Joan Rivers
Joan Rivers
Joan Alexandra Molinsky, better known as Joan Rivers, was an American comedian, actress, writer, producer, and television host noted for her often controversial comedic persona—where she was alternately self-deprecating or sharply acerbic, especially toward celebrities and politicians...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth8 June 1933
CountryUnited States of America
control whisper
When you whisper about something, it's too big, and you can't get it under control and take control of it.
upsets
What makes me laugh is, of course, the absurd, the horror - anything that upsets me.
mad yell
I just get such a connection from an audience. You play with them. I get mad at them. I yell at them. They yell at me. It's just fun.
god great
It's like, God, I'm in my 80s. Nobody, when I die, is going to say, 'How young?' They're going to say she had a great ride.
gotta interview nuremberg
You've gotta understand - when you interview someone, it's not an interrogation. It's not the Nuremberg Trials.
hard love work
I will work as hard as I do because I love it.
hour revived unless
I would not want to live if I could not perform. It's in my will. I am not to be revived unless I can do an hour of stand-up.
adore night nights theater trust week
Trust me, there's not one night a week I'm not in a theater somewhere. I adore theater, and I go out with friends, so I do have some nights off.
beneath england number taken talk wants
I didn't want to do 'Fashion Police' because I thought, 'This is stupid, this is beneath me, who wants to talk about fashion?' It has taken off. We are the number one show in England on E! Who knew?
change lectures move
I do a lot of lectures on survival. I always say you can't change what happened, so have a little wallow, feel very sorry for yourself, and then get up and move forward. You can't change what happened.
good messed walk
I walk on a stage, and I know if it's been a good show or not. You know when it's been a good interview. No one has to tell you. You know it. You feel it. You can feel the air. You can feel everything about it when it's a good show. And you know when you've messed up.
anyone left million reminded sees six tattooed time
Being Jewish has always been important to me. I now have 6M tattooed on the inside of my left arm. It's only a half-inch, but every time anyone sees it, they're reminded of the six million who perished, and so am I.
great life living pick pull spread wealth
I could pull my living in and live OK, but I don't want to live OK. I'm very happy to live in my penthouse, very happy I can pick up a check, very happy to have a great life and be able to spread my wealth a little bit.
became car full maybe plastic poster surgery three tweak
I had a friend who was a plastic surgeon, so he would do little things. I never had, like, a full thing. So I would go in maybe once every two or three years, and he'd do a little here, a little there; tweak you, like you tweak your car. Then I became the plastic surgery poster girl.