Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" I just think of myself as a comedian, really. "
Sarah Silverman
Really
Just
Myself
Related Quotes:
" And then before going back for my sophomore year, I decided to change my major to arts and sciences, and my dad cut a deal with me: He said if I'd quit school he'd pay my rent for the next three years, as if I were in school. "
Sarah Silverman
Back
Three
Me
" If you are truly offended by an 80-year-old man saying you're not funny, then you're probably not funny. "
Sarah Silverman
Offended
You
Saying
" I mean, I love being with friends and I love kissing and loving someone to pieces. But it's hard to find someone who doesn't ultimately start judging you and your choices. "
Sarah Silverman
Love
Friends
Start
" When I came out to L. A., I got a part in an episode of 'Star Trek: Voyager,' and I hired an acting coach. "
Sarah Silverman
Acting
Coach
Out
" I was always the class clown; I made my family laugh, and that was when I was always happiest. I grew up listening to stand-up comedians' albums and watching them on TV, on 'The Tonight Show' and Letterman. "
Sarah Silverman
Family
Laugh
Clown
" Smells definitely do have a crazy impact on me. "
Sarah Silverman
Definitely
Me
Smells
" I'm not the marrying type, but I always want to be with someone who is a fan. "
Sarah Silverman
Someone
Always
Fan
" I think maybe I became funny because as a kid, I was a Jew in a town of no Jews, and being funny just instinctively came about as a way to put people at ease around me. "
Sarah Silverman
Think
Way
Funny
" I never want to be in a position where I have to defend my material. It's too subjective. It's for other people to defend or not defend. "
Sarah Silverman
Never
Want
Defend
" I can't believe how much time has passed. The first time I did stand-up I was 17, and I was really a stand-up once I was 19 in New York, and now I'm 41, and I still feel like I haven't found myself onstage. "
Sarah Silverman
Time
Feel
Believe
" I had a lot of depression as a kid. "
Sarah Silverman
Kid
Lot
Had
" It fills me with a weird rage to wear shoes that make me not able to walk easily or run if I had to. It feeds into this whole 'war on women' thing in my head. "
Sarah Silverman
Run
Shoes
Walk
" The first time I did stand-up I was 17, and I was really a stand-up once I was 19 in New York, and now I'm 41, and I still feel like I haven't found myself onstage. Earlier in my career, I was really tight, really together, and knew who I was and I was confident. "
Sarah Silverman
Together
Career
Myself
" Growing up, I always loved Disney movies, but the first movie I remember seeing is 'Sleepers,' so I wasn't really taken to children's movies. "
Sarah Silverman
Growing Up
Loved
Remember
" My dad loves to be talked about, good or bad. He just loves it. He's not even hearing the content, he's just hearing him. When I'm onstage, he's looking at the audience members and can't believe that there are strangers listening to me, and he's just delighted by the whole thing. "
Sarah Silverman
Believe
Looking
Listening
" What are the chances there is a God, really? "
Sarah Silverman
God
Chances
Really
" But I think you can make fun of anything as long as it's funny enough. "
Sarah Silverman
You
Enough
Think
" Earlier in my career, I was really tight, really together, and knew who I was and I was confident. I kind of feel in between now. "
Sarah Silverman
Kind
Feel
Career
" I'm always writing; I'm always jotting things down on paper or making notes in my iPhone. Then I'll make myself sit down and kind of shape it up, but there's really no other way to practice other than onstage. "
Sarah Silverman
Writing
Down
Kind
" In terms of television and movies, I've been really interested in seeing the partnership of comedy and beauty and heart. I think they can go together really well and really thoughtfully. But, I'm a total one-hour drama addict. I think when you're a comedian, you tend towards dramas because that's the less stressful thing to watch. "
Sarah Silverman
Think
Together
Beauty
" I definitely think that prescription drugs, like antidepressants, are prescribed so cavalierly, anyone can get anything, but I need it. I do think that it needs to work hand and hand with therapy. "
Sarah Silverman
Need
Hand
Like
" I tend to be more arrogant on stage. Far more ignorant. I sometimes say what I think and sometimes say the opposite of what I think and the lines get blurred, but I can only hope that some kind of absolute power transcends. "
Sarah Silverman
Think
Say
Power
" I never defend my material. Comedy is subjective. "
Sarah Silverman
Defend
Never
Material
" I do love the idea of ritual. "
Sarah Silverman
Idea
Love
Ritual
" I love making videos on my couch. You can put those on the Internet fast. I can express myself. "
Sarah Silverman
You
Myself
Love
" I do love the idea of ritual. I'm a very ritualistic person. I have to wash my face twice, and on the second wash before I rinse, I brush my teeth, then I rinse, then I floss, then I put on moisturizer. I'm ritualistic. Jewishness is very ritualistic. "
Sarah Silverman
Teeth
Love
Twice
" I like my life alone. "
Sarah Silverman
Alone
Life
My Life
" I really think everything is fair game. "
Sarah Silverman
Game
Fair
Everything
" Everyone self-Googles. And, I have, of course, the Google alert. "
Sarah Silverman
Everyone
Alert
Course
" I don't set out to offend or shock, but I also don't do anything to avoid it. "
Sarah Silverman
Avoid
Offend
Out