American - Comedian | September 28, 1964 -
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.
Janeane Garofalo
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You can't have cinema by committee if you're trying to do it well.
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Nobody ever starts out to make a mediocre, commercial film. You always think it's going to be something. And then, once you're done with your shooting, you have no control. You're just done, as an actor.
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TV, it's a director's medium, and they wanna make it look interesting. To be rehearsing mostly for the sake of where you're standing so they can do the lighting, that's what I don't like.
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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.
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Boy, does that give you street cred for years after, if you tell people you were on 'The Larry Sanders Show!'
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I don't think Hollywood was trying to do anything with me. In fact, they lost interest pretty quick.
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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.
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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.
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I guess intractable right-wing ideologues are my mortal enemy.
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I'm not a cook. I like to watch the Food Network, but I don't like to cook.
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I love a nice cooking show. It's as aesthetically pleasing as any other thing that tempts the senses, I suppose.
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