“You know, women are burdened with all this other crap all the time, like looking good. You need to be really superhuman to be successful as a woman.” KnowsNeedsSuccessfulBeing SuccessfulCrapLooking GoodSuperhuman Author:Bonnie McFarlane
“When I first got into this biz called show, I decided I was going to change my name, make it more Hollywood. And you know how you do that? You take your middle name and the first street that you ever lived on. So when I first started, I actually went by Sue Rural Route 2.” KnowsFirstsShowsNamesKnow HowStreetsMiddleDecidedHollywoodRoutes Author:Bonnie McFarlane
“Intellectually, I think everyone really knows that women are funny, but it's a weird thing that people keep trotting out.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWeird ThingsTrotting Author:Bonnie McFarlane
“I still don't really know what my style is. I like a lot of different kinds of comedy, I like watching it and I like being inventive and original. That's the problem with doing a longer set - you can't do every joke that you have because some stuff contradicts other stuff. Even when you know that the audience knows that you're joking and it's not true, you still can't do a joke about your family dying and then later talk about your Mom. I mean you want to keep some kind of cohesive order going.” KnowsWantKindMeanStillsDifferentProblemOrderStuffAudienceComedyDyingStyleMomJokesOriginalsOur FamilyDifferent KindsYour MomTrue You Author:Bonnie McFarlane
