Sherri Shepherd Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“My fans mean everything to me - especially the sisters! When you're on 'The View' or you're doing movies and stuff, you're a little bit insulated. It means so much to me when a woman comes up to me and says, 'Sherri, you said what I feel.' That just means so much to me to know that I have that support.”

“My grandmother taught me that accomplishments meant less than what you left behind. I started to ask myself what impact my comedy would have on people's lives. And that changed my act. I got cleaner. I stopped talking about generic stuff like airplane peanuts and started speaking the truth about my gift.”

“Oh my goodness, I'm in love with Channing Tatum, although I think I'm too old to play his love interest. They'd probably cast me as his grandmomma's friend or something like that, but anything to be in a movie with Channing.”

“I just don't believe in abortion, period. But I would never take away a woman's right to choose what's good for her body. But I still believe that when you do have an abortion, still inside, you go through a lot of stuff. It tears away at your spirit and your soul. So I don't think people think about that.”

“I'm not into the Oscar and Emmys as much as I used to be because I'm tired of looking at people who don't look like me.”

“Write yourself a permission slip to be surprised by someone's potential. Who knows? One day that person could be you.”

“A lot of people say it's cathartic to cook, and I'm like, 'How is it cathartic washing all these dishes?'”

“Black people don't talk about diabetes that much. I never knew anything. I thought everyone had an uncle with a leg cut off!”

“I burn a lot of stuff. My son, bless his heart, eats it anyway. But he makes a face!”

“I don't think anything predated Christians.”