Kathy Griffin
Kathy Griffin
Kathleen Mary "Kathy" Griffinis an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and television host. Born in Oak Park, Illinois, she moved to Los Angeles in 1978, where she studied drama at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and became a member of the improvisational comedy troupe The Groundlings. In the 1990s, Griffin began performing as a standup comedian and also appeared as a guest star on several television shows. She achieved recognition in a supporting role on the NBC sitcom...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth4 November 1960
CityOak Park, IL
CountryUnited States of America
I feel more people can relate to the D-list than the A-list.
Most people unfamiliar with the men in a new town might search for love until they find it. I picked out some guy on my second day in LA, who worked at the local bicycle shop, and handed my virginity to him. “You can fill a tire? Sounds good to me. Let's call it a date.” Needless to say he wasn't Mr. Right.
I did feel very sexy and desirable. Those prisoners looked at me like no man ever did. I don't care how many people they killed.
I was raised right — I talk about people behind their backs. It's called manners.
I'm not an artist. I tell inappropriate stories and jokes and I try to make people laugh.
But if something funny happens, I can't resist. I have to tell the people.
I also don't have a desire to be on the A-list. I feel more people can relate to the D-list than the A-list.
The beauty about the D-list is that people who are on it probably don't know they are.
Put your eyebrows on the night stand and hang up the phone. He has lady eyebrows; pretty, drag-queen eyebrows. Enough with the tweezing.
Everybody in LA is really snobby, ... They were all like, 'We gotta go - on our way to do RenŽe Zellweger's house.' It was a typical LA experience. If you want to go to a restaurant in LA, you have to be on Desperate Housewives .
Phoenix is great. I love Phoenix, ... I love Scottsdale. I love the James Hotel. I have a Kathy Griffin suite. I love -what's that place called? AZ 88. I had never had a cheese crisp, so I went to - oh, can't remember. We went to the State Fair, where I was all about the deep-fried Twinkie. I ate every deep-fried thing - oh, it was heavenly. I ate until I got sick.
Look, you guys, I know I'm not Courteney Cox. But I'm telling you, the house is better than me. They were like, 'I don't think so.'
Chris Rock doesn't do that, ... They're paying me my normal rate like I was doing a theater or college. So I'm there. Me in someone's living room.
What I would really love is to be on a sitcom again, ... Everybody talks about Desperate Housewives - that's one show, and they're all gorgeous. But where's the Roseanne ? Where's the real women who are funny? That's where I come in.