Sandra Bernhard Quotes
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Onstage, I'm still wearing my fabulous, sheer dresses because I'm not that big.
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I've always been opposed to groups. I can't believe the doctrine of group is going to work for every single person within the group.
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You don't need to be famous to live a life as an artist.
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I don't need to be redundant to the gay community about what's wrong and what isn't happening for them.
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My family wasn't the Brady Bunch. They were the Broody Bunch.
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As a kid, I loved being loved, and still do. Who doesn't love being loved?
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How far can we go? How much can we absorb and still have some peace of mind?
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I think people are a little bit intimidated by me. You know, I'm not exactly a wilting flower, so I think they're a little bit scared of me sometimes.
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The most important, overriding arc of my career has been that I would never be self-deprecating.
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On one side you have book burners, Congressional wives and Pat Robertson. On the other side, you have vulgar comedians, foul-mouthed rap groups and Dennis Hopper—all your choices should be so easy.
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People feel like if they don't have a voice or a name or the spotlight, then they're invisible. But if you can't wake up in your world, in your life, with your family and your friends, and enjoy it, then forget it. All bets are off, because that's all anybody is guaranteed.
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I feel like you've gotta be able to get up every night in front of a live audience. Whether it's 10 people or 50 people or a hundred people, whether you're in a rock band or doing the comedy circuit.
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I'm very much an optimist. I don't think I could do my work if I didn't believe there was some kind of hope for humanity.
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I'm the only actress in Hollywood who didn't pay to have these lips.
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It's depressing sitting at a comedy club all night, waiting to get on to do your five or ten minutes of material.
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I'll take on somebody if they're offending the entire culture, not just offending me.
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When you're constantly looking for things from other people, you're not looking within yourself.
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From the time I was a kid, I'd never joined groups. I hated high school groups. I hung out with hippies, musical people. I hung out with whomever I found compelling and interesting and smart. And I continued to do that throughout my life.
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People want to be famous, they want to be loved, they want to be accepted. They want to push aside their past and the things that have been embarrassing to them.
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I don't want someone coming in and passing judgment on my life.
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I'm trying to appeal to the disenfranchised everybody, not just specifically gay.
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Gayness is a non-issue.
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Barbara Bush has her finger on the pulse of America. Im so glad shes back and more compassionate than ever, ... Thats right, of course people just sat around New Orleans, boring, uninspired, soulless New Orleans, and dreamed of someday relocating to the Astrodome. Oh, dear Lord, if only I could leave my unhappy existence and head on up to wonderful Houston and live with my friends side by side in a spacious football stadium, my life would be so much richer and complete.
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For most of my relationships, I would have liaisons, and I would feel guilty.