My history in show business spans over a quarter of a century, and I have seen many people in the industry struggle with coming out, only to find much more success after they finally did.
I love New York. I love working here.
That we are selfish gives us the opportunity to gain the power so that, in time, we might be selfless. To give back what we have learned. To teach what we know, and shorten the journey for those who will come after us.
I don’t like pot anymore – I forget why.
It’s like your batteries get low, and you need to charge them on someone else’s story.
If you really care about children then why would you want to keep families from adopting them?
It’s not the best between my family and me. There are so many crimes left unpunished, debts unpaid, white elephants in the middle of the room that no one will even offer a peanut to. We are in the red, emotionally speaking.
As a woman of color you have little more permission to go deeper and question things because your identity, in a way, is a shield. But if you come at it from a minority status, my person, who I am, softens the blow of whatever it is that I’m saying, because I am that.
Im not a mom, but I think the word mother is about wisdom.
Try to have a good day today, wherever you are, whatever you do, whoever is near, if no one is near. Try to be happy, because you may not see tomorrow. There is someone this morning, who didn’t wake up, who will never see this day. Try to feel lucky that this is not you.
Comedy is quite a difficult place for queers and for women.
When I was 14, I told my mother I was going to drop out of high school and go do stand-up comedy. All she said was ‘Oh maybe it’s better if you just die,’ because it was killing her that I was doing this.
A few words about ‘trannychasing.’ I am not a trannychaser. Ok, actually I am a trannychaser. No I am not. I am a trannycatcher! Just kidding!
Over half the world menstruates at one time or another, but you’d never know it. Isn’t that strange?
Monogamy is so weird. Like when you know their name and stuff.
I got back from Toronto, where they had a severe outbreak of SARS- you know, Severe Asian Racism Syndrome.
I think that gay people should have the right to get married by Elvis like everybody else.
I think comedy is an angry art form; it’s an outsider art form. Anger and comedy are really connected. If I’m angry about something I will try to think about something funny about it to lighten the load of the anger and cope with the anger.
My parents never really had that much money, so I kind of live in the same world that they do.
Comedy was all I ever wanted.