed of, mortified by, weirded out by.

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 completely trust the writers. They take Sally in places I wouldn't dream of going.

I don't consider myself a goody-goody, but I like to be perceived as classy.

I had to find another way of fitting in - which for me was being the funniest girl in the class.

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 never seriously considered it, but if I had to be something other than an actress, I'd probably be a director.

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 thought that in the best-case scenario, we'd be a cult hit that might take off for real in a couple of years.

I want to play a Disney villainess so badly.

I was a character actress, a comedienne.

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.

I'm going into my third year, and I still can't wait to get to work. Not only to get on the scene but to hang out.

I'm really thrilled to be on this show, but it's also a very intense experience, and there's an adjustment period which I'm deep in the heart of.

I've always just gone with the best role, and I don't care if it's in theater, film or television.

If you love it, and work really hard at it, it will really happen, I believe. I'm living proof.

It makes fun, in a sometimes gentle way and sometimes not-so-gentle way, of the different rituals humans have and different obsessions we have.

It was only when I moved to New York that I realized tall is good.

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.

Sally is strong, sexy, weak, goofy, funny, mean, mothering - she's everything. I love her.

To actually be allowed to be beautiful is a total first for me.

We get there at noon, and basically run through each scene a couple of times, then shoot at 7 p.m. We're usually done by 11 p.m.

When you're that tall, people talk about it all the time.

Trivia

Kristen went through many auditions in 1996 before she recieved the part of Sally Solomon on 3rd Rock From the Sun.

Kristen received a BFA in drama at New York University.

Kristen spent some of her teen years as an exchange student in Sweden and South America.

Kristen went to Whitefish Bay High School in Wisconsin.