Comedy Quotes by Sarah Silverman

You know, I think whatever a comic talks about onstage is all they talk about offstage.

— Sarah Silverman

But I think you can make fun of anything as long as it's funny enough.

— Sarah Silverman

Everyone's got their own velocity, and there's no real time frame with comedy.

— Sarah Silverman

The first time I did stand-up was the summer I was 17.

— Sarah Silverman

I'll tell you why we make fun of midgets: We're not afraid of them.

— Sarah Silverman

I never defend my material. Comedy is subjective.

— Sarah Silverman

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

— Sarah Silverman

You have to be able to laugh at yourself. That's what I tell Asian people all the time.

— Sarah Silverman

I don't think comedy comes from hotbeds of doing shtick. I think it usually comes from some kind of childhood humiliation or…

— Sarah Silverman

I'm a total one-hour drama addict. I think when you're a comedian, you tend towards dramas because that's the less stressful thing…

— Sarah Silverman

We live in a fun time with so many ways to express yourself, you would be crazy to be a comedian and…

— Sarah Silverman

Sometimes a joke that doesn't work just needs a breath or a little word or the tiniest little change to be fixed.

— Sarah Silverman

There are so many great comedies, right now. I like how comedies are really mixing. They're not just one thing. It can…

— Sarah Silverman

If you decide to do comedy that involves risk, risk means risk, and you can't complain of flesh wounds if you sit…

— Sarah Silverman

Some people say my humor focuses too much on stereotypes. It doesn't. It focuses on facts.

— Sarah Silverman

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

— Sarah Silverman

The first time I did stand-up I was 17, and I was really a stand-up once I was 19 in New York,…

— Sarah Silverman

When I was three, my dad thought it would be hilarious to teach me swear words, then have me say them to…

— Sarah Silverman

I feel so confident and awesome and sexy when I'm with people who are older than me, and I've always been surrounded…

— Sarah Silverman

I learned pretty early is I never defend my material; it's for other people to if someone is offended. It's so subjective,…

— Sarah Silverman

I can't believe how much time has passed. The first time I did stand-up I was 17, and I was really a…

— Sarah Silverman

It's funny how people will think I'm being sarcastic a lot and joking. So I'll say, "I like your dress," and they'll…

— Sarah Silverman

Look at the people who are kind of the funniest cultures, they're the cultures of the people who have been the most…

— Sarah Silverman

Like I said about Seinfeld and Chris Rock, they're a great combination of brilliance and hard work. [But] there are people who…

— Sarah Silverman

She, uh, came out of the closet recently, my niece. Um... She announced to the family that she's a lesbian and... She's…

— Sarah Silverman

“At some point, I figured that it would be more effective and far funnier to embrace the ugliest, most terrifying things in…

— Sarah Silverman

I don't really care for, like, fat jokes about women, specifically.

— Sarah Silverman

I just think of myself as a comedian, really.

— Sarah Silverman

Comedy is about talking about my own experience, and I'm a woman, and that's my experience, and just because it isn't yours…

— Sarah Silverman

You want to make people laugh and by virtue of that please them, but when you're instructed to make people laugh and…

— Sarah Silverman

It's really stupid to defend your own jokes. That is for other people to do if they choose to.

— Sarah Silverman

I don't want to be a facilitator for other funny people. It doesn't seem smart for me to be in a comedy…

— Sarah Silverman

I don't wanna be labeled as straight or labeled as gay. I just want people to look at me and see me…

— Sarah Silverman

Well, I'm not afraid to say something if I think it's funny, even if it's harsh or racist.

— Sarah Silverman

I like my messiness on stage, though I watch comics who come at a joke from every angle and I think, 'Yeah!…

— Sarah Silverman

In terms of television and movies, I've been really interested in seeing the partnership of comedy and beauty and heart. I think…

— Sarah Silverman

Comedy can't live within my second-guesses, so I started doing new material. Sometimes I bombed. But you have to be willing to…

— Sarah Silverman

I remember my first standup act when I was seventeen; I did a really lame song about being flat chested. I was…

— Sarah Silverman

I first did stand-up when I was 17, and then I passed out fliers for a comedy club (in New York City)…

— Sarah Silverman