Zitat des Tages von Judy Gold:
Over the years, things got so bad between my mother and I, we stopped talking to each other and started communicating by putting Ann Landers articles on the refrigerator.
There is nothing - nothing - like writing a great joke and having that joke kill onstage.
Women risked their lives for the right to vote. When I hear people say, 'Oh, I'm not gonna vote,' I just wanna tear their heart out.
I love standup, but not the grind of traveling and dealing with club owners.
There is no reason to be ashamed of who you are.
Of course I love cooking Eastern European food because I'm a Jew, but I also love making roast chicken. I love making Hungarian goulash. There are a lot of egg noodles in my cooking.
In America, I've been told so many times that I look 'too Jewish' that I stopped counting.
My two sons are the biggest pigs - always dirty, sweaty, burping and farting.
My partner and I had our first son in 1996, and the office became the baby's room. Our second son was born in 2001, and the office became the kids' room.
If I wasn't true to myself, I couldn't live with myself.
When I was a kid, I'd read about celebrities who didn't want to talk to their fans after a show. I told myself, 'That's terrible, and I would never do that.'
When I got a part in 'All American Girl,' in 1994, I remember thinking, 'Now I have a series, I'm not going to need to do standup,' but every night I'd go out afterward and get onstage somewhere.
Remember the phrase - 'Act your age, not your shoe size?' That didn't apply to me, as they were the same until the age of 12 when my feet stopped growing.
My mother loves it when I talk about her. Half the time, I think she says things that she knows will go straight into the act.
For me, humor is everything!
My mother is a tall woman - as is everyone in my family. At her prime, she stood 5 feet 9 inches, which is quite unusual for a woman born in 1922.
I didn't want to be known as a gay comic, but as a comic who happens to be gay.
People always think you have a lot of money when they see you on TV.
If I was married to a man, and I had the same life situation that I have, it's the perfect recipe for a sitcom.
I love the vulgar. I kind of have the humor of a 17-year-old boy.
My desire for my own sitcom began as a little girl - I spent hours lying on my belly on the shag carpeting getting lost in the world of the '70s sitcom. All I wanted to do was run away to the Brady house, The Partridge Family bus; even the project on 'Good Times' seemed better than Clark, NJ.
I've never been on one of these shows where you have to make alliances and be a team player.
Joan Rivers broke down barriers, advocated for free speech, and never apologized for who she was.
I realize as I get older that stand-up is a huge part of who I am. I think I'll do it for the rest of my life.
My Shabbat dinner is not to be reckoned with.
Comedy is the most palliative way to make a point. People are more willing to listen if they can laugh.
I worked at Military Media, an advertising agency for military-base newspapers. Don't ask, I won't tell.
Unfortunately, I cook for two boys, and they don't care what it looks like on the plate, and neither do I.
I would love to get married, first of all, from my children's perspective. People don't think of children when they think of gay marriage, but I do have children, and for them to see their family validated as other families are validated and protected by our government, yes.
I try to win the love and approval of strangers, since it didn't work with my family.
Many comics stay in one city and develop their acts for that particular audience.
'The Judy Show' would be the name of my TV show if I had one, but I don't.
When Joan Rivers walked through the curtain on 'The Tonight Show,' nobody in my house was allowed to utter a sound. Her gait was full of pep and purpose and her voice unmatched.
To have a job making people laugh really is the greatest thing.