Pamela Adlon

It's spelled, like, S-E-R-G. I always thought it would be funny if I called my son 'Sir.' Like calling your daughter 'Ma'am,'…

— Pamela Adlon

Everybody hates you when you're the best, and everybody hates you when you're the worst.

— Pamela Adlon

'Roseanne' was massive for me. I adored that show. I mean, the show was this couple who weren't cookie-cutter, and they were…

— Pamela Adlon

I always tell young people when I'm trying to encourage them, 'You have certain windows in your life, and you have to…

— Pamela Adlon

I've been adapting ever since my oldest had her first play date with a boy, and I was like, 'That's not normal,'…

— Pamela Adlon

It's a hilarious part of my past, all the sitcoms I did in the '80s. And then all the animation - animation…

— Pamela Adlon

I was able to draw a lot from my own childhood, my friends' childhoods as well and my daughters' friends who are…

— Pamela Adlon

I just like to keep things small and subtle and authentic, and ground everything in reality. So that is something that I…

— Pamela Adlon

I love that, 'mommy-shaming.' When I was a new mom, I was obsessed with how I was being perceived and trying to…

— Pamela Adlon

Literally, FX is like, 'How can we foster your vision?' My vision is pretty much taking pictures of the way I see…

— Pamela Adlon

I'm trying to keep my days very efficient, and I keep my set really tight. Every single corner is active, and everybody…

— Pamela Adlon

I like people to have their own reaction and their own take on things. And I don't like to shove my -…

— Pamela Adlon

I am a single mom of three girls, and I'm getting through that. If I can get through that, I can direct…

— Pamela Adlon

In the first season (of 'Californication'), when we had the threesome with the nipple clamps, I was, like, 'I don't get this,…

— Pamela Adlon

I learned so much from my life as an actor, as a kid actor through being an adult actor, and then becoming…

— Pamela Adlon

The only people on this planet that can make me feel like my feelings are hurt are my kids.

— Pamela Adlon

Sometimes when I'm in the car driving, I scream at the top of my lungs.

— Pamela Adlon

I can't imagine bringing in somebody else to direct my show. Wouldn't that be funny, if next season I had, like, Michael…

— Pamela Adlon

I'm somebody who, if I went to the grocery store, and one of them wasn't with me, I would feel guilty. I…

— Pamela Adlon

Being a mother is the ultimate training ground for anything.

— Pamela Adlon

You can't regulate what these kids are being exposed to on the Internet. It's so way out of control. All you can…

— Pamela Adlon

When I saw 'Louie' and 'Girls', I was blown out of the water. They were fearless portrayals of real life. Everyone has…

— Pamela Adlon

Everything that happens to me in a day enhances my parenting.

— Pamela Adlon

I took my daughters to see Plastic Ono Band at the Orpheum in L.A. in 2012. It was an amazing experience because…

— Pamela Adlon

There's something in my voice tonally that's like a boy, so I started being able to do boy voices and to be…

— Pamela Adlon