If you want to make an audience laugh, you dress a man up like an old… — Tina Fey

If you want to make an audience laugh, you dress a man up like an old lady and push her down the stairs. If you want to make comedy writers laugh, you push an actual old lady down the stairs.

Tina FeyComedian · American · b. 1970

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