Latest Ellen DeGeneres Quotes from Interviews

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• I want people to like me - but not at my expense. I just learned that there are too many people who are going to have an opinion about me whether I am kind to them or not. I can't control what they're feeling. I am not a yeller and I don't have a temper, but I do want people to do their best. And if someone is a friend and I see that they're doing stuff that is not helping them grow, I will make it a point to talk to them about it.

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  People, Feelings, Helping

• I'm a comedian, and I definitely see the humor in a lot of things. I am also sad a lot. I cry often and easily. I think you're supposed to feel all kinds of things. You're supposed to laugh, you're supposed to cry, you're not supposed to shove your feelings under the rug.

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  Thinking, Laughing, Feelings

• You know, if you're going to be honest with yourself, you have to admit that you go into show business wanting people to talk about you and wanting everyone to know who you are. But that also means there are going to be a whole bunch of people who don't like you. No matter who you are. I'm sure there's somebody out there who doesn't like Betty White because she's short and has white hair.

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  Mean, People, Honest

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. December 2009.

• It's a lot of work to put a brand-new monologue and a brand-new show on the air and find comedy every single day. It's challenging and it's the hardest thing I have ever done, but it's the best-suited thing for me. The more relaxed I get and the more confident I feel, the more I get to play and be myself...

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  Challenges, Done, Comedy

  "Oprah Talks to Ellen DeGeneres". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. December 2009.

• Sometimes something being taken away from you is exactly what you need to take a look at yourself.

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  Taken, Needs, Looks

  "Find Out Who You Are and Live That Truth". Interview with Katie Couric, www.glamour.com. February 1, 2010.

• We put the wrong emphasis on what beauty is and what health is. Health is being vibrant and having energy and being happy.

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  Energy, Emphasis

  "Find Out Who You Are and Live That Truth". Interview with Katie Couric, www.glamour.com. February 1, 2010.

• I won't have a hard time being brutally honest. But I won't be mean. You don't have to be mean to be honest.

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  Mean, Hard Times, Honest

  "Find Out Who You Are and Live That Truth". Interview with Katie Couric, www.glamour.com. February 1, 2010.

• I don't consider myself an interviewer as much as an entertainer.

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  Entertainers, Interviewers

  "Find Out Who You Are and Live That Truth". Interview with Katie Couric, www.glamour.com. February 1, 2010.

• Most people don't get to laugh, be free, dance, be surrounded by this energy. It's important to remind people to take that home. I want the world to start shifting [to] a more positive energy.

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  Home, People, Laughing

  "Find Out Who You Are and Live That Truth". Interview with Katie Couric, www.glamour.com. February 1, 2010.

• It's just, you can get very complacent if you do the same thing all the time and especially the comedian, it gives me you know different things to react to and respond to, and it stimulates me.

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  Giving, Different, Comedy

  "Ellen DeGeneres Gets Us Pumped for Ellen's Somewhat Special Special". Interview with B. Alan Orange, movieweb.com. June 10, 2010.

• I always like using different muscles, you can take that however you want. But doing something once a year is fantastic, I highly recommended it if you can do it. It's a wonderful thing, it's very freeing and I can put a lot of energy and attention onto it and it's something I love doing.

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  Years, Energy, Different

  Interview with Alissa Norby, chicago.gopride.com. June 9, 2010.

• I think there's a whole bunch of things that go along with being a girl. You're not supposed to have opinions or be tough or strong. You're supposed to be soft and vulnerable, and I find those qualities important in both men and women.

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  Girl, Strong, Men

  "Ellen The Generous". Interview with Patricia Marx, www.elle.com. October 12, 2007.

• I think gender plays a part in most things, but I don't know how it would be different because I've never been a man. And my fame is different from Nicole Kidman's or Sharon Stone's. I think everybody's fame is different.

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  Men, Thinking, Play

  "Ellen The Generous". Interview with Patricia Marx, www.elle.com. October 12, 2007.

• It`s hard when paparazzi are photographing every single thing you do. I'm sure a lot of people made mistakes - they just were not documented the way they are now.

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  Mistake, People, Way

• I'm sure men have their own ways of trying to demean one another, but women can be very gossipy and judgmental, and that doesn't help.

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  Men, Trying, Way

  "Ellen The Generous". Interview with Patricia Marx, www.elle.com. October 12, 2007.

• I don't really ever live my life in fear. I really live my life in gratitude and feeling positive for the most part.

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  Gratitude, Feelings, Living My Life

  "Dancing with DeGeneres". Interview with Kam Williams, newsblaze.com. November 21, 2008.

• I think people need to laugh everyday. Whether the economy is good or bad, I think the most important thing is to laugh and to feel positive, if you are laughing at something positive. But if you are laughing at mean jokes then it's a wash.

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  Mean, Thinking, People

• I get to do stand-up every single day. I love that live energy exchange between the audience and myself, and to get to say the things I want to say and comment on.

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  Energy, Want, Comment

• It is a fundamental right for people to be allowed to love who they want to love and marry who they want to marry and stop holding on to some form of discrimination that it's just isn't fair.

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  People, Fundamentals, Want

  "Dancing with DeGeneres". Interview with Kam Williams, newsblaze.com. November 21, 2008.

• I know there's always going to be feedback no matter what the subject. I am shocked by somebody commenting on my shoes or my clothes. Everyone has an opinion, everyone is logging about everything and has an opinion. So I can't possibly pay attention to that.

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  Shoes, Clothes, Attention

• If anybody could put themselves in that situation of feeling a giant loud voice saying you don't deserve the same rights, you are different and you are not equal, it feels really bad.

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  Loud Voices, Rights, Feelings

  "Dancing with DeGeneres". Interview with Kam Williams, newsblaze.com. November 21, 2008.

• I have the picture of Barack [Obama] and me dancing right outside of my dressing room door, I see it every single day, and it makes me very happy.

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  Doors, Dancing, Rooms

• I get my dance moves from just moving around and listening to music and not really worrying about if it's perfect or not.

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  Moving, Perfect, Worry

  "Ellen Degeneres ‘Ellen’s Even Bigger Really Big Show’ Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, newsblaze.com. November 21, 2008.

• I always worry when someone's a good golfer. It's like you shouldn't have time to be good at anything. You should just be a politician and you shouldn't have time to practice golf.

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  Golf, Practice, Worry

• You listen to any monologue on late-night TV or just in general, to people talking, and there's always a joke at someone's expense. It's sarcasm; it's nasty. Kids grow up hearing that, and they think that's what humor is, and they think it's OK. But that negativity permeates the entire planet.

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  Growing Up, Kids, Sarcasm

  "Ellen DeGeneres: Nice Girls Finish First". Interview with David Hochman, www.goodhousekeeping.com. September 10, 2011.