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
You know when you first get rich, and you, like, just buy everything that you see? I did that for several years. And I have sheds full of things, maybe sometimes nine copies of the same thing.
Everything here must be done twice as no one can do it right the first time.
One of the first things I bought when I made 'Roseanne Show' money was a farm in Iowa.
I first would allow the guilty bankers to pay, you know, the ability to pay back anything over $100 million [of] personal wealth because I believe in a maximum wage of $100 million. And if they are unable to live on that amount of that amount then they should, you know, go to the reeducation camps and if that doesn't help, then being beheaded.
Anyone with a show on T.V. will tell you it's backbreaking work. And if you have a big personality, which I have, and you're a perfectionist, there's going to be head-butting.
I am so sad. She was a great person and a genius to work with. We will all miss her.
I gave Joss Whedon and Judd Apatow their first writing jobs, as well as many other untried writers who went on to great success.
I do say that I am in favor of the return of the guillotine and that is for the worst of the worst of the guilty.
Nothing real or truthful makes its way to TV unless you are smart and know how to sneak it in, and I would tell you how I did it, but then I would have to kill you.
I'm kosher except for times where I eat pork and shellfish.
You kind of restructure your whole personality to be in a healthy relationship.
There is no real third party in America. There's this one party that has two sides to it - the Democratic and Republican side. It's one party that has two heads.
You can't break through Hollywood formulaic points of view. I've tried, and I think I was more successful than anybody at doing it.
I'm very introspective, and I mostly don't talk to people. I get into a real quiet, meditative place.