American - Comedian | August 18, 1952 -
I've never been able to write for stand-up.
Elayne Boosler
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I can't get married. I can't fake sleep for 30 years.
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I deliver very traditionally, and people aren't threatened. I think if I cursed or seemed wilder, I couldn't get away with the amount of very opinionated politics I get away with.
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I run everywhere and eavesdrop. It's the best way to see a city.
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My family was totally non-religious. There was no question we were Jewish, but we were not observant.
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I always had a running commentary in my head that was extremely funny and off-center, but I never said it to anyone.
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San Francisco is really fun and liberal, and it's my kind of politics. It's like being Jewish in front of Jewish people.
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I'm pretty equal opportunity when it comes to issues to joke about.
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I'd much rather see Richard Pryor or Jackie Mason in a theater than in a club.
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I like to go after the foibles, basically of beliefs that are held without question. If people still want to believe in their stuff after that, that's great - as long as they just have a chance to step back and look at it for a second. Sometimes, you don't even realize what you've been thinking for 20 years.
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For me, comedy is a day-to-day report on the human condition. It's what's happening right now. I get maybe 20 minutes of my act straight from the newspaper.
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It doesn't bother me that I'm not a household word on the East Coast. Baton Rouge, Raleigh, Minneapolis - I'm so popular in these cities where you've never imagined an East Coast comedian working.
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