A biography for Sarah Silvermanhasn’t been written yet.
“I do love the idea of ritual. I'm a very ritualistic person. I have to wash my face twice, and on the second wash before I rinse, I brush my teeth, then I rinse, then I floss, then I put on moisturizer. I'm ritualistic. Jewishness is very ritualistic.”
“And then before going back for my sophomore year, I decided to change my major to arts and sciences, and my dad cut a deal with me: He said if I'd quit school he'd pay my rent for the next three years, as if I were in school.”
“If you are truly offended by an 80-year-old man saying you're not funny, then you're probably not funny.”
“I have a ton of Holocaust stuff, and some of it is really hard core.”
“I like my messiness on stage, though I watch comics who come at a joke from every angle and I think, 'Yeah! That's how it's done!' But for me it's the audience. If I feel connected to them, I have so much fun, and if not, it stinks.”
“I mean, I love being with friends and I love kissing and loving someone to pieces. But it's hard to find someone who doesn't ultimately start judging you and your choices.”
“Growing up, I always loved Disney movies, but the first movie I remember seeing is 'Sleepers,' so I wasn't really taken to children's movies.”
“I never defend my material. Comedy is subjective.”
“Everyone self-Googles. And, I have, of course, the Google alert.”
“I'm Jewish, but I'm totally not.”
“I mean, I talk about being Jewish a lot. It's funny because I do think of myself as Jewish ethnically, but I'm not religious at all. I have no religion.”
“Relations between black and white would be greatly improved if we were more accepting of our fears and our feelings and more vocal about it.”