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 Read Quote
If you aren’t overly effusive or really nicey-nice with the press, you get a reputation for being outspoken or difficult. Janeane Garofalo Read Quote
I have yet to meet very many people in the press who are really, truly interested in writing a good story or getting at the truth. Most press people, when they come into an article, have an angle that they want already, so they need points to support that angle, whatever the angle may be. Janeane Garofalo Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I was thrilled to work opposite Carl Reiner and Robert De Niro. Mr. Reiner was very chatty and delightful, but I learned that if you want Robert De Niro to like you, don’t speak at all, and he’ll be friendly to you. Janeane Garofalo Read Quote
Boy, does that give you street cred for years after, if you tell people you were on ‘The Larry Sanders Show!’ Janeane Garofalo Read Quote
I don’t think Hollywood was trying to do anything with me. In fact, they lost interest pretty quick. Janeane Garofalo Read Quote
Sometimes people say I’m a political comedian, which, actually I’m not. I’m a comedian who sometimes discusses politics, culture – again, the word ‘politics’ to me is just life. Janeane Garofalo Read Quote
