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" What you bring to the stage is what you are in real life... people sense that. "
Lisa Lampanelli
Life
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You
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" 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.' "
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" Basically, I think some of the weight helped take some of the walls down in reality, so basically I got a little more confident. I'm definitely not super confident, but I am confident that I don't have to hide behind those layers of fat and that I can actually open up to people a little more. "
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" 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. "
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" The more conservative you dress, the more you can get away with. "
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" 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. "
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" Insult comedy has been around forever. I can make fun of people, and they won't get mad at me. "
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" 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. "
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" I can really serve the audience instead of making this about me and about serving myself and my pocketbook. "
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" Make a list of the people in your 'choir'... If you're not on your own list, then you're doing something wrong. "
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People
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" 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. "
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God
Safety
" I'm a take-no-prisoners type of comic, and I'm lucky because my fans get me and never have a problem with the politically incorrect themes of my act. But I am continually amazed by how a certain section of our society seems to be so freakin' sensitive about jokes. "
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Society
I Am
" 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. "
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Know
Group
Ignorance
" 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? "
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" Donald is very happy with his lovely wife, insert name here. "
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Very
Wife
Name
" I usually get so warned when I go to Detroit, like, 'Oh my God, don't go to this section, don't go to that section.' I've never had any issues in Detroit. I love that there's enough of a racial mix of people to make fun of. I've always had a good time there. "
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Time
Fun
God
" 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. "
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Jokes
Knowledge
People
" 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. "
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Theatre
" Too many people have already lost their lives to HIV and AIDS, and the more celebrities who can bring attention to the issue, the better. "
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" None of my comedy depended on looks. I never did tons of fat jokes. "
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Jokes
Never
Did
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Never
Fun
Love
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Andy
" 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. "
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" I thought I had to work at someplace everybody's heard of. It was never, 'I'm interested in such and such. I want to work in such and such magazine.' It was like, 'Oh, my G-d, I really need to work for somebody so people will think I'm OK.' So I got a job at 'Popular Mechanics'. "
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Think
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Need
" Shortly after college, I was working in New York City at 'Rolling Stone' magazine. "
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New
College
" 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. "
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" I've really been working on the emotional and internal issues that made me eat in the first place. It's been a real journey. "
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Real
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" I've gone through literally over 30 years of struggle with weight and food and body image... and I'm like, 'Wait a minute.' "
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