Peggy: I was his secretary you know.
Dawn: You were? So how did you…
Peggy: I didn’t even ask for it. Sometimes they drag the secretaries in for focus groups to try things, and I was discovered. Like Esther Blodgett.

I never considered myself to be funny. Maybe because socially I can be a little shy sometimes. I just didn’t think that you could be both. 

When she got here she was kind of goofy-looking, but everyone had a crush on her because she was so funny and bitingly mean. How did she go from ugly duckling into swan? It’s the Leni Riefenstahl in her. She has such a German work ethic even though she’s half Greek. It’s superhuman, the German thing of  ”This will happen and I am going to make this happen” . It’s just sheer force of will.— Steve Higgins about Tina Fey

This place means so much to me. All I’ve ever wanted my whole life is to be on this show, and to be hosting is just a dream come true.