Sarah Silverman Quotes

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Sarah Silverman

Profession : Comedian

Birth : December 1, 1970

I think maybe I became funny because as a kid, I was a Jew in a town of no Jews, and being funny just instinctively came about as a way to put people at ease around me.

Sarah Silverman

My dad loves to be talked about, good or bad. He just loves it. He's not even hearing the content, he's just hearing him. When I'm onstage, he's looking at the audience members and can't believe that there are strangers listening to me, and he's just delighted by the whole thing.

Sarah Silverman

You want to make people laugh and by virtue of that please them, but when you're instructed to make people laugh and please them, you're too resentful to do it.

Sarah Silverman

I don't really care for, like, fat jokes about women, specifically.

Sarah Silverman

I like my messiness on stage, though I watch comics who come at a joke from every angle and I think, 'Yeah! That's how it's done!' But for me it's the audience. If I feel connected to them, I have so much fun, and if not, it stinks.

Sarah Silverman

If you are truly offended by an 80-year-old man saying you're not funny, then you're probably not funny.

Sarah Silverman