Quotes
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Explaining what attracted her to the character Karen Walker: "A lot of times the funniest characters are those who don’t know that they’ve got it all wrong. Karen is completely confident that her way is the right way."
Megan on Sean Hayes:"If he walked in right now, he'd grab my boob and start dry-humping me. ... If we were presented to the queen of England, I'd probably be grabbing his package."
Megqan on her favourite singers as a child:"Oh... [giggles] Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand, of course. And you wonder why I'm a gay icon! Maybe what it boils down to is that I'm just actually a gay man."
On the Ellen Burstyn Show: "Oh, God, they were fantastic-and so different though. Ellen was great. She took me under her wing in a maternal way. She kind of had like a hedonisitc quality, and she just wanted to play music and drink wine and eat. And Elaine was just really funny and sardonic, and an incredible storyteller." - on working on the Ellen Burstyn show
"You're never going to see Stan anyway, so whether he's in prison or not, it doesn't make that much difference. I don't think my character is ever going to cheat on Stan, even though he's condoned it. I don't think the producers want me to be an adultress! It's not a moral thing," she adds. "I just think they decided that wasn't what they wanted. The weird thing is that, ultimately, Karen really loves Stan. She loves this great big fat gross guy! She loves him, and it's not just about his money."
"Karen is like RuPaul--she's a character, It never occurred to me until now, but she is!"
"My real speaking voice is way too laid back and blasé. It wouldn't work for the character. I had to (create) something really high energy to add another quirky element to Karen."
On Karen: "They were talking about whether Karen should leave Stan, but I don't think she should ever be poor. My favorite idea is that she was a showgirl in her other life."
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