American Quotes

I was just so lucky to have a wonderful life after a tough marriage.

I loved the Little Lulu stories, where she would fantasize that her bedroom rug would turn into a pool of water, and she could dive down into the center of the world.

I know it sounds crazy, but I have had far more connection with my parents after their deaths.

But even though all this was going on at home, if someone had tried to take me away and put me in a children's home, I couldn't have handled it. Even though my mother was very brutal, it was my home.

And my father was a comic. He could play any musical instrument. He loved to perform. He was a wonderfully comedic character. He had the ability to dance and sing and charm and analyze poetry.

After I got this job at the syndicate, I started sending them money so they could go on trips and do the things they could never afford to do. All the while, I never knew that my mother was socking money away.

Aaron and I will be joined at the hip until the day we die. We have loved and hated each other since the day he was born. He's very much a part of my heart. He's going to broadcasting college now, and he'll do fine. But he came into a world that did not welcome him.

When Kate was born, she was born into a world of joy and happiness and confidence. The difference between the children is night and day. She's happy, she's thriving, she's full of self-confidence. I tell her she's beautiful every day before I send her off to school.

No matter how old you are, there's always something good to look forward to.

If I was in love with someone, I would get their picture out of the school yearbook and do portraits. If I was curious about sex, I would draw pictures of it. There were no books for me to look at. Then I would go find my father's matches to burn the paper.

But I married a guy who treated me very badly, but I was happy. I was miserable, so I was happy.

In a way, a certain amount of self-criticism is a good thing, because it keeps you humble. Realizing that no matter what success you've achieved, you can still make enemies makes you humble, too.

Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about.

I often think you bring unhappiness on yourself, because if you don't like yourself very much, you allow yourself to be influenced by people who reinforce that.

The most profound statements are often said in silence.

When you're that tall, people talk about it all the time.

To actually be allowed to be beautiful is a total first for me.

Onstage, I was never the ingenue.

My way was not to be the petite, gorgeous, little cheerleader. My way of getting by was making people laugh.

It was only when I moved to New York that I realized tall is good.

If you love it, and work really hard at it, it will really happen, I believe. I'm living proof.

I've always just gone with the best role, and I don't care if it's in theater, film or television.

I'm a strong person, but I'd never resort to violence.

I'd so much rather people think I was funny than pretty.

I was voted Biggest Ham and Likeliest to Become a Celebrity.

I was such a dork. I was too big. I was really gangly.

I was born in Washington, D.C., and I was raised in Milwaukee.

I was a full foot taller than any child my age.

I want to play a Disney villainess so badly.

I think Janeane Garofalo is incredibly funny, and I love Dennis Miller.