Australian - Comedian | January 12, 1978 -
The sheer number of paintings of unconscious women is distressing.
Hannah Gadsby
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Shame has its place. Shame is what you do to a kid to stop them running on the road. And then you take the shame away, and immediately, they're back in the fold. You should never soak anybody in shame. It's the prolonged existence of shame that then flips out into destructive rage. We can't exist in that. It's like treacle.
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Comedy is great in that it's accessible to someone like me, from a low socioeconomic background, struggling in life. The gatekeepers are a lot stronger in other art forms.
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This adoration of an artist as a lone genius is quite misled, I think, because they are very much part of their time and their community.
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A lot of people have told me they have mothers like my mother. I seriously doubt it.
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I've walked away in the middle of a conversation and had no idea that was wrong until someone told me I was being rude.
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I've always wanted to make Australian art interesting. To get a different audience watching art documentaries would be great.
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A lot of people are intimated by art, but it's something to be revered beyond criticism.
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To get recognized in New York is weird because that's definitely a place you shouldn't be recognized.
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I always kept my expectations in life very tame.
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There are times I've been surprised by how emotional I can be on stage.
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The idea that standup is a thing with defined boundaries is kind of ludicrous.
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