I feel like I come from a smaller off shoot of black people because I am mixed. People say I'm African American but that doesn't include the other half of me.

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• Maya Rudolph:

  I was a loud child, and if my mother sang to me, I would be quiet.

• Maya Rudolph:

  To grow up with the loss of your mother is a scar that never goes away.

• Maya Rudolph:

  There are days when I wonder why my mom couldn't be here to see this.

• Maya Rudolph:

  I never thought I'd get a chance to do what I'm doing. It's such a dream.

• Maya Rudolph:

  I have an equal opportunity womb!

• Maya Rudolph:

  Lord knows I had what you could call many fashion Don'ts in my day.

• Maya Rudolph:

  I really love laughing.

• Maya Rudolph:

  If my time with my kids is shorter than it was yesterday, it's better than nothing.

• Maya Rudolph:

  I still have a fantasy of being a musician when I grow up.

• Maya Rudolph:

  I've been writing joke songs since I was a kid and it served me well at S.N.L. I can write those in