Top 35 Janeane Garofalo Quotes

I don’t think Hollywood was trying to do anything with me. In fact, they lost interest pretty quick.

You just need an opportunity and then you yourself have to do a good job, and then you hope that people go, ‘Oh yeah, I forgot about her.’

I am not a person that is particularly tethered to fashion, which I think is obvious to anyone who’s seen me.

I’m a sucker for any guy with an accent with any kind.

I have yet to meet very many people in the press who are really, truly interested in writing a good story or getting at the truth. Most press people, when they come into an article, have an angle that they want already, so they need points to support that angle, whatever the angle may be.

Here’s what the right-wing has in, there’s no shortage of the natural resources of ignorance, apathy, hate, fear. As long as those things are in the collective conscious and unconscious, the Republicans will have some votes.

Sometimes people say I’m a political comedian, which, actually I’m not. I’m a comedian who sometimes discusses politics, culture – again, the word ‘politics’ to me is just life.

You know, I’ve had Botox. The woman who does it is very good, obviously. Very conservative.

When Communist U.S.S.R. was a superpower, the world was better off. The right-wing media is trying to marginalize the peace movement.

A lot of the hate mail I get is clearly misogynist. I am a proud liberal, feminist woman, and the hate mail I get about those three things is not about me.

Tina Fey is part of a generation of women who have changed the face of comedy at ‘Second City,’ ‘SNL,’ in sitcoms and in film.

I can do most anything and not have a problem with it. The only time I have negative attention is when I run naked through the streets brandishing a handgun.

Let’s be very honest about what this is about. It’s not about bashing Democrats, it’s not about taxes, they have no idea what the Boston tea party was about, they don’t know their history at all. This is about hating a black man in the White House. This is racism straight up.

I love a nice cooking show. It’s as aesthetically pleasing as any other thing that tempts the senses, I suppose.

The world would be better off with multiple superpowers. When Communist USSR was a superpower, the world was better off.

Iraq is a manufactured conflict for the sake of geopolitical dominance in the area.

You know, there’s nothing more interesting than seeing a bunch of racists become confused and angry at a speech they’re not quite certain what he’s saying.

I’m a walker. I enjoy walking, which I think psychologically expresses my feelings of wanting liberation without exerting myself too much.

I don’t really have funny things to say about politics. I wish I did, but I don’t.

I mostly get takeout, I have to admit – I don’t know if that’s something to be ashamed of. I’m not much of a cook.

I remember the old Times Square from when I was younger, and there was a seedy thrill to it. Some of that is gone, which I have a little bit of nostalgia for.

I guess intractable right-wing ideologues are my mortal enemy.

I was thrilled to work opposite Carl Reiner and Robert De Niro. Mr. Reiner was very chatty and delightful, but I learned that if you want Robert De Niro to like you, don’t speak at all, and he’ll be friendly to you.

I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is always half-empty. And cracked. And I just cut my lip on it. And chipped a tooth.

To combat social awkwardness, I would just act like I couldn’t be bothered – that kind of aloof persona or aloof demeanor. It’s so off-putting.

I’m not specifically attached to anything other than trying to, in my personal life, fight against where I see right wing thinking. Whether it be around my dinner table or on the street or somebody reading the New York Post.

I’m not a disciplined writer.

If you aren’t overly effusive or really nicey-nice with the press, you get a reputation for being outspoken or difficult.

I do not enjoy when people don’t like me.

Men are allowed to age. Men are allowed to gain weight. Men are allowed to be quirky looking.

To me, there is no greater act of courage than being the one who kisses first.

I think I failed miserably on NewsRadio. I was very nervous because of the caliber of the cast – especially Dave Foley – so I think I did a terrible job.

For my stand-up, I always have my notebook with me and if something strikes me, I’ll write it down.

I’m not a cook. I like to watch the Food Network, but I don’t like to cook.

My dream would be to be on a show that shoots in New York, because I live here, and then I could walk to work.