Sandra Bernhard Quotes
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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 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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I believe in people living their lives and having privacy.
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I try to avoid people's eyes because I don't like to get that intimate with just anybody. i don't need the responsibility.
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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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There will come a day when Anne Heche will be straight again.
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I'm trying to appeal to the disenfranchised everybody, not just specifically gay.
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I don't want someone coming in and passing judgment on my life.
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I am still comfortable with my body, because I'm like, What's not to be comfortable with? I mean, it's just my nature.
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Gayness is a non-issue.
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If I've learned anything in my 30s, it's about holding back a little bit.
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I'm not saying I'm some high priestess. I do things, I'm sure, that are damaging, but it's certainly not on purpose.
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I didn't belong when I was in high school. Now people are trying to buy lips.
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My father was a proctologist and my mother was an abstract artist, so that's how I view the world.
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I don't think somebody can just, like, wave a magic wand and make you a star.
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I get happier every day. I have a sense of accomplishment every day of my life.
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I really thought I wanted to be a musical-comedy star, but I lived in Phoenix and didn't want to go all the way to New York and be that far away from home. So I thought maybe I'd be a rock 'n' roll singer or an opera singer.
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I was really going through a transition in my life. I was tired of feeling victimized by my career.
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I think there are always different times in your life when you go, "Oh, god. I wish I were traditionally pretty. My life would be so much easier." But then you get through that, and you go, "Well, I'm not."
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You can't just try to be a performer. It's in your DNA. I really believe that it's either what you are or it's not at all.
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That disturbs people when they know they didn't have the guts or integrity to stick to their dreams.
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Morality is standing by your friends, standing by people when it's not popular. It's sacrificing things on a big international stage, and sometimes it's sacrificing your basic comforts.
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They want families to come to New York and go to the theater, so the theater is all geared toward family entertainment. It's money, you know.
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I love performing. I love being a provocateur. I love putting myself in situations that are uncomfortable and that I have to get out of.