None of my comedy depended on looks. I never did tons of fat jokes. — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share Image
Insult comedy has been around forever. I can make fun of people, and they won't get mad at me. — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share Image
I don't sell myself. I've never explained my comedy to people who don't get it. Never complain. Never explain. — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share Image
I hate comics who look at comedy as therapy. But at least it gets things out of my system in a funny… — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share Image
A lot of comics just joke around, but it's just as important to get the truth out there. — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share Image
I do a big roast of Trump during my set now - which I clearly expanded on - because there's so much… — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share Image
I lasted seven years as a journalist, and I've been doing comedy for twenty years. — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share Image
The only reason I was allowed to have a career for a quarter century as an insult comic is because it's all… — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share Image
Even going on stage is a service because it brings people up from thinking about their lost job or their lost spouse… — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share Image
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.… — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share Image
I'm a take-no-prisoners type of comic, and I'm lucky because my fans get me and never have a problem with the politically… — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share Image
I have rage and anger issues. So I get mad about stuff in real life, and then I yell about it onstage,… — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share Image
Interesting-looking people have always been comedians, and it's rare that someone who has the choice to model ends up being a comic.… — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share Image
I've played every comedy club and every theatre across the country for the last 25 years and seen a lot of audience… — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share Image
I think people were just seriously happy to find a funny woman who does comedy like a man. Because I learned how… — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share Image
I kind of knew inside that I wanted to try comedy, but it was a mystery. How do you start? So when… — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share Image
When doing comedy, I do what makes me laugh. The first person I learned from said I should talk about things I… — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share Image
Comedy is like music - there are genres and styles for every taste. Katy Perry is there for people who like frothy… — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share Image
It used to be that in media, Johnny Carson used to be the most important person when he would invite you over… — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share Image
I really think the biggest honor, as a comic, is to get roasted by either the Friars Club or the Comedy Central… — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share Image
It used to be that in media, Johnny Carson used to be the most important person when he would invite you over to sit… — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share
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… — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share
This thing happened where I noticed anytime I got together with four friends or more, the conversation goes to food. — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share
Insult comedy has been around forever. I can make fun of people, and they won't get mad at me. — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share
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… — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share
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. — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share
I would make a few jabs at myself and go for the audience - they are still as flawed as ever. — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share
Until I got the weight off, there was something inside of me that said, 'You hate yourself.' You get too depressed over the weight… — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share
What you bring to the stage is what you are in real life... people sense that. — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share
I have a shrink in New York and a shrink in Arizona, just in case. You never know when you will have a breakdown. — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share
Even going on stage is a service because it brings people up from thinking about their lost job or their lost spouse or something… — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share
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… — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share
I'm not a political comic at all, so it would be weird if I just turned into a preachy, sort-of political commentator. — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share
