Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" I'm obsessed with reality TV anyway - I use my knowledge of that stuff to make jokes on Twitter and Facebook to get more people to sign up to be fans. "
Lisa Lampanelli
Jokes
Knowledge
People
Related Quotes:
" I didn't feel ready to leave home, because it went from no freedom to all freedom. And I was like, 'Oh, my God, I don't know what I'm doing in college.' There seemed to be no like-minded people where I was... I didn't have a clan. I didn't have a choir... There was no safety net. "
Lisa Lampanelli
College
God
Safety
" That's the whole thing: You only roast the ones you love. That's why I never make fun of the French. "
Lisa Lampanelli
Never
Fun
Love
" You have to really be on your own side. "
Lisa Lampanelli
Own
Really
Side
" I wasn't ready to be a dog's mother! Trust me, I'm completely unfit and irresponsible. I'm a comic that travels 48 weeks a year, but I make it work, so you can, too. "
Lisa Lampanelli
Me
Dog
Trust
" What you bring to the stage is what you are in real life... people sense that. "
Lisa Lampanelli
Life
Real Life
You
" Nobody escapes during Lisa Lampanelli's show. "
Lisa Lampanelli
Show
Nobody
Escapes
" I say every slur on the planet - racial, homosexual, everything to do with every ethnic group on the planet - and guess what? I will never apologize for that because I know why I do it, and it is to make a valid point about ignorance in this society. "
Lisa Lampanelli
Know
Group
Ignorance
" I heard Cher say, 'I answer to two people: Myself and God.' I say, 'I only answer to me. I'm not sure I appreciate God's opinion.' "
Lisa Lampanelli
People
Me
God
" When doing comedy, I do what makes me laugh. The first person I learned from said I should talk about things I am passionate about - that I love or hate - because the audience likes to see passion. The stuff I rant and rave about stems from a place that really pisses me off. "
Lisa Lampanelli
Hate
I Am
Laugh
" William Shatner is living proof that if you are talented and nice, you can work in this industry forever. "
Lisa Lampanelli
Nice
Work
You
" Comedy is like music - there are genres and styles for every taste. Katy Perry is there for people who like frothy pop music. Metallica is there for people who like head-banging metal. And Susan Boyle is there for... well, I don't who the hell is listening to that freak of nature, but that's not the point. In art, there's something for everybody. "
Lisa Lampanelli
People
Art
Listening
" People with HIV and AIDS are nothing to be afraid of. They are people just like every single one of us, and each has a story to tell. These people should be helped, embraced, and not dismissed. We need to open our hearts and our minds to them, and we just may learn we're pretty much all the same. "
Lisa Lampanelli
Minds
Learn
Need
" The thing is, in the dating profiles it says 'spiritual,' but not with a specific religion. And so I pretty much try to meditate, but I have a very hard time concentrating on things other than me. "
Lisa Lampanelli
Me
Dating
Time
" Mr. Trump, I really can't comment, because he was my boss on 'Celebrity Apprentice,' and I just don't think we should let him be president until he produces evidence that the thing on his head is real. Because he wanted to see Obama's birth certificate, we should ask for a certificate of real hair. "
Lisa Lampanelli
See
Boss
Hair
" My thing has always been, I've never been very open and vulnerable with people, so the minute I got this dog, everything changed. It just opened me up and made me more loving... It's all because of him... He's made me a better person... I can tell people what I feel now. I can cry in front of people sometimes. "
Lisa Lampanelli
Better Person
Me
Loving
" In the end, censoring a comedian's jokes is on par with censoring 'Huckleberry Finn.' Now, I'm not comparing myself to Mark Twain - he had much wavier hair and a slightly thicker mustache. But when you deny an artist the chance to explore his art, you're forcing your beliefs on him. "
Lisa Lampanelli
End
Hair
You
" Crazy diets, good diets, you can't name one I didn't do. "
Lisa Lampanelli
Name
Diets
Good
" Andy Dick is so gay, he thinks Margaret Cho is funny. "
Lisa Lampanelli
Funny
He
Andy
" I got sick of trying everything. I tried every single thing imaginable - diet, exercise. I even bought a house on the health spa property, and I still gained weight. "
Lisa Lampanelli
Trying
Health
Sick
" I've played every comedy club and every theatre across the country for the last 25 years and seen a lot of audience members from different ethnic persuasions. "
Lisa Lampanelli
Last
Audience
Theatre
" I'm not a private person. I like hanging out and talking to fans. But my life isn't so interesting that you want to see the inside of it. "
Lisa Lampanelli
My Life
Interesting
Life
" Betty White is so old that on her first game show ever, the prize was fire. "
Lisa Lampanelli
White
Old
Her
" I've never wanted to be a person where somebody would be like, 'I like her; she's okay.' Love or hate is fine, because it sells tickets. "
Lisa Lampanelli
Okay
Love
Hate
" I'm way too famous and rich to be on a dating app, but if I get very desperate by the time I'm 60, I'll go on Tinder. Or I'll go on 'Millionaire Matchmaker'; I'll call Patti Stanger. "
Lisa Lampanelli
Rich
Way
Famous
" I would make a few jabs at myself and go for the audience - they are still as flawed as ever. "
Lisa Lampanelli
Audience
Still
Myself
" I remember once doing a benefit for a Jewish charity and wearing an enormous cross. I kind of don't let the audience dictate anything to me. I sort of dictate to them, and they better be on board. "
Lisa Lampanelli
Doing
Better
Charity
" By being politically correct, you're closing your mind to a different point of view. Which sounds a lot like prejudice. Which is definitely not politically correct. See what I just did there? "
Lisa Lampanelli
You
View
Point Of View
" I order food like a normal human being. If I'm out to lunch, I'm going to order three courses like everybody else. I'm not going to feel like some kind of freak. "
Lisa Lampanelli
Lunch
Three
Feel
" I just really work hard on myself every day. "
Lisa Lampanelli
Day
Every Day
Myself
" Before, I didn't do celebrity stuff, 'cause Kathy Griffin did that, but now, if you're going to make jokes on Twitter, you have to stay current. "
Lisa Lampanelli
Stay
You
Celebrity