Ellie Kemper

"I want to be a morning-talk-show host. I love Kelly Ripa's job. She gets to live in New York and has this amazing job hosting a talk show."

"Most New Yorkers want to look amazing, and they want you to understand that they look amazing, but they also want you to stop staring at them."

"My painting teacher in high school used to say, 'I can't paint like I want to, but through practice I'll get better.' But I don't think that's true. I think sometimes you just can't paint."

"If you're going to plan a wedding, then a certain amount of suffering is not a choice."

"Growing up, I had one very specific idea of what a wedding should be, and that was the wedding of Fraulein Maria and Captain von Trapp in 'The Sound of Music.'"