Roseanne Barr
Roseanne Barr
Roseanne Cherrie Barris an American actress, comedian, writer, television producer, director, and 2012 presidential nominee of the California-based Peace and Freedom Party. Barr began her career in stand-up comedy at clubs before gaining fame for her role in the classic sitcom Roseanne. The show was a hit and lasted nine seasons, from 1988 to 1997. She won both an Emmy and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her work on the show. Barr had crafted a "fierce working-class...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth3 November 1952
CountryUnited States of America
My real life is funnier than anything on TV.
I loved comedy all my life. I think it's a real powerful art form.
Imitation is the sincerest form of show business.
A guy is a lump like a doughnut. So, first you gotta get rid of all the stuff his mom did to him. And then you gotta get rid of all that macho crap that they pick up from beer commercials. And then there's my personal favorite, the male ego.
I'm not a politician. I think that uniquely qualifies me to become president of the U.S.
I'm either mentally ill or Jewish. I can't sometimes tell the difference.
I was not raised a Zionist, but a socialist, as were most Jews before the Holocaust.
I think I'm hysterical. I watch myself on tape and just roar - isn't that weird?
I never do anything fun, because I'm a housewife. I hate that word 'housewife.' I prefer to be called 'domestic goddess.'
Being hated and hunted and blamed for your own suffering makes people kind of testy, nervous, and on edge, and often fundamentalist and extreme. Bombs get thrown only when people cannot honestly talk together.
Being hated and hunted and blamed for your own suffering makes people kind of testy, nervous, and on edge, and often fundamentalist and extreme. Bombs get thrown only when people cannot honestly talk together.
It's the Night of the Living Dead. It's scary out here.
I'm not upset about my divorce. I'm only upset that I'm not a widow.
I'm so much more famous than I am financially successful.