American - Comedian | September 4, 1982 -
I'm kind of emotionally dyslexic, and when I feel vulnerable or nervous, I laugh.
Whitney Cummings
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I wasn't one of those kids who stole Richard Pryor records. I wasn't a comedy-nerd kid. I had no concept of stand-up. Actually, the only inkling of stand-up I had was I read one of Paul Reiser's books when I was, like, 12. I found it at a yard sale, and I carried it around with me for six years.
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I had a moment where I was onstage once... As a comedian, you just think, 'Be funny as possible all the time - like, funny at all costs - jokes, jokes, jokes.' That's how my mentality was.
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I'd love to be Katherine Heigl's best friend in a movie!
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The most dangerous place I've ever performed standup is in my home state of California.
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Being known doesn't get you anywhere; it just makes the bar and the expectations higher, especially if the venue wants to charge a certain ticket price because you're known. So people are like, 'I paid $60 to see you, and you're on TV'.
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I've been making fun of Donald Trump - we all have - for 10 years, and just bringing up his name... I mean, even if you're supportive of Donald Trump, there's still a lot to make fun of.
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In my business, you have so many things going at once - TV shows, projects, movies - and sometimes, things never actually come to fruition.
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I feel really trapped as a comedian - someone who is supposed to be funny and light, making jokes all the time. But I'm actually in this inauthentic armor.
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I wrote a 'Lenny Letter' on a whim, and it felt indulgent, but people came up to me with tears in their eyes saying, 'Thank you.' There's so much shame about mental illness in our country and so many stereotypes about women being 'crazy' or 'psycho.'
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We're socially constructed to hide our flaws, and that breeds pain for a lot of people.
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Stand-up. It's the only place I'm comfortable.
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