Julia Sweeney
Julia Sweeney
Julia Anne Sweeney is an American actress, comedian and author. She is known for her role as a cast member on Saturday Night Live and for her autobiographical solo shows. She played Mrs. Keeper in the film Stuart Little and voiced Brittany in Father of the Pride...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth10 October 1959
CitySpokane, WA
CountryUnited States of America
beautiful atheist book
Why isn't there a book about someone losing their faith and it being a beautiful experience?
beautiful letting-go religious
It took me years, but letting go of religion has been the most profound wake up of my life. I feel I now look at the world not as a child, but as an adult. I see what's bad and it's really bad. But I also see what is beautiful, what is wonderful. And I feel so deeply appreciative that I am alive. How dare the religious use the term 'born again.' That truly describes freethinkers who've thrown off the shackles of religion so much better!
trying
I'm not an activist. I'm trying to get off the whole atheist racket.
good weird
It's so weird to have someone tell you you're sick when you feel really healthy and good.
finally suburban
I'm finally a suburban housewife. Honestly, it's my dream come true.
banner funny headline hit illinois jones man marries towns
You had to get out of them occasionally, those Illinois towns with funny names: Paris. Oblong. Normal. Once, when the Dow Jones hit 200 points, the paper's banner headline read: 'Normal Man Marries Oblong Woman.'
american-comedian famous great life money normal
I used to think no one should go into show biz, but now I feel differently. I now feel like it's a great career. If you can do it and make money at it and still not be so famous that you can have a normal life - then I think it's a great career.
hilarious life
Why not try thinking of your life as hilarious rather than nightmarish?
sad
Well, you can't be depressed and sad 24 hours a day.
american-comedian expect run
I was on stage and I was like I will pay someone to do my time, not only will I expect NOT to be paid, but I will pay someone if I can run off stage right now. It was so bad.
Mostly, I just want to be in my house reading and writing.
definitely funny liked school sort turned
You know, in high school I thought Catholicism was funny and sort of ridiculous, but then I also liked it, too. Like, I definitely turned to it in times of trouble.
atheist became hated seemed time
I went with agnosticism for a long, long time because I just hated to say I was an atheist - being an atheist seemed so rigid. But the more I became comfortable with the word, and the more I read, it started to stick.
nice thinking scary
I think one of the basic tasks in life - one of the nice things we can do for each other - is to take things that are horrible and scary and make them acceptable and less frightening and, if possible, funny. It feels great to succeed at that.