You have to be able to laugh at yourself. That's what I tell Asian people all the time. Sarah Silverman More Quotes by Sarah Silverman More Quotes From Sarah Silverman I always look at myself knowing that I will have a certain degree of cognitive distortion. Sarah Silverman degreesknowinglooks One of the greatest things my therapist said to me ... and it really blew my mind in the greatest way, he just said, "Look in the mirror less." Sarah Silverman mirrorsmindlooks I grew up in a house where there were no taboos, so it came originally from a pretty innocent place, where I was shocked at the things that shocked people. Sarah Silverman innocenthousepeople I was sent to sleepover camp since I was 6, and you know, it's a recipe for disaster. Sarah Silverman disastersleepoversrecipes If you decide to do comedy that involves risk, risk means risk, and you can't complain of flesh wounds if you sit down at the table to play. Sarah Silverman riskplaymean I think I've been called edgy - but in all honestly, there is a safety in what I do because I'm always the idiot. Sarah Silverman idiotsafetythinking 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 rolesactorspersonality I think that whenever a Jew has any kind of notoriety, good or bad, the Jews find it to be good. Sarah Silverman notorietykindthinking I'm lucky a couple of filmmakers have seen beyond what you're saying. Sarah Silverman filmmakerluckycouple I think Jews tend to hold me in fairly high regard. Sarah Silverman jewhold-methinking Jews are the most liberal, scrappy, civil-rightsy people there are. Sarah Silverman jewpeople Sometimes I am screwing around, and sometimes I get way too serious, but I am a pretty sincere person. Sarah Silverman serioussometimesway 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 go "(bleep) you!" Or I say something serious and they go, "Oh, yeah, ha-ha." They're strangers. They're people who know me from comedy, but luckily I am on pretty much all the time! Sarah Silverman sarcastici-like-youthinking I was a bedwetter until I was about 15, and it was humiliating. Sarah Silverman humiliating Comics who grew up surviving their childhood by being able to be the first one to make the joke about their weight or their hairy arms - like me - whatever they're insecure about, whatever they're apologizing for, that becomes their strength. Sarah Silverman insecurechildhoodweight 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 doesn't invalidate it. Sarah Silverman my-owncomedytalking Some people say my humor focuses too much on stereotypes. It doesn't. It focuses on facts. Sarah Silverman too-muchfactspeople I think I've been called edgy - but in all honesty, there is a safety in what I do because I'm always the idiot. Unless you're just listening to buzz words and not taking into account the context of the situation, you see I'm always the ignoramus. Sarah Silverman safetyhonestythinking I think maybe I became funny because as a kid, I was a Jew in a town of no Jews, and being funny just instinctively came about as a way to put people at ease around me. Sarah Silverman kidspeoplethinking As soon as a women gets to an age where she has opinions and she's vital and she's strong, she's systematically shamed into hiding under a rock. Sarah Silverman rocksfeministstrong
