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" Joan Rivers broke down barriers, advocated for free speech, and never apologized for who she was. "

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" Some people use stand-up to get something else in their careers, but it's truly the art form of stand-up I love. "

" I'm going to be a 'Chopped' champion. "

" When I got a part in 'All American Girl,' in 1994, I remember thinking, 'Now I have a series, I'm not going to need to do standup,' but every night I'd go out afterward and get onstage somewhere. "

" My two sons are the biggest pigs - always dirty, sweaty, burping and farting. "

" Comedy is the most palliative way to make a point. People are more willing to listen if they can laugh. "

" I try to win the love and approval of strangers, since it didn't work with my family. "

" I've never been on one of these shows where you have to make alliances and be a team player. "

" 'The Judy Show' would be the name of my TV show if I had one, but I don't. "

" My mother is a tall woman - as is everyone in my family. At her prime, she stood 5 feet 9 inches, which is quite unusual for a woman born in 1922. "

" Remember the phrase - 'Act your age, not your shoe size?' That didn't apply to me, as they were the same until the age of 12 when my feet stopped growing. "

" I've done stand-up since I was 18 years old, and I absolutely love it, but I used to go onstage, and the audience was my peers. Now I go onstage, and I could be their mother. "

" Many comics stay in one city and develop their acts for that particular audience. "

" For me, humor is everything! "

" Comedy is all about having a point of view, and it's also about power. "

" The first time I did stand-up was on a dare. "

" When you see another tall woman on the street, you nod, sort of like Orthodox Jews. "

" I like being able to donate my comedy to charity. I'm not a billionaire, and I can't write checks. "

" Women risked their lives for the right to vote. When I hear people say, 'Oh, I'm not gonna vote,' I just wanna tear their heart out. "

" We all know showbiz isn't easy, but being a comic - especially being a female comic - can be quite punishing. "

" Unfortunately, I cook for two boys, and they don't care what it looks like on the plate, and neither do I. "

" I've gotten resistance for my entire career. "

" Female comics cannot dress provocatively on stage. "

" If I wasn't true to myself, I couldn't live with myself. "

" I love standup, but not the grind of traveling and dealing with club owners. "

" My desire for my own sitcom began as a little girl - I spent hours lying on my belly on the shag carpeting getting lost in the world of the '70s sitcom. All I wanted to do was run away to the Brady house, The Partridge Family bus; even the project on 'Good Times' seemed better than Clark, NJ. "

" Joan Rivers was my hero. "

" Women are taught that if you want to be a lady, keep your opinions to yourself and be polite. "

" If I was married to a man, and I had the same life situation that I have, it's the perfect recipe for a sitcom. "

" Mother humor is such a universal theme. I wrote a show called '25 Questions for a Jewish Mother.' I had people coming up to me after the show saying, 'I'm Baptist, and my mother is just like yours.' "