Sandra Bernhard Quotes
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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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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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I'm a sexual person. A lot of different people turn me on and have over the years, and I've always wanted to make it very clear that this was not coming from some sort of antimale point of view.
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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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If I've learned anything in my 30s, it's about holding back a little bit.
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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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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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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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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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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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Kids need to be educated about sex and sexuality and if they're going to have sex, learn how to protect themselves and not get pregnant.
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I think bravery is when you're willing to really put yourself on the line and maybe lose out, financially - and be able to say exactly what motivates you and what inspires you and what you find completely unacceptable in humanity and in culture.
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At some point, the pride has to be a part of the whole day-to-day oeuvre. It's part of who you are and doesn't need to be discussed anymore.
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You reach a certain point in your 30s when you say things in a much safer way.
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There will come a day when Anne Heche will be straight again.
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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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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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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'm the only actress in Hollywood who didn't pay to have these lips.
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I hate to judge everybody across the board.
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Growing up in the '60s and the '70s, things certainly seemed more simplistic and easier to digest.
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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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Random things make me laugh.
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A remembrance can mean nothing to the one remembered; it can only remind the ones left behind how little they did while you were still alive.