Carol Leifer
Carol Leifer
Carol Leiferis a four-time Emmy Award-winning American comedian, writer, producer and actress whose career as a stand-up comedian started in the 1970s when she was in college. David Letterman discovered her performing in a comedy club in the 1980s and she has since been a guest on Late Night with David Letterman over twenty-five times as well as numerous other shows and venues. She has written many television scripts including for The Larry Sanders Show, Saturday Night Live and most...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth27 July 1956
CityEast Williston, NY
CountryUnited States of America
My father was the kind of guy who'd always say 'Throw out any subject and I got a joke on it,'
Oh, this is fun - went to a nude beach for the first time. Yeah, that's what I thought. You ever been to a nude beach? Thought it would be all sexy and hot. Oh my God, what a flubber fest! Everybody who shouldn't be naked is naked - didn't make me want to take off my clothes, made me want to take out my contacts.
Stand-up comedy - I love this job, and I gotta tell you, folks - knock wood - it's been working. 'Cause I was one of those kind of people, even when I had a regular job, I couldn't even call in sick right. You know, I was like, 'Hello? Yeah, I can't come in today. I have scurvy.
Time flies, though, huh? But I feel young. And do you know how I stay feeling young, ladies and gentlemen? I'll share my secret with you: I live in a senior citizen retirement community.
I never thought I was going to have children. I just thought after 45, that was it.
I feel I've always got to keep my stand-up because I never want to lose it.
I'm sorry I didn't have this revelation earlier. I sleep better and more soundly because I'm not participating anymore.
They're all sources of material. What I love about what I do, the more you talk about your life, there are so many people who have similar experiences.
There were very few women comics when I started out doing stand-up. But I always saw that as a great advantage.
There are so many opportunities that I could've gotten before if I had just took a little more of a risk.
As a writer, the worst thing you can do is work in an environment of fear of rejection.
I always say to women, 'Take advantage of the fact that you're in the minority, don't see it as a disadvantage. You're that much more unique when there's fewer of you.
My father was the king of the joke-tellers. I was so impressed as a child watching him, holding people in rapt attention.
I don't exercise. My philosophy is: No pain, no pain.