American comedian & actress (1955- )
I want to see things that I would never want to have happen to anyone I love. They remind me just how precious life is; how it dangles.
SANDRA BERNHARD
Confessions of a Pretty Lady
I like continuity in my life and day to day, I like things that are sort of mundane in a way, things that are familiar. I guess that's why I embrace certain aspects of my religion. It's just sort of the way I roll.
SANDRA BERNHARD
interview, Washington Blade, May 31, 2018
Well music was my first love. I really had every intention, when I moved to L.A. when I was very young, to pursue music. Yet, I always had sort of a wicked sense of humor. I sort of always had a kind of scathing funny take on things. People were saying "You should jump into the world of comedy because it's so accessible." I said, "okay!" "You would be able to sing too," they said. Which was true. I immediately formed my sort of post-modern musical performance extravaganzas. So it all worked ... but music has always been, forever ... sort of my first love.
SANDRA BERNHARD
The Rust Belt Chronicles, April 26, 2016
For me, I was never in stand-up comedy, per se. I find it very, very dry and redundant and sort of oppressive, because you're desperately trying to get laughs. And that's not something that was foremost in my desire; my desire was to engage the audience, to get their rapt attention, and to also pose ideas and concepts about feminism, about sexuality, about pop culture, about music, that forced them to remain engaged for up to two hours and not fade away. And I just think there's no way to stand on stage for two hours telling one-dimensional jokes and keep people interested.
SANDRA BERNHARD
interview, The Rumpus, May 14, 2013
I love performing. I love being a provocateur. I love putting myself in situations that are uncomfortable and that I have to get out of. I think I've been that way my whole life.
SANDRA BERNHARD
Interview Magazine, April 2, 2012
I don't consider myself a comic but a performer. A comic tells bad jokes.
SANDRA BERNHARD
attributed, SComedy
The presence of Obama kept misogyny on a low simmer. Trump made it a genie out of the bottle. These white men have been waiting to overturn Roe v. Wade. It's terrifying. People like me have the money to ensure our daughters are protected, but I can't and don't just worry about my own child. I am worried about the rest of the women across the country who don't have access to insurance or access to safe abortions. As each state chips away at women's rights, it becomes more and more apparent we are in dire straits.
SANDRA BERNHARD
interview with Tim Teeman, June 12, 2019
A remembrance can mean nothing to the one remembered; it can only remind the ones left behind how little they did while you were still alive.
SANDRA BERNHARD
Confessions of a Pretty Lady