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
my-family brady-bunch bunch
My family wasn't the Brady Bunch. They were the Broody Bunch.
emotional thinking people
I tend to go against the grain because when I start to see that everybody's trying to shock, I try not to. I just do stuff that's subtler, more emotional, and I think that shocks people.
who-i-am be-who-you-are sides
Be who you are and I'll be who I am. I refuse to take sides, because everybody has their story.
growing-up growing easier
Growing up in the '60s and the '70s, things certainly seemed more simplistic and easier to digest.
beautiful gay pride
Gay pride's beautiful. If somebody needs to be expressing that, then it's a positive thing.
guilty liaison feels
For most of my relationships, I would have liaisons, and I would feel guilty.
cookies variables cutters
Not everybody is cookie-cutter. You just can't be. There are too many variables in life.
hate judging boards
I hate to judge everybody across the board.
would-be wanted persons
I would be dishonorable in a relationship because I wasn't getting what I wanted from that person.
happiness spiritual preventing
It's usually a spiritual thing that's preventing somebody from having happiness.
thinking wish different
I think there are always different times in your life when you go, "Oh, god. I wish I were traditionally pretty. My life would be so much easier." But then you get through that, and you go, "Well, I'm not."
feminism losing awareness
In the late '60s and '70s, when feminism was on the up sweep, there was an awareness of things that we're losing again.
want dignity ifs
If you want to dig, if you want to pry, do it on your time, but I'm going to be a woman of dignity.
home world anger-and-fear
If you come home to a household of chaos and anger and fear, you're not going to feel protected from the world.