Sarah Silverman
Sarah Silverman
Sarah Kate Silverman is an American stand-up comedian, actress, producer and writer. Her comedy addresses social taboos and controversial topics, such as racism, sexism, and religion, having her comic character endorse them in a sarcastic fashion. For her work on television she won two Primetime Emmy Awards...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth1 December 1970
CityBedford, NH
CountryUnited States of America
musical comedy window
I first did stand-up when I was 17, and then I passed out fliers for a comedy club (in New York City) and I got onstage whenever I could. And musical theater went out the window as soon as I started doing stand-up.
fun crazy comedian
We live in a fun time with so many ways to express yourself, you would be crazy to be a comedian and not check them all out.
personality disappear
You want the actors to disappear into roles and stay under the radar, and that gets harder when someone is known for their actual personality, or who they seem to be.
guess luther martin
Guess what, Martin Luther King? I had a (expletive) dream, too.
teenage character thinking
I like trying jokes and seeing the response, and if I end up doing it in my act, it won't be 140 characters. Twitter is helpful that way to me. It's like a message in a bottle. But a lot of times I think I tweet the stuff I would like to say to teenage me.
old-movie
I can get a script and go, "Well, I'd rather do stand-up." I don't hold movies in higher regard. I love making videos and posting. I love TV.
bullies comics dark humorous laugh laughter numb periods sad scared survival
I always want to laugh at the sad stuff. You don't need to laugh at the other stuff. I'm not numb to these things. I still go into really dark periods about Sept. 11. I think it's kind of like bullies. Bullies are just scared and thin-skinned, so they have to become bullies as a kind of survival tactic. I think comics are that way, too.
comedy truth-is
The truth is, I've denied it for years, but I love deconstructing comedy.
serious sometimes sincere
Sometimes I am screwing around, and sometimes I get way too serious, but I am a pretty sincere person.
surprise audience
I became known for surprising audiences. Except now, if I surprise them every time, they expect that.
funny man truly
If you are truly offended by an 80-year-old man saying you're not funny, then you're probably not funny.
exactly filled joke journal life notebooks
My comedy notebooks are filled with random journal entries. It's all the same. I can look back on old joke notebooks, and know exactly what was going on in my life.
inability alive
Your inability to see yourself clearly is what's keeping you alive.
i-can
I have no religion. But culturally I can't escape it; I'm very Jewish.