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
I'm never going to get married again. Three strikes, you're out. I think if I would try to get married again in California, I have to go to prison, don't I? I think you only get three.
I'm a farmer now, and it's fantastic. My goal is to be totally self-sufficient and grow everything that I eat. There's something about earning your dinner that's cool.
And, you know, I liked writing humor. Well, I should say, I wanted to write seriously, but it kept turning funny.
My kids were completely out of control, while I was working fifteen hours a day plus weekends. I screamed a lot, something I'm not particularly proud of, but it was that or firearms.
As Prime Minister of Israel, I will introduce a bill into the Knesset that will simply pay the Arabs not to shoot at the Jews.
I know how to do anything, I'm a mom.
I used to play Barbies with my Mormon neighbor friend; it was always, "Oh, we're going to go on a date. Ken's taking us out, and we're going with Ken on a date." And I was like, "We're parachuting behind enemy lines to save the Jews." That's how I played Barbies. I was told when I was a girl that every Jewish woman has to have five children to replace three fifths of our people that were killed. That's how I was raised.
Self-esteem is the goddamn root of all evil.
Women of this planet need some essential resources: wells, seeds and roads. That is primarily all we have ever needed. Added to that, women need righteous and strong men who will help us to use our most cherished gifts: the ability to multitask and problem solve.
My husband and I didn't sign a pre-nuptial agreement. We signed a mutual suicide pact.
It's okay to be fat. So you're fat. Just be fat and shut up about it.
Men read maps better than women because only men can understand the concept of an inch equaling a hundred miles.
I meditate so I know how to find a peaceful place within to be calm and peaceful.
There's a lot more to being a woman than being a mother, but there's a hell of a lot more to being a mother than most people suspect.