McKinnon: "I like to connect with people and suss them out. There's no better way than seeing how they react if you just bear into them."

McKinnon: "I only come up with things when I am talking to myself, which I do constantly. The sidewalk and the subway are the best places for this. I speak at full volume and then laugh at myself if I like what I just said."

McKinnon: "I was just never discouraged from doing something wacky like trying to be a comedian."

McKinnon: "For an impression, I just find that I can do a lot of the people I love without much research, because I've already watched hours and hours of them on video and it seeped into my brain while I wasn't thinking about it."

McKinnon: "I've been told I'm a little bit eccentric."

McKinnon: "Comedy is a tool of togetherness. It's a way of putting your arm around someone, pointing at something, and saying, 'Isn't it funny that we do that?' It's a way of reaching out."

McKinnon: "What's not to love about a crazy cat lady? You have to be very giving to be a crazy cat lady."

McKinnon: "I'm a very low-key person, but for some reason, I like to act out."

McKinnon: "I always wanted to live alone for a month in a lakeside cabin. In my fantasy, I enter a state of perfect peace and grow my own kale and stuff, but in real life, I think I might be very bored after four days."

McKinnon: "I can relate to pushing yourself because you want to help and move culture toward justice.

McKinnon: "I was very serene, and I still am, until I start talking in another voice, then suddenly I have a lot of volume and I'm frantic. But I didn't want to be one of those people who's always talking in accents in real life, so I started doing sketch comedy."

McKinnon: "If I had my druthers, I would be a brain in a jar, with a burlap skirt around the cart I'm on - I don't attend to my physical being much."

McKinnon: "I was an umpire at little league softball games. I only lasted a few games because I wasn't one hundred percent clear on all the rules."

McKinnon: "I hate the feeling of having hair on my neck."

McKinnon: "You've gotta believe in yourself, and you just have to work harder at it than you've ever worked at anything before in your life. And if you keep doing that and keep believing in yourself, great things do happen."

McKinnon: "I tried for a short time to be something I wasn't, and had no success with it. It's a practical solution to just be yourself."

McKinnon: "I really like collections of things. I love antique botanical prints with a bunch of different weeds and seeds."

McKinnon: "I grew up with a pet iguana named Willy. We had a very contentious relationship. It turns out that iguanas are not meant to live in suburban homes."

McKinnon: "It's such an insult that foul gas comes out of a hole in our butt with a sound to announce itself. It's the ultimate bad thing about being a person."

McKinnon: "When I was on 'The Big Gay Sketch Show' I thought, 'Well, this is going well now, but then when it's over I'll just be a barista.'"

McKinnon: "I find donating stuff to be the biggest hassle."

McKinnon: "'Mean Girls' stands the test of time as one of the greatest comedies ever produced. I've seen it way too many times, and I just think it's the most brilliant thing ever written. I love it so much."