Top 200 Tina Fey Quotes (2025 Update)
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201. “Someone should do a study of the human brain and how quickly it can adjust to luxury.”

— Tina Fey

202. “When you go into something where you can really trust that everyone has thought about it, more than you have even, then that’s like a gift.”

— Tina Fey

203. “I am constantly amazed by Tina Fey. And I am Tina Fey.”

— Tina Fey

204. “Every day I wrote in my journal: “How am I going to win today?” So that when the guys are talking about water-boarding I’m telling them they haven’t even got the right towels.”

— Tina Fey

205. “My mom wanted me to apply to Princeton, cause she just I guess since I was a kid had this dream that I would apply to Princeton, and it was not happening.”

— Tina Fey

206. “An interim government was set up in Afghanistan. It included two women, one of whom was Minister of Women’s Affairs. Man, who’d she have to show here ankles to to get that job?”

— Tina Fey

207. “When humor works, it works because it’s clarifying what people already feel. It has to come from someplace real.”

— Tina Fey

208. “Your initiations are worthwhile.”

— Tina Fey

209. “Researches reported that they developed a self-healing plastic that repairs itself if cracked. The plastic will change the way airplanes are built and medicine is practiced. In a related story, Joan Rivers will never die.”

— Tina Fey

210. “I found the recording sessions very freeing because you can really try things. When you’re filming something, if you’re improvising a film and you’re wasting film and wasting a cameraman’s time.”

— Tina Fey

211. “North Korea referred to The Interview as absolutely intolerable and a wanton act of terror. Even more amazing? Not the worst review the movie got.”

— Tina Fey

212. “But there is not one management course in the world where they recommend Self-Righteousness as a tool.”

— Tina Fey

213. “Again, don’t waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions, go over, under, through.”

— Tina Fey

214. “Q: Is 30 Rock the most racist show on television? A: No, in my opinion it’s NFL football. Why do they portray all those guys as murderers and rapists?”

— Tina Fey

215. “Sometimes the teachers would ask her to translate bad news. “Please tell Mrs. Fondulas that her son is very disruptive.” And my mom would nod and say in Greek, “George is a lovely boy.” Because she knew if she really translated that, the kid would get a beating and the mother would hate her forever out of embarrassment.”

— Tina Fey

216. “I don’t live the single life and never really did.”

— Tina Fey

217. “Sometimes when you’re doing a comedy, the director will yell out “alts” and then the director gets the first laugh.”

— Tina Fey

218. “I feel like I represent normalcy in some way.”

— Tina Fey

219. “In my experience, the hardest thing about having someone “come out” to you is the “pretending to be surprised” part.”

— Tina Fey

220. “It would be a great exercise for someone thinks they want to move to New York: Sit in an enclosed space full of fumes and hold hands with a stranger for twenty minutes while everyone around you speaks a language you don’t understand, If you enjoy this, you will enjoy the 6 train.”

— Tina Fey

221. “Acting is really about showing up that day and telling the writers what you feel like saying.”

— Tina Fey

222. “Also, don’t be afraid to make them get your hair, makeup, and lighting right. It’s not vanity, because if you look weird, it will distract from what you’re trying to do. If you look as good as you can, people will be able to pay attention to what you’re actually saying.”

— Tina Fey

223. “If you’re going to expend energy being mad about Photoshop, you’ll also have to be mad about earrings. No one’s ears are that sparkly!”

— Tina Fey

224. “I didn’t get on TV until I was 30, which is really fortunate because you are who you are at that point.”

— Tina Fey

225. “He alternated between ignoring me and shooting me disdainful looks that clearly said “Who is this ugly off-brand non-sorority girl ruining our homo-erotic bro-times?”

— Tina Fey

226. “The barrier between TV and movies has come down and film actors are willing to do TV and vice versa, because they just want to follow what’s interesting.”

— Tina Fey

227. “Defective” was a big word in our house. Many things were labeled “defective” only to miraculously turn functional once the directions had been read more thoroughly.”

— Tina Fey

228. “If everyone had something to contribute, there would be enough.”

— Tina Fey

229. “Sometimes they ask if you want to hook up your iPod for background music. Do not do this. It’s a trap. They’ll put it on shuffle, and no matter how much Beastie Boys or Velvet Underground you have on there, the following four tracks will play in a row; “We’d Like to Thank You Herbert Hoover” from Annie, “Hold On” by Wilson Phillips, “That’s What Friends Are For, Various Artists, and “We’d Like to Thank You Herbert Hoover” from Annie.”

— Tina Fey

230. “Now, obviously in real life you’re not always going to agree with everything everyone says. But the Rule of Agreement reminds you to “respect what your partner has created” and to at least start from an open-minded place. Start with a YES and see where that takes you.”

— Tina Fey

231. “When you have a set of characters, you have to fall in love with them and care about them as each individual character.”

— Tina Fey

232. “We should strive to make our society more like Summer Showtime: Mostly a meritocracy, despite some vicious backstabbing. Everyone gets a spot in the chorus. Bring white shorts from home.”

— Tina Fey

233. “Ever since I became an executive producer of 30 Rock, people have asked me, ‘Is it hard for you, being the boss?’ And, ‘Is it uncomfortable for you to be the person in charge?’ You know, in that same way they say, ‘Gosh, Mr. Trump, is it awkward for you to be the boss of all these people?”

— Tina Fey

234. “The eyes are the window to where the soul is supposed to be.”

— Tina Fey

235. “I learned quickly that trying to force Country Folk to love the Big City is like telling your gay cousin, “You just haven’t met the right girl yet.”

— Tina Fey

236. “Even when I was at ‘SNL,’ I didn’t do impersonations. I always wanted to be the kind of person who could do them – I always thought they were the coolest thing on the show – but I didn’t have any experience.”

— Tina Fey

237. “In my youth I washed daily with Ivory soap and Prell shampoo. Everyone knew Prell was the best shampoo because you could also use it to clean a frying pan.”

— Tina Fey

238. “It’s a burden, being able to control situations with my hyper-vigilance, but it’s my lot in life.”

— Tina Fey

239. “So my unsolicited advise to women in the workplace is this: when faced with sexism or agism or lookism or even really aggressive Buddhism, ask yourself the following question: “Is this person in between me and what I want to do?” If the answer is no, ignore it and move on.”

— Tina Fey