“Look at the people who are kind of the funniest cultures, they're the cultures of the people who have been the most oppressed, black people and Jews. Not that they're the only funny people, but culturally, it comes from the pain, you know?” PeopleKnowsLooksKindHas BeensFunnyPainCultureBlackJewBlack PeopleOppressedFunny People Author:Sarah Silverman
“Making my family laugh when I was little - it became an addiction. It was a kind of survival.” KindLittlesLaughingSurvivalMy FamilyAddiction Author:Sarah Silverman
“I tend to be more arrogant on stage. Far more ignorant. I sometimes say what I think and sometimes say the opposite of what I think and the lines get blurred, but I can only hope that some kind of absolute power transcends.” ThinkingKindI CanSometimesLinesStageOppositesAbsolutesIgnorantArrogantAbsolute Power Author: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 darkness.” ThinkingKindDarknessComedyChildhoodHumiliation Author:Sarah Silverman
“I think that whenever a Jew has any kind of notoriety, good or bad, the Jews find it to be good.” ThinkingKindJewBe GoodNotoriety Author:Sarah Silverman
“I have lows, you know, everybody does ... but I kind of know how to handle it. I like to let myself wallow in it. I enforce it with terribly sad music, and it kind of pushes me through to the other side eventually, and I always know it's going to pass.” KnowsKindDoeSidesKnow HowLowsHandleSad Music Author:Sarah Silverman
“I don't think there is a woman in her 40s who doesn't, kind of, examine herself in the mirror.” ThinkingKindMirrors Author:Sarah Silverman
“Earlier in my career, I was really tight, really together, and knew who I was and I was confident. I kind of feel in between now.” FeelsKindTogetherCareers Author:Sarah Silverman
