Rachel Dratch

When you're starting up a show, you don't really know what direction it's going to go.

I did some acting in high school, I knew I really liked it.

I didn't originally intend on writing a book. I started writing during the day to feel like I was accomplishing something creative.

They said I couldn't play anything but an English boy. I knew I could. So I went to New York.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.

I met my wife, Nia Vardalos, at The Second City, and she was chomping at the bit to move to L.A.