Sandra Bernhard
Sandra Bernhard
Sandra Bernhardis an American comedian, singer, actress and author. She first gained attention in the late 1970s with her stand-up comedy in which she often bitterly critiques celebrity culture and political figures. Bernhard is number 97 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 greatest standups of all time...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth6 June 1955
CityFlint, MI
CountryUnited States of America
issues atheism gayness
Gayness is a non-issue.
humor thinking lasts
I love National Geographic. Just when you think you've seen the last lost native tribe, National Geographic will find a new one.
facts audacity performers
There are few performers who would have had the audacity to even bring up the fact that they had been poorly reviewed.
night listening uncomfortable
I don't like going back and listening to myself. It makes me uncomfortable, and I know I can never emulate what I did that night, so why listen to it?
thinking bravery inspire
I think bravery is when you're willing to really put yourself on the line and maybe lose out, financially - and be able to say exactly what motivates you and what inspires you and what you find completely unacceptable in humanity and in culture.
eye careers people
I've always loved being at the eye of the storm creatively with people that I find exciting and glamorous. So sometimes I got sidetracked in my career and maybe I would have done more TV or film.
fun years careers
Maybe I'd be in a different place in my career if I'd had that 10-year plan, a lot of people went at it with this voracity that I never had. My only voracity was to have fun and to be in the mix.
journey limits goes-on
I've always allowed myself to go on journeys creatively and emotionally, and never put, like, limits on myself.
spiritual religious kabbalah
I was looking for something within Judaism that had a spiritual nature and not just a religious nature. So my trainer at the time was the one who took me to the Kabbalah center on my 40th birthday. I was like, "Oh, this is so cool." I was just ready for it. I was ready for something different.
home shows personal-life
I would never wanna do a show that's strictly maudlin and invaded my personal life and my home. I would never do that.
self careers important
The most important, overriding arc of my career has been that I would never be self-deprecating.
new-york stars home
I really thought I wanted to be a musical-comedy star, but I lived in Phoenix and didn't want to go all the way to New York and be that far away from home. So I thought maybe I'd be a rock 'n' roll singer or an opera singer.