Sandra Bernhard
Sandra Bernhard
Sandra Bernhardis an American comedian, singer, actress and author. She first gained attention in the late 1970s with her stand-up comedy in which she often bitterly critiques celebrity culture and political figures. Bernhard is number 97 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 greatest standups of all time...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth6 June 1955
CityFlint, MI
CountryUnited States of America
facts audacity performers
There are few performers who would have had the audacity to even bring up the fact that they had been poorly reviewed.
I'm somebody who can absorb a lot.
fabulous dresses bigs
Onstage, I'm still wearing my fabulous, sheer dresses because I'm not that big.
stars thinking magic
I don't think somebody can just, like, wave a magic wand and make you a star.
couple individual
It's up to couples, to individuals, to have a trust between each other.
It's nobody's business how you do something.
actresses lips hollywood
I'm the only actress in Hollywood who didn't pay to have these lips.
eye responsibility people
I try to avoid people's eyes because I don't like to get that intimate with just anybody. i don't need the responsibility.
queens holiday men
Purim, one of my favorite holidays. It's like the original drag queen's holiday. It's when all the Jewish men go for it and feel no guilt for a change.
feminism kind basics
You have to take the basics of feminism and the kind of outline of it and do what you do with it. You have to make things work for your own life.
wings giving people
Things are so scary and intimidating with AIDS and the right wing that people are looking for somebody to just give them safe harbors.
new-york want entertainment
They want families to come to New York and go to the theater, so the theater is all geared toward family entertainment. It's money, you know.
growing-up kids thinking
I think so much of what informs us as performers is what we had to endure as kids growing up. I was the youngest in my family. I always got a lot of attention.
There will come a day when Anne Heche will be straight again.