Ashley Padilla says her uncle Chris introduced her to sketch comedy and helped her film a character called Esther the sign spinner.
“my uncle Chris, he, he's the one who really got me into sketch comedy.”
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Ashley Padilla says her mother rose at Adobe to become an executive producer of live events.
“working her way up at that company, you know, she, she became an executive producer of Like the Live events.”
Ashley Padilla says she attended community college for only about a week before leaving.
“I didn't go to college, I went for a week at community college. I left on a Friday, I went on a Monday”
Ashley Padilla says she was charged with obstruction of justice and resisting arrest as a teenager.
“Here's what I was charged with, all right. Obstruction of justice, resisting arrest.”
Ashley Padilla says she was arrested after hiding in a rosebush for what she thinks was about four hours.
“They arrested me because I hid in a rosebush for, I think, 4 h.”
Ashley Padilla says that, because she was 16, the charges could be removed from her record if she went to court-ordered therapy with her mother.
“because you're 16 or something, we're not. This can be removed from your record if you go to court ordered therapy with your mother.”
Ashley Padilla says she worked at Sephora, where employees had to wear five articles of makeup, and became an educational manager.
“there was a rule you had to, like, wear five articles of makeup at the time”
Ashley Padilla says she met Diane Keaton's circle through her mother's friend's sister, who was Keaton's main assistant.
“When I moved to LA. My mother's friend's sister was her main assistant and was like, let's grab coffee”
Ashley Padilla says she knew Diane Keaton only from The Family Stone at first and had not seen Annie Hall or The Godfather.
“I knew her as the mom from Family Stone. I did not watch Annie Hall, I had not seen The Godfather and all that.”
Ashley Padilla says her work for Diane Keaton began with helping with the kids and grew to include running Keaton's Instagram.
“it started with the kids, and then it turned into, like, Oh, well, can you run Diane's Instagram? and I was like, Okay”
Ashley Padilla says she and Diane Keaton pitched a fashion book to the publisher Rizzoli, which agreed to make it.
“That's when we showed Ritzoli, and then that's when they were like, All right, we'll, we'll make this.”
Ashley Padilla says her manager Naomi Odenkirk arranged the show Party of Three with Ashley, Chris Kleckner and Alex Bonifas.
“let me try one more thing. And let's do this party of three show, which was me, Chris Kleckner and Alex Bonifas.”
Ashley Padilla says Party of Three gained momentum and led to an invitation to showcase for Saturday Night Live.
“And then we were in Netflix as a joke, and then it was SNL wants you to showcase.”
Ashley Padilla says she did an impression of Diane Keaton at her SNL showcase.
“I did Diane, I did Diane, actually, because I was like, I don't do impressions.”
Ashley Padilla says her SNL haircut sketch came from a time she shaved her hair too short and pretended she meant to.
“That's where the haircut sketch came from, was me shaving it too short and pretending I liked it and that it was what I meant to do.”
Ashley Padilla describes the TV show Extraction, in which survivalists in the wilderness depend on relatives playing games in a headquarters.
“You, Amy Poehler, are put in the wilderness. They can see you on screen, you can talk to them and say, I need food and water.”