Judy Gold
Judy Gold
Judy Goldis an American standup comedian, actress, television writer, and producer. She won two Daytime Emmy Awards for her work as a writer and producer on The Rosie O'Donnell Show. She has also been involved in many projects in various roles, including the television series All-American Girl and HBO At the Multiplex segments where she asks humorous questions of unexpecting moviegoers...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth15 November 1962
CityNewark, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
My desire for my own sitcom began as a little girl - I spent hours lying on my belly on the shag carpeting getting lost in the world of the '70s sitcom. All I wanted to do was run away to the Brady house, The Partridge Family bus; even the project on 'Good Times' seemed better than Clark, NJ.
I try to win the love and approval of strangers, since it didn't work with my family.
My mother is a tall woman - as is everyone in my family. At her prime, she stood 5 feet 9 inches, which is quite unusual for a woman born in 1922.
I would love to get married, first of all, from my children's perspective. People don't think of children when they think of gay marriage, but I do have children, and for them to see their family validated as other families are validated and protected by our government, yes.
We never talked to each other in my family. We communicated by putting Ann Landers articles on the refrigerator.
I like being able to donate my comedy to charity. I'm not a billionaire, and I can't write checks.
I love the vulgar. I kind of have the humor of a 17-year-old boy.
In America, I've been told so many times that I look 'too Jewish' that I stopped counting.
I'm not sure when exactly I knew I was funny, but I always knew I was different. I never had an 'edit' button and would say whatever came into my head. Most of the time, what came out of my mouth was the very thing everyone else was thinking - but too polite or afraid to verbalize.
I've done stand-up since I was 18 years old, and I absolutely love it, but I used to go onstage, and the audience was my peers. Now I go onstage, and I could be their mother.
Women are taught that if you want to be a lady, keep your opinions to yourself and be polite.
We all know showbiz isn't easy, but being a comic - especially being a female comic - can be quite punishing.
There is nothing - nothing - like writing a great joke and having that joke kill onstage.
There is no reason to be ashamed of who you are.