Joan Rivers
Joan Rivers
Joan Alexandra Molinsky, better known as Joan Rivers, was an American comedian, actress, writer, producer, and television host noted for her often controversial comedic persona—where she was alternately self-deprecating or sharply acerbic, especially toward celebrities and politicians...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth8 June 1933
CountryUnited States of America
art night forever
I know now that everybody in the arts is forever a beginner. Experience counts for a great deal and very little. Every night onstage I feel I am starting from scratch, still not quite sure what I am doing and where I am going, thrown by the simplest thing that goes wrong.
art disappointment air
Somehow, some way, every person in the arts has to find an accommodation with disappointment and embarrassment. They are the pollen in the air we breathe. If you must go into the arts, go into them for yourself alone. On some basic level you must enjoy the act of doing it ... Otherwise, you are going to end up frustrated and unhappy. Recognition in the arts is luck and gravy.
art memorable swimming
Our natures are a lot like oil, mix us with anything else, and we strive to swim on top.
favorite food seconds
Is she fat? Her favorite food is seconds
affair age heart talk
Dont talk to me about Valentines Day. At my age an affair of the heart is a bypass!
beginning good
That was the beginning of a very good run.
developed humor
I was not a pretty child. I developed humor to be accepted.
american-comedian dishes hate later months six start wash
I hate housework. You make the beds, you wash the dishes and six months later you have to start all over again.
beginning comedy courage ego felt gave looking
I felt comedy ego beginning to grow, which gave me the courage to begin tentatively looking into myself for material.
dress name ought pathetic somebody
What a pathetic turn, ... Somebody ought to take that dress away from her. It's got Ronald McDonald's name on it.
break comedian solid today
We all started on his show, ... Every solid comedian today really got their break on the Carson show.
child face matter speak ugly
It's very important, and if it's the child, no matter how prepubescent or ugly it is, you always say, 'Don't you look great?' You speak to the child even if the face is a pizza.
baby carry display father per pictures wants whenever
Whenever there's a new baby in my family, even if I don't know who the father is, I display pictures of it. But only one or two per child. No one wants to see 37 pictures of your grandchild - which is also why you must never carry more than one picture of each grandchild in your wallet.
almost attainment barriers determine frequently resolution scales true
Where there is a will there is a way. is an old true saying. He who resolves upon doing a thing, by that very resolution often scales the barriers to it, and secures its achievement. To think we are able, is almost to be so - to determine upon attainment is frequently attainment itself.