The only reason I was allowed to have a career for a quarter century as an insult comic is because it’s all in jest and all for fun. Lisa Lampanelli Read Quote
A roast is really an honor. If they picked me to be roasted, I’d be the most flattered I’d be in my life. If I could pick some people to roast, I’d pick my heroes, Don Rickles and Howard Stern. Those are the people I’d like to give some honor to. Lisa Lampanelli Read Quote
I usually get so warned when I go to Detroit, like, ‘Oh my God, don’t go to this section, don’t go to that section.’ I’ve never had any issues in Detroit. I love that there’s enough of a racial mix of people to make fun of. I’ve always had a good time there. Lisa Lampanelli Read Quote
I remember once doing a benefit for a Jewish charity and wearing an enormous cross. I kind of don’t let the audience dictate anything to me. I sort of dictate to them, and they better be on board. Lisa Lampanelli Read Quote
It used to be that in media, Johnny Carson used to be the most important person when he would invite you over to sit on the couch after your comedy skit. Now it’s whatever Howard Stern says goes. Lisa Lampanelli Read Quote
Basically, I think some of the weight helped take some of the walls down in reality, so basically I got a little more confident. I’m definitely not super confident, but I am confident that I don’t have to hide behind those layers of fat and that I can actually open up to people a little more. Lisa Lampanelli Read Quote
Make a list of the people in your ‘choir’… If you’re not on your own list, then you’re doing something wrong. Lisa Lampanelli Read Quote
Until I got the weight off, there was something inside of me that said, ‘You hate yourself.’ You get too depressed over the weight to really work on this. For whatever reason, I had to take the weight off to do this work. Lisa Lampanelli Read Quote
I didn’t feel ready to leave home, because it went from no freedom to all freedom. And I was like, ‘Oh, my God, I don’t know what I’m doing in college.’ There seemed to be no like-minded people where I was… I didn’t have a clan. I didn’t have a choir… There was no safety net. Lisa Lampanelli Read Quote
This thing happened where I noticed anytime I got together with four friends or more, the conversation goes to food. Lisa Lampanelli Read Quote
