Sarah Silverman Quotes
I dress normal because I want people to treat me regular. And their brains explode. It's really fun.
Quotes to Explore
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Let's not get too precious about it: actors are not heart surgeons or brain surgeons. We are just entertaining people.
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Everything's always about being homogenized and following in a group. The people who stand out always have the most problems.
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People always say I'm a legend, but I'm not. Not until I've defended my Olympic titles. That's when I've decided I'll be a legend.
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Music means different things to different people and sometimes even different things to the same person at different moments of his life.
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I come from Nigeria, and we live by the idea that it takes a village. So my entire team. I live by my team: my friends, my neighbors, my teachers - they're the people who taught me how to be a free actor.
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I'm a big champion of people doing things outside the system.
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It's really fun to act like a bimbo. But it's fun to act like a bimbo only when people know that you really aren't one.
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'St. Trinian's' is probably taking it to the extreme, but in essence it's saying, 'If you be yourself, you can do whatever you want,' and it's sort of a fun message.
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I still sweat bullets if I go on The Tonight Show, but I tell myself, You can either have fun tonight or you can be shy and miserable. You ask my friends or anyone I work with now - nobody would say I was shy.
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When you do acoustic shows, there's always a more intimate vibe. I go into them with lowered expectations and assume that people don't want to hear me.
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When I'm in the U.K. – and I'm here more than people would think – I tend to keep a very low profile.
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Most people have excellent necks. Now they cover them with curtains, which is kind of ridiculous. But there are some beautiful necklines that you can cut into and create wonderful backs, as well as bone structure for the face.
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I want to know what people thought and what they wore and what they ate for breakfast.
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You know, people call mystery novels or thrillers 'puzzles.' I never understood that, because when I buy a puzzle, I already know what it is. It's on the box. And even if I don't, if it's a 5,000-piece puzzle of the 'Mona Lisa', it's not like I put the last piece in and go, 'I had no idea it's the 'Mona Lisa'!'
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I think by now if people hire me, they know I'm going to improvise. I'm an improviser by trade.
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I think kids in every minority need to see people like themselves in books; that's an acknowledgment of their existence on this planet and in this society.
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Even when I was modelling, I never had a mom sitting on my head and a bunch of people waiting on me. I've always been independent. I'll do my thing and go.
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I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.
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The world is full of things that upset people. But most of us deal with it and move on and don't try and burn the planet down.
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We have three billion people, half the world's population today, living on less than two dollars a day.
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It is by overcoming obstacles that man develops those qualities he needs.
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I would love for film to go back to those days where you had to be able to do everything just to get by.
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Using pseudonyms was such a part of the early feminist movement. We didn't want to have this star system. We wanted attention on the ideas, not the persona of the writer.
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I dress normal because I want people to treat me regular. And their brains explode. It's really fun.
