Extraordinary Women::Catherine O'Hara

Insecurity is such a waste of time.

~ Catherine O'Hara

"Much had changed in the comedy business in the 30 years since she began her career at SCTV , when she and Andrea Martin, another cast member, took part in the writing process. "A guy at the Toronto paper had written an article about why women weren't funny," O'Hara recalled in an interview with the New York Post in 2006. "Some of the guys in the cast pinned it up on the wall. Then every time Andrea Martin or I would give an idea, they'd point to the article and be like, 'Um, excuse me.' So it makes me very happy to hear that a younger generation is interested in funny women. And I won't take advantage of them.""  (Encyclopedia of World Biography)