Presenting 50 of Tina Fey's funniest jokes, best performances, most interesting quotes, and most revealing moments
SNL’s “Mom Jeans.” Photo: NBC In the “Reunion” episode of 30 Rock, Jack Donaghy is able to blend in with Liz Lemon’s high-school class because, he explains, “rich 50 is middle-class 38.” By that logic, Tina Fey turns 38 today. And what a 38 years it’s been!
Accepting the Mark Twain award in 2010, she joked, “They say that funny people often come from a difficult childhood or a troubled family. So to my family, I say: ‘They’re giving me the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor — what did you animals do to me?’” In truth, part of the reason she even accepted the award was that Lorne Michaels recommended she take it “while her parents [were] still alive,” so it seems like actually they weren’t such monsters.
A thousand “Nasty Woman” tote bags later, reclaiming sexist insults doesn’t pack quite the punch it used to. But at the time, offering a counter definition of the term — bitch, noun: person who gets stuff done — was a smart way to get around questions of likability. It’s territory Fey knew well. During her tenure as SNL head writer, Colin Quinn called her a c*nt , likely a familiar experience for women working above employees not used to having a female superior.
[People] ask me, “What advice do you have for young women?” And I say don’t smoke, wear a bra, trust your instincts, don’t fuck John Mayer. They ask me, “How do you balance work and family?” I say, on your mom’s back, that’s how. They ask me if I’m proud of Amy Schumer.
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