Yes please by amy poehler6/24/2023 ![]() ![]() Poehler tells this story and others in her new memoir Yes Please.Īlthough she's known for the many characters she has played - including on Saturday Night Live and the NBC comedy Parks and Recreation - she takes off the wigs and the costumes and steps out of character for her new book.Ĭlose overlay Buy Featured Book Title Yes Please Author Amy Poehler "Once I decided that, then it was freeing - not only for my work, because vanity is a tough thing to have in comedy - but I didn't care as much if people thought I was pretty or not pretty," she says. ![]() For Poehler, that meant not leaning on her looks to be successful. Poehler says it taught her that the earlier you figure out your "currency," the happier you'll be. ![]() my ego was bruised," Poehler tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross. And then it was followed by a real crash because. "It was almost like an itch being scratched, which was, 'Aha! I knew that you didn't think I was pretty!'. When comedian Amy Poehler was in her 20s, she read her boyfriend's journal and found out that he didn't think she was pretty. Poehler says, "It's a privilege in television to be able to have a proper goodbye." Amy Poehler plays Leslie Knope on Parks and Recreation, which will air its final season next year. ![]()
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