Sarah Silverman Quotes

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Sarah Silverman

Profession : Comedian

Birth : December 1, 1970

Some people say my humor focuses too much on stereotypes. It doesn't. It focuses on facts.

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I still have highs and lows, maybe I don't cry salty tears as much.

Sarah Silverman

It shows the truth - that the real meaning of a word is only as powerful or harmless as the emotion behind it.

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As a kid, I was terrified. I was a bed wetter, and I had to go to sleepaway camp every summer, which was humiliating and terrifying. I had lots of insecurities and scaredness.

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Jews, black people - any people who are hated or who have suffered, either as individuals or as a people - use humour. It is a survival skill.

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I like my life alone. I mean, I love being with friends, and I love kissing and loving someone to pieces. But it's hard to find someone who doesn't ultimately start judging you and your choices.

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I looked up and saw the shape of a heart made by the silhouette of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon kissing.

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I think I've been called edgy - but in all honesty, there is a safety in what I do because I'm always the idiot. Unless you're just listening to buzz words and not taking into account the context of the situation, you see I'm always the ignoramus.

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I have very vivid dreams - almost always action-adventure. I'm often on the run. I've always had dreams. When I was little, I'd go to sleep with my head on my hands, which were in fists like I was looking through a camera. I felt like sleep was the movies - just drifting off to the movies.

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When I came out to L. A., I got a part in an episode of 'Star Trek: Voyager,' and I hired an acting coach.

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That's not to say that I don't find anything offensive.

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I never defend my material. Comedy is subjective.

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I never want to be in a position where I have to defend my material. It's too subjective. It's for other people to defend or not defend.

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I enjoy the last quarter of all basketball games.

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The first time I did stand-up was the summer I was 17.

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And then before going back for my sophomore year, I decided to change my major to arts and sciences, and my dad cut a deal with me: He said if I'd quit school he'd pay my rent for the next three years, as if I were in school.

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By the time I would have graduated, at 22, I was a writer and featured performer on Saturday Night Live.

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Well, I'm not afraid to say something if I think it's funny, even if it's harsh or racist.

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I don't set out to offend or shock, but I also don't do anything to avoid it.

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You know, I think whatever a comic talks about onstage is all they talk about offstage.

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