Latest Sarah Silverman Quotes from Interviews

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• I don't really like saying "the gays"... I'm not sure why. I suppose I say "the Jews." but I don't say "the blacks." I guess because I'm a Jew for all intents and purposes and to group people together of which I am not one in such a casual way feels disrespectful.

  Sarah Silverman

  Gay, People, Together

  Source: chicago.gopride.com

• People who like what I do come in all shapes and sizes. Not sure what the common denominator is per se. Oh, it's meeee! But to be embraced by a progressive community means something to me and this one feels like home.

  Sarah Silverman

  Home, Mean, People

  Source: chicago.gopride.com

• Letting your freak flag fly is something, no matter who you are, that takes great bravery, straight up.

  Sarah Silverman

  Bravery, Freak, Straight Up

  Source: chicago.gopride.com

• I became known for surprising audiences. Except now, if I surprise them every time, they expect that.

  Sarah Silverman

  Surprise, Audience, Surprising

  "Sarah Silverman walks the blurry lines of sarcasm". Interview with Christopher Borrelli, www.montereyherald.com. March 29, 2011.

• Comedy can't live within my second-guesses, so I started doing new material. Sometimes I bombed. But you have to be willing to if you want to move forward and stay vital. It's like people who take pride in not having a computer. I'm all, "Great, don't learn new things! Your brain is full!"

  Sarah Silverman

  Moving, Pride, People

  "Comedian Sarah Silverman". Interview with Christopher Borrelli, www.mrt.com. March 27, 2011.

• You have to take the chance to bomb and disappoint audiences.

  Sarah Silverman

  Bombs, Chance, Disappoint

  "Sarah Silverman walks the blurry lines of sarcasm". Interview with Christopher Borrelli, www.montereyherald.com. March 29, 2011.

• In the '80s especially, a lot of comedians felt compelled to stick with what made them famous and those people became caricatures.

  Sarah Silverman

  People, Comedian, Sticks

  "Sarah Silverman walks the blurry lines of sarcasm". Interview with Christopher Borrelli, www.montereyherald.com. March 29, 2011.

• If I don't do stand-up for two weeks, I get freaked out.

  Sarah Silverman

  Two, Week, Ifs

  "Comedian Sarah Silverman". Interview with Christopher Borrelli, www.mrt.com. March 27, 2011.

• Someone on Twitter sent me a page from a textbook. It had a picture of a football player next to a picture of me. The juxtaposition was meant to illustrate two meanings of "offensive." Seriously. It broke my heart. It's that accepted what I do is offensive?

  Sarah Silverman

  Football, Heart, Player

  "Comedian Sarah Silverman". Interview with Christopher Borrelli, www.mrt.com. March 27, 2011.

• I'd rather have a girl exposed to me than 25 women in prom dresses vying for a stranger.

  Sarah Silverman

  Girl, Dresses, Stranger

  "Comedian Sarah Silverman". Interview with Christopher Borrelli, www.mrt.com. March 27, 2011.

• The reason the rest of us remember, like, when John Lennon died, is because it's a moment when adrenaline is surging.

  Sarah Silverman

  Remember, Moments, Reason

  "Sarah Silverman walks the blurry lines of sarcasm". Interview with Christopher Borrelli, www.montereyherald.com. March 29, 2011.

• My mom was always someone who if, even now, I say I met a certain famous person, she always says, "She's married to so and so!"

  Sarah Silverman

  Mom, Married, Mets

• I first did stand-up when I was 17, and then I passed out fliers for a comedy club (in New York City) and I got onstage whenever I could. And musical theater went out the window as soon as I started doing stand-up.

  Sarah Silverman

  New York, Cities, Musical

  "Comedian Sarah Silverman". Interview with Christopher Borrelli, www.mrt.com. March 27, 2011.

• It's just hard to say, "Well, I do this, which means this." If I'm telling you exactly who I am, then there's nothing for the audience to say.

  Sarah Silverman

  Mean, Who I Am, Wells

• People say, like, "I love when you smile because part of your mouth goes up," then I never organically smile again.

  Sarah Silverman

  People, Mouths, Smile Because

  "Comedian Sarah Silverman". Interview with Christopher Borrelli, www.mrt.com. March 27, 2011.

• The truth is, I've denied it for years, but I love deconstructing comedy.

  Sarah Silverman

  Years, Comedy, Truth Is

• I like trying jokes and seeing the response, and if I end up doing it in my act, it won't be 140 characters. Twitter is helpful that way to me. It's like a message in a bottle. But a lot of times I think I tweet the stuff I would like to say to teenage me.

  Sarah Silverman

  Teenage, Character, Thinking

  "Sarah Silverman walks the blurry lines of sarcasm". Interview with Christopher Borrelli, www.montereyherald.com. March 29, 2011.

• I don't want to deconstruct what I do.

  Sarah Silverman

  Want

  "Comedian Sarah Silverman". Interview with Christopher Borrelli, www.mrt.com. March 27, 2011.

• I can get a script and go, "Well, I'd rather do stand-up." I don't hold movies in higher regard. I love making videos and posting. I love TV.

  Sarah Silverman

  Video, Scripts, Tvs

  "Sarah Silverman walks the blurry lines of sarcasm". Interview with Christopher Borrelli, www.montereyherald.com. March 29, 2011.

• We live in a fun time with so many ways to express yourself, you would be crazy to be a comedian and not check them all out.

  Sarah Silverman

  Fun, Crazy, Comedian

  "Comedian Sarah Silverman". Interview with Christopher Borrelli, www.mrt.com. March 27, 2011.

• I don't need a lot of space.

  Sarah Silverman

  Space, Needs

  "Sarah Silverman walks the blurry lines of sarcasm". Interview with Christopher Borrelli, www.montereyherald.com. March 29, 2011.

• I'm not wanting and I don't live in a hovel, but if you keep your costs low, you can do what you want to do creatively.

  Sarah Silverman

  Cost, Want, Lows

  "Sarah Silverman walks the blurry lines of sarcasm". Interview with Christopher Borrelli, www.montereyherald.com. March 29, 2011.

• I'm lucky because I intentionally keep my overhead low, and so I can say, "No, thank you."

  Sarah Silverman

  Lucky, Lows, Overhead

• I'm lucky a couple of filmmakers have seen beyond what you're saying.

  Sarah Silverman

  Couple, Lucky, Filmmaker

  "Comedian Sarah Silverman". Interview with Christopher Borrelli, www.mrt.com. March 27, 2011.

• You want the actors to disappear into roles and stay under the radar, and that gets harder when someone is known for their actual personality, or who they seem to be.

  Sarah Silverman

  Personality, Roles, Actors

  "Comedian Sarah Silverman". Interview with Christopher Borrelli, www.mrt.com. March 27, 2011.