Roseanne Barr Quotes & Sayings (Page 10)

“They've said 'Roseanne's nuts' for years, and now I'm going to make that a reality - I'm all about nuts now, macadamia nuts!”

“We're not meant to be parents when we're 50.”

“A lot of people in television who've had successful shows claim the 'Roseanne' show as their starting place, and I'm really proud of that.”

“I always was a writer, but then I wanted to do stand-up because I thought that was a way that I could perform what I wrote.”

“I loved comedy all my life. I think it's a real powerful art form.”

“The fact that my grown kids like to hang out with me, I mean, it just - I don't think it really can get any better than that, I don't think.”

“I think that all comics or humorists, or whatever we are, ask questions. That's what we're supposed to do. But I not only ask the questions, I offer solutions.”

“Anyone with a show on T.V. will tell you it's backbreaking work. And if you have a big personality, which I have, and you're a perfectionist, there's going to be head-butting.”

“I try to do women's-point-of-view comedy. The joke is, 'This is what I think; there's the truth.' I try to think of stuff that's real broad, but the more personal it is, the more universal it is. All my friends go through the same stuff.”

“I'm a comic, and I'm supposed to outrage and make people laugh, Part of makin' people laugh is to shake up their thinkin'. That's what I came here to do.”