Plaza: "I think it’s better to go out there and do something interesting than to just do what everybody expects."

Plaza: "I realized two things from an early age - I was insane and had some kind of comedic thing going on. My brain was wired to think about things in terms of how funny they were."

Plaza: "Make all your decisions based on how hilarious it would be if you did it."

Plaza: "I have a way of dealing with situations where I come off awkward, or people think I’m purposely trying to make things uncomfortable. But normally I’m talking really slowly or there’s a lot of silence because there’s just nothing going on. I’m just totally freaking out, but from the outside perspective it looks like I’m in control."

Plaza: "My people would love it if I smiled more, if I was more 'approachable.'"

Plaza: "I'm not super comfortable in my skin. I have to make it work for me, and that usually amounts to making it uncomfortable for everyone else."

Plaza: "I’ve always had this mission of disrupting social norms."

Plaza: "I'm like that person who hates going to magic shows - and I love magic, I love wizards - but going to a show where there is any possibility of audience participation is a nightmare for me."

Plaza: "I obviously bring all of my insecurities along with me to any role that I tackle."

Plaza: "I just want to keep finding special characters that I feel like I can bring to life and characters that are real and not superficial."

Plaza: "Sarcasm is weird. Even not in acting, in life I feel like 'sarcastic' is a word that people use to describe me sometimes so when I meet someone, it's almost like they feel like they have to also be sarcastic, but it can sometimes just come off as mean if it's not used in the right way."

Plaza: "I'm not a super emotional person, so that's one reason I love acting - it makes me deal with myself in that kind of way."

Plaza: "I'm totally an anxious mess all the time. There's a constant dialogue going on in my brain, and it's just reminding me of all the failures that I have had, and all of the things I need to do, and all of the things I'm not doing good enough."

Plaza: "I mean, sometimes I hate interviews because I always feel like I sound stupid."

Plaza: "With stand-up, it doesn't matter who you are. If the audience claps because they love your movies, that clapping stops after five seconds, and then it's your job to make them laugh."

Plaza: "I'm pretty good at weaseling my way into a job, even if I have no business being there."

Plaza: "I get really weird when I'm not working. I have to keep working."

Plaza: "I would never do a commercial for something that is embarrassing, and I think that people maybe have a different perspective on what is embarrassing or not. Some people think doing a Revlon hair commercial is really cool. To me, that's embarrassing, but World of Warcraft - not embarrassing, very cool."

Plaza: "I've felt depressed many times in my life, so I can draw on those times in my life when I need to."

Plaza: "When I'm on the couch, I usually have the TV on and my MacBook Air nearby. And sometimes, when my ADD is really kicking in, I have my iPad too. And my iPhone. And a magazine that I haven't gotten to. And a book under the pillow to my left."

Plaza: "I am a Netflix/DVR junkie. I don't like to watch TV without a plan."

Plaza: "I think being on a TV show is amazing but also, people get kind of used to seeing you a certain way and so it becomes a challenge to break free from that in a way."

Plaza: "I can't say I follow politics extremely closely, but I'm definitely aware of what's going on in the world."

Plaza: "I love great acting, as nerdy as that sounds."

GQ: "She’s operating on a subtle frequency between sincerity and artifice, between humoring an interviewer and trolling him, between pretending not to try and committing completely."