Rita Rudner
Rita Rudner
Rita Rudneris an American comedian, writer and actress. Beginning her career as a Broadway dancer, Rita Rudner noticed the lack of female comedians in New York City and turned her stage presence to stand-up comedy where she’s flourished for over three decades. Her performance on a variety of HBO specials and numerous appearances on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, helped establish Rudner as one of the premiere female comics to emerge from the comedy boom of the 1980s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth17 September 1953
CityMiami, FL
CountryUnited States of America
Oh, my God. I've just told you how old I am. Nobody knows how old I am. I'm going to have to kill you now.
How can I have morning sickness when I don't get up till noon?
Cats are a waste of fur.
I knew so little about money I used to sign my check, "Love, Rita."
Men don't get cellulite. God might just be a man.
I was going with someone for a few years, but we broke up. It was one of those things. He wanted to get married, and I didn't want him to.
Never take candy from strangers.
I have been doing leg lifts faithfully for about fifteen years, and the only thing that has gotten thinner is the carpet where I have been doing the leg lifts.
There are different kinds of humor, some is sarcastic, some introspective. Introspective fit my personality better.
I'm a very simple person. I'm very shallow. Shallow, simple, easily pleased: that's me.
If I say a joke and the audience laughs it makes me feel good.
My Vegas act is how I make my money.
The logic was, there weren't too many female comedians, so I thought I might as well try a field that had fewer competitors than the field I was in, which was acting, singing and dancing.
When you're a dancer, you start with the basics. You don't all of a sudden do a grand jete and pirouette. You start with first position, second, third.