Lisa Lampanelli
I've never wanted to be a person where somebody would be like, 'I like her; she's okay.' Love or hate is fine, because it sells tickets.
Interesting-looking people have always been comedians, and it's rare that someone who has the choice to model ends up being a comic. Except for maybe Whitney Cummings, but that's about it. That's why she's special: because she can combine it.
Insult comedy has been around forever. I can make fun of people, and they won't get mad at me.
I don't sell myself. I've never explained my comedy to people who don't get it. Never complain. Never explain.
What you bring to the stage is what you are in real life... people sense that.
I feel that if I retire today, I've done enough. I've achieved everything in comedy... I feel I don't need anything else. It's already built.
My thing has always been, I've never been very open and vulnerable with people, so the minute I got this dog, everything changed. It just opened me up and made me more loving... It's all because of him... He's made me a better person... I can tell people what I feel now. I can cry in front of people sometimes.
Mr. Trump, I really can't comment, because he was my boss on 'Celebrity Apprentice,' and I just don't think we should let him be president until he produces evidence that the thing on his head is real. Because he wanted to see Obama's birth certificate, we should ask for a certificate of real hair.
The dog lasted. The marriage didn't. So it shows which relationship was meant to be.
I wasn't ready to be a dog's mother! Trust me, I'm completely unfit and irresponsible. I'm a comic that travels 48 weeks a year, but I make it work, so you can, too.
We usually let our husbands negotiate the house and the cars. But I never had a husband, so I was always buying my own houses and cars, so I knew how to negotiate.
If they hate you, they hate you, but I've always been polarizing, and I love that.
When I decided to do 'The Celebrity Apprentice,' there was absolutely no question that I would play the game for GMHC.
Shortly after college, I was working in New York City at 'Rolling Stone' magazine.
Too many people have already lost their lives to HIV and AIDS, and the more celebrities who can bring attention to the issue, the better.
I've played every comedy club and every theatre across the country for the last 25 years and seen a lot of audience members from different ethnic persuasions.
I lasted seven years as a journalist, and I've been doing comedy for twenty years.
I kind of knew inside that I wanted to try comedy, but it was a mystery. How do you start? So when I hit 30 and I had done everything I wanted to do in journalism, so I went to a comedy class. I figured I'd learn how to do five minutes and see how it feels.
I always wrote about myself in the third person. I knew how to promote myself so it sounded intelligent. I know how to package myself.
When doing comedy, I do what makes me laugh. The first person I learned from said I should talk about things I am passionate about - that I love or hate - because the audience likes to see passion. The stuff I rant and rave about stems from a place that really pisses me off.
I do a big roast of Trump during my set now - which I clearly expanded on - because there's so much to make fun of him about now.
I'm always proud of what I've done and what I continue to do.
If Flavor Flav was any smaller and darker, Brad and Angelina would try to adopt him.
Ticket sales will get higher the day after roasts.
I'm not a private person. I like hanging out and talking to fans. But my life isn't so interesting that you want to see the inside of it.
I remember, after the Pamela Anderson roast, being told, 'You're sold out - you can add two more shows.'
I've gone through literally over 30 years of struggle with weight and food and body image... and I'm like, 'Wait a minute.'
This thing happened where I noticed anytime I got together with four friends or more, the conversation goes to food.
I order food like a normal human being. If I'm out to lunch, I'm going to order three courses like everybody else. I'm not going to feel like some kind of freak.
I always order soup, dessert, and a sandwich or whatever main course. But then the idea is you have to eat such a small portion of it and bring the rest home.
When you're dealing with a sick person, you're not important at all. You're just a nobody.
I'm not looking for 'outer esteem' anymore, what they call 'other esteem.' I'm looking for self-esteem. And people think that self-esteem is built with accomplishments. And, 'Hey, look what I did in my life.'
I thought I had to work at someplace everybody's heard of. It was never, 'I'm interested in such and such. I want to work in such and such magazine.' It was like, 'Oh, my G-d, I really need to work for somebody so people will think I'm OK.' So I got a job at 'Popular Mechanics'.
I looked around and couldn't believe no one has written a show about women and eating. It's the biggest issue women have.
I heard Cher say, 'I answer to two people: Myself and God.' I say, 'I only answer to me. I'm not sure I appreciate God's opinion.'
None of my comedy depended on looks. I never did tons of fat jokes.
I lost over 100 pounds, so I'm even angrier than ever. I don't stuff my feelings anymore with food. Skinny girls are funny.
By Hollywood standards I'm still fat: until you are zero, you are big. I do get cold a lot now. I used to have a lot of layers - now I got to get a fur coat.
I would make a few jabs at myself and go for the audience - they are still as flawed as ever.
I have a shrink in New York and a shrink in Arizona, just in case. You never know when you will have a breakdown.
I've really been working on the emotional and internal issues that made me eat in the first place. It's been a real journey.
I honestly feel like 99 percent of people have some kind of self-hate about their looks, and if I can joke about mine, maybe they can feel better about theirs.
Jeff Foxworthy is a legend. Every time I see his moustache it reminds me to wax my lip and every time I hear his jokes it reminds me to wipe my ass.Collection: Wipe
Usually I'm on top to keep the guy from escaping.Collection: Sex
I'm decorating my parents' house for Christmas... I hope they find my manger with a baby yeezus in it as funny as I do!Collection: Baby
Larry the Cable Guy has everything: sleeveless shirts, stupid catchphrases. He's Mr. T without the acting chops.Collection: Stupid
Even going on stage is a service because it brings people up from thinking about their lost job or their lost spouse or something like that, so that even helps people when I'm doing comedy; it's all done to make them laugh.Collection: Jobs
A lot of comics just joke around, but it's just as important to get the truth out there.Collection: Important