American - Comedian | July 27, 1956 -
My father was a huge influence on me.
Carol Leifer
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There were very few women comics when I started out doing stand-up. But I always saw that as a great advantage.
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I always say to women, 'Take advantage of the fact that you're in the minority, don't see it as a disadvantage. You're that much more unique when there's fewer of you.'
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I cried when I turned 34 for no other reason than 34 sounded old to me at the time.
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As a writer, the worst thing you can do is work in an environment of fear of rejection.
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I suddenly had this really mad desire to have an affair with a woman. I was divorced. I was childless. I figured there's got to be one more way to really tick off my mom.
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All my other relationships with men, there was so much maneuvering and strategic decisions and stuff.
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My father was the kind of guy who'd always say 'Throw out any subject and I got a joke on it.'
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My father was the king of the joke-tellers. I was so impressed as a child watching him, holding people in rapt attention.
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My stand-up act is very clean.
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Honestly, so much of my book is about the best things in my life have happened since I'm 40.
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Obviously, at this age, I've lost people in my life. But with a parent, it's just different. I was very attached to my father and had this naive little-girl notion that he'd always be around. So I'm finding acceptance of my father's death is the hardest thing to accept.
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