Sarah Silverman
Sarah Silverman
Sarah Kate Silverman is an American stand-up comedian, actress, producer and writer. Her comedy addresses social taboos and controversial topics, such as racism, sexism, and religion, having her comic character endorse them in a sarcastic fashion. For her work on television she won two Primetime Emmy Awards...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth1 December 1970
CityBedford, NH
CountryUnited States of America
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I always want to laugh at the sad stuff. You don't need to laugh at the other stuff. I'm not numb to these things. I still go into really dark periods about Sept. 11. I think it's kind of like bullies. Bullies are just scared and thin-skinned, so they have to become bullies as a kind of survival tactic. I think comics are that way, too.
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Making my family laugh when I was little - it became an addiction. It was a kind of survival.
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You want to make people laugh and by virtue of that please them, but when you're instructed to make people laugh and please them, you're too resentful to do it.
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The audience works as such a mob. They either all laugh or all don't laugh, and, you know, changes from audience to audience.
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You have to be able to laugh at yourself. That's what I tell Asian people all the time.
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When I was three, my dad thought it would be hilarious to teach me swear words, then have me say them to his friends. They would laugh and laugh. I realize now the laugh was pure shock value, but it felt really good, and I've been chasing it ever since.
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You got it, doll, I was curious to see which Courtney Love was going to show up: the smeared-lipstick crazy coke whore or the violent smeared-lipstick crazy coke whore.
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What are the chances there is a God, really?
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but it's not as common as you would think.
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I'm always writing; I'm always jotting things down on paper or making notes in my iPhone. Then I'll make myself sit down and kind of shape it up, but there's really no other way to practice other than onstage.
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My dad loves to be talked about, good or bad. He just loves it. He's not even hearing the content, he's just hearing him. When I'm onstage, he's looking at the audience members and can't believe that there are strangers listening to me, and he's just delighted by the whole thing.
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People need to feel like they're not being attacked, like they're in a safe space where no punches are being pulled.
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I say 'I'm sorry.' It usually disarms them.
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I remember when I got a part on 'Seinfeld' it was like an out of body experience, I was so excited.