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I certainly think this character is WASP-ier than I am in real life because I’m not WASP-y at all. I said we’ve got to pretend like she really has straight hair, which my hair’s like a giant bush. I think her speech is a little different. It would’ve been a disservice to the movie to go koo-koo far and make that distinction because they are East Coast white women in their 30s. They’re not that far but they are different hopefully.”

Speaking of differences, Fey and Poehler’s characters are polar opposites. In real-life though, the two comediennes get along great. Of course, they both worked together on SNL, but the two actually go way back. They first met in an improv class in Chicago. “I had sort of heard of Amy before,” Fey says. “We were in separate classes and I was like, ‘oh this girl is really good, she’s so great’ and then we were on the same [improv] team together and we really hit it off. It was a really nice group of people on that team; we all really hit it off. I think we’ve always had a mutual respect for each other because we both took improv super-seriously at the time and still kind of do.”

Another co-star on Baby Mama, Sigourney Weaver, proved to be a real treat for Fey. “She was incredibly delightful we were so shocked and pleased that she agreed to be in the movie and she’s really funny and very warm,” she says. “On screen I think she plays a lot of strong, cold characters but she’s very warm and she got to improvise a lot in the movie and I really enjoyed it.”

Fey genuinely enjoys what she does and she continues to make 30 Rock consistently funny. But while some think the show’s jokes can be risqué, Fey doesn’t think so. “I take great pride in operating within the boundaries of the standard’s rules,” she says. “I think it’s harder to make comedy when you can’t curse. I don’t think I realized how shocked people might be by the term ‘MILF Island’ and how many places wouldn’t even print it. The New York Post would not even print the word MILF.”

With her real-life mom status and maternal-themed movie, some might consider Fey a MILF in her own right!

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