Quote

I don't consider myself a comic but a performer. A comic tells bad jokes.

Sandra Bernhard

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Sandra Bernhard
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: June 6
Comedian
Film Actor
Singer
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Writer
Flint
Michigan
Performers
Tells
Comic
Jokes
Consider
Performer

More quotes by Sandra Bernhard

Image
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.
Sandra Bernhard
Image
I always have kind of underneath feeling of peace of mind that I get from just the basic tenants of spirituality.
Sandra Bernhard
Image
If you come home to a household of chaos and anger and fear, you're not going to feel protected from the world.
Sandra Bernhard
Image
I think bravery is when you're willing to really put yourself on the line and maybe lose out, financially - and be able to say exactly what motivates you and what inspires you and what you find completely unacceptable in humanity and in culture.
Sandra Bernhard
Image
Unfortunately, most college kids these days aren't coming from any place-they seem to ask the same kind of questions over and over again.
Sandra Bernhard
Image
Onstage, I'm still wearing my fabulous, sheer dresses because I'm not that big.
Sandra Bernhard
Image
I love National Geographic. Just when you think you've seen the last lost native tribe, National Geographic will find a new one.
Sandra Bernhard
Image
I am always hoping to do another CD. This atmosphere has been difficult.
Sandra Bernhard
Image
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.
Sandra Bernhard
Image
I knew I wanted to be a performer and do comedy at 5 years old. My dad's wife, Marlene Rosenbaum, was boiling water and she goes, What do you want to be when you grow up? I said, A comedian. And she laughed and laughed because she thought that was the cutest, funniest thing.
Sandra Bernhard
Image
When you're watching the news, how many days in a row can you watch that and feel good about yourself and the world?
Sandra Bernhard
Image
I'm not saying I'm some high priestess. I do things, I'm sure, that are damaging, but it's certainly not on purpose.
Sandra Bernhard
Image
I would never wanna do a show that's strictly maudlin and invaded my personal life and my home. I would never do that.
Sandra Bernhard
Image
On one side you have book burners, Congressional wives and Pat Robertson. On the other side, you have vulgar comedians, foul-mouthed rap groups and Dennis Hopper—all your choices should be so easy.
Sandra Bernhard
Image
I think everybody is covering their [posteriors] with the Enron scandal and it was very convenient that Sept. 11 came along to deflect the fact that they should never have been in the White House in the first place. What happened in the election was completely corrupt.
Sandra Bernhard
Image
I don't like going back and listening to myself. It makes me uncomfortable, and I know I can never emulate what I did that night, so why listen to it?
Sandra Bernhard
Image
I can't tell you 100 percent what makes a relationship work. But I can see something good coming and I can see something bad coming.
Sandra Bernhard
Image
I've become this sort of icon for the gay community. I don't like the position.
Sandra Bernhard
Image
Personally, I'm waiting for caller IQ.
Sandra Bernhard
Image
You can't just try to be a performer. It's in your DNA. I really believe that it's either what you are or it's not at all.
Sandra Bernhard