Just a Minute: Tina Fey says she's not political

Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:03am EDT
 
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By Christine Kearney

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - U.S. comic writer and actress Tina Fey was criticized after segments on the television show "Saturday Night Live" were seen as favoring Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

But the creator and star of the award-winning sitcom "30 Rock" said that although she does not think of herself as political, she wondered if her political humor on "Saturday Night Live" had caused her any damage.

Fey, 37, who stars in her first major film role in "Baby Mama," which opens in the United States on Friday, talked to Reuters about surrogacy, sperm banks and comedy.

Q: People are talking about your rising star and how huge you are at the moment.

A: "Especially from behind."

Q: Your new film addresses surrogate mothers. Would you ever consider this?

A: "It is incredibly generous and I don't know if I would have it in me. Also nobody would want me. I am high risk. I am 37."

Q: What about sperm banks? If you were not married with a two-year-old daughter but single or having trouble getting pregnant, would you consider that?  Continued...

 
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