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If you're saying the same line 10 times and making it look like you just came up with it, that's acting.

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Joan Rivers
Age: 81 †
Born: 1933
Born: June 8
Died: 2014
Died: September 4
Comedian
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
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Stage Actor
Television Actor
Television Personality
Brooklyn
New York
Joan Alexandra Molinsky
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I hate housework! You make the beds, you do the dishes and six months later you have to start all over again.
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That baby is so ugly... I've never seen a six-month-old so desperately in need of a wax.
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My husband wanted to be cremated. I told him I'd scatter his ashes at Neiman Marcus - that way, I'd visit him every day.
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It's so long since I've had sex I've forgotten who ties up who.
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I was dating a transvestite, and my mother said, Marry him, you'll double your wardrobe.
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You know you're getting old when you buy a sexy sheer nightgown and don't know anyone who can see through it.
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Girls just want to have fun. Well, so do old ladies!
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I have a wonderful psychiatrist that I see maybe once a year, because I don't need it. It all comes out onstage.
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Some women take up the law and become lawyers. Other women lay down the law and become wives.
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I wear the midi because I feel if you're going to look ugly, you may as well look this year's ugly.
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When you can laugh at yourself no one can ever make a fool of you.
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Don’t worry about the money. Love the process.
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A German sense of humor is an oxymoron.
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What I love about jewelry is you can change it for something else without surgery.
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My grandson is mad at me. He's mad at me because I squandered his college fund on Spanx. It's a lot, but there's a lot going on here.
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At my funeral, I want Meryl Streep crying in five different accents.
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Every comedian is furious. Age makes me angry. I'm unhappy at not being able to open packages anymore. I'm angry that libraries have gone. I hate children on planes. I'm very shallow, so they tend to be little things. To be honest, I think I was probably angry the day I was born, you know, about diapers or something.
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The worst thing that ever happened to me on stage is someone ran forward to tell me they loved me and projectile vomited all over the stage. It was horrible.
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How to fool yourself into feeling younger: When you go to restaurants, always check a coat and a skateboard.
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I'm no cook. When I want lemon on chicken, I spray it with Pledge.
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