“I took an acting class. After the first day, the teacher quit, so they said take another. When I saw 'How to be a Stand-up Comedian,' it resonated. I realized I'd rather make 200 people laug...”
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“I took an acting class. After the first day, the teacher quit, so they said take another. When I saw 'How to be a Stand-up Comedian,' it resonated. I realized I'd rather make 200 people laug...”
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“I've been pitching a show of five female stand-up comedians through the generations, from Phyllis Diller to Amy Schumer, so when I got an e-mail asking me if I would participate in the Women...”
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“I want to be more myself. Sometimes it takes awhile to find your voice.”
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“When I want to make someone laugh in real life (as opposed to when I'm on stage where I tell one-liners), I tend to do prop comedy. For example, if I'm at the supermarket with my husband, I...”
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“I think it's never too late to start anything, except maybe being a ballerina.”
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“Most of my childhood is a big blur, 'cause I needed better glasses.”
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“People always come up to me and say that my smoking is bothering them... Well, it's killing me!”
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“I used to write jokes with friends. We'd pick a topic and then think out loud, brainstorm.”
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“I think there have always been funny women, from Carol Burnett to Joan Rivers. When the audience sees a woman, they innately know she's worked twice as hard to get there, she's had to prove...”
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“My husband and I had recently been in a car accident, and I came out of that experience with more clarity about my career and the energy to continue to pursue it hard, no matter what the cha...”
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“A couple of weeks ago, I did karaoke and got nervous in a way I hadn't gotten nervous in 25 years. I'm so used to getting on stage in front of strangers to tell jokes, but singing is a whole...”
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“I spend a lot of time on Facebook and Twitter writing all day long because I feel it's my job to entertain people.”
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“At one point, I wrote 20 jokes a day, and I had a commitment to send them to the same three people. Now, I just write down what my husband says in his sleep. He's the funniest person, even u...”
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“I would love to do a sitcom. I see myself as an older woman, getting married, and her stepchildren, who are in their twenties, move back home.”
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“I love being a housewife... I love doing laundry. Except I have a little bit of separation anxiety, and you have to separate your laundry, so I have a little bit of a problem there.”
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“My sister and I had a lemonade stand - with a two-drink minimum.”
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“My parents used to bring me to Radio City when I was a little girl, so performing there 50 years later was absolutely surreal - especially with my parents in the audience!”
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“People ask me if they can send me material, and some people give or send it to me unsolicited, but I rarely buy jokes.”
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“My mom was a ventriloquist and she always was throwing her voice. For ten years I thought the dog was telling me to kill my father.”
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