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“Amy is the first person that I always call when I want serious pragmatism and [no]  judgment,” says Gasteyer, on issues such as: “‘Did I look bad with that perm?’ to ‘Would you think I’m an idiot if I took this kind of job?’ I feel like Amy’s always the first person I call because she’s the one that will say, ‘Let’s just look at the black and white of it, and break it down as to what’s helpful to you and not helpful. And how’s this gonna work, without judgment, without me holding you to someone else’s standards besides your own.’ Amy always loves me for where I’m at.”

Dratch agrees: “To me, Amy’s like two friends in one, because she’s like the super-fun friend when you want to laugh and just be silly, and she’s also, like Ana said, the really-good-listening friend, giving-advice friend, taking-your-problems-seriously friend. So she’s got like the perfect combo.”

Want to be like Poehler? “Keep it light when it needs to stay light,” says Gasteyer, “and listen when you need to listen.”