Loni Love Quotes

Loni Love

Profession : Comedian

Birth : July 12, 1971

The president of CBS handpicked me for the 'Star Search' revival, which Arsenio Hall hosted. He picked 12 comics, and I was the only female. I always look to that as inspiration.

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When you're a plus-sized girl, belts are your best friends. I also love bright colors and skirts, to show my pretty knees.

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If you think about how many headlining female comics are out there, you could say 15, maybe 20?

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I've seen Don Rickles up at the Montreal Comedy Festival. Don Rickles was doing jokes in a wheelchair, and he was headlining a show. Do you think they would let a woman do that?

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Everybody wants to say females aren't as funny as men. That's not true. You just don't see as many because it takes a lot to do this occupation.

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I love being a regular on 'Chelsea Lately!'

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Seriously, I love my gays. They accept me, and I accept them. Imperfections and all, we accept each other.

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One of my dreams was to change the way women of color were seen on television.

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I always tell people if you want to do something, go to a great comedy show. And that's what I try to do: give people a really good comedy show.

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With comedy, I try to steer toward, you know, talking about people that do crazy things, messed-up things. That's what I like to talk about.

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As a stand-up comic, you have to do the road.

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People are getting picked up off the street and getting a show, and it's because we're not using the people that are trying to be entertainers - use more of them.

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I'll see something, and I'll go, 'Oh, wow, that's interesting,' because really, comedy comes from the truth.

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Everything that I've done on television has helped me to get the exposure that I need.

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Really, it hasn't changed for female comics; it's still hard for females to really enter the game.

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People say they get a warmness from me.

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I'm fat, and I support fat celebrities, like Oprah.

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I never wanted a traditional lifestyle. I'm not that kind of person.

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If you are a woman with your own money, you have confidence. You have the pick of the litter.

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Being a female comic and getting a Comedy Central special is an honor because not a lot of women get that.

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