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I don't think Hollywood was trying to do anything with me. In fact, they lost interest pretty quick. I think I got lucky, briefly, in the '90s, and it just so happened that those movies were the opportunities that came my way. Then it just kind of stopped.

When Communist U.S.S.R. was a superpower, the world was better off. The right-wing media is trying to marginalize the peace movement.

Janeane Garofalo

You just need an opportunity and then you yourself have to do a good job, and then you hope that people go, 'Oh yeah, I forgot about her.'

Janeane Garofalo

German accents and Hassidic accents aren't that romantic. They're more harsh. Although Hebrew, when spoken by certain people, sounds beautiful. There's this beautiful woman I know who speaks Hebrew, and when she speaks, it's so attractive. Maybe it's who's speaking it.

Janeane Garofalo

When I see the American flag, I go, 'Oh my God, you're insulting me.'

Janeane Garofalo

Is being an idiot like being high all the time?

Janeane Garofalo

I actually was class clown, but I don't know how that happened because I've never been considered an outwardly funny person-as the people in this room will attest.

Janeane Garofalo

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.

Janeane Garofalo

You know, there's nothing more interesting than seeing a bunch of racists become confused and angry at a speech they're not quite certain what he's saying.

Janeane Garofalo

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.

Janeane Garofalo

I would prefer to be well-liked in any and all situations.

Janeane Garofalo

I am not a person that is particularly tethered to fashion, which I think is obvious to anyone who's seen me.

Janeane Garofalo

Iraq is a manufactured conflict for the sake of geopolitical dominance in the area.

Janeane Garofalo

I'm not specifically attached to anything other than trying to, in my personal life, fight against where I see right wing thinking. Whether it be around my dinner table or on the street or somebody reading the New York Post.

Janeane Garofalo

I don't think Hollywood was trying to do anything with me. In fact, they lost interest pretty quick. I think I got lucky, briefly, in the '90s, and it just so happened that those movies were the opportunities that came my way. Then it just kind of stopped.

Janeane Garofalo

You can't have cinema by committee if you're trying to do it well.

Janeane Garofalo

I can do most anything and not have a problem with it. The only time I have negative attention is when I run naked through the streets brandishing a handgun.

Janeane Garofalo

I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is always half-empty. And cracked. And I just cut my lip on it. And chipped a tooth.

Janeane Garofalo

I absolutely realize that a celebrity spokesperson is not ideal.

Janeane Garofalo

I say at this point, for different reasons, Bush and Hussein are both very threatening to world peace and to deny that is to be incredibly naive.

Janeane Garofalo

I don't enjoy sparring with the audience. It devastates me.

Janeane Garofalo

I'm not a disciplined writer.

Janeane Garofalo

I love a nice cooking show. It's as aesthetically pleasing as any other thing that tempts the senses, I suppose.

Janeane Garofalo

If you aren't overly effusive or really nicey-nice with the press, you get a reputation for being outspoken or difficult.

Janeane Garofalo

Also, as I've gotten older and more mature, I've become much more comfortable in my own skin. After 25 years of doing stand-up, that's reflected onstage.

Janeane Garofalo

The world would be better off with multiple superpowers. When Communist USSR was a superpower, the world was better off.

Janeane Garofalo

I guess intractable right-wing ideologues are my mortal enemy.

Janeane Garofalo

I don't have a good work ethic. I have a real casual relationship with hours.

Janeane Garofalo

I'm a walker. I enjoy walking, which I think psychologically expresses my feelings of wanting liberation without exerting myself too much.

Janeane Garofalo