Julia Sweeney Quotes

• I get mad at people who talk about traumatic job interviews, about going on one and getting rejected. I get rejected all the time and not only do I get rejected, but people have no problem being really specific about why I was rejected.

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• I have lots of energy.

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• I like going back and writing fiction.

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• I was on stage and I was like I will pay someone to do my time, not only will I expect NOT to be paid, but I will pay someone if I can run off stage right now. It was so bad.

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• I used to think no one should go into show biz, but now I feel differently. I now feel like it’s a great career. If you can do it and make money at it and still not be so famous that you can have a normal life – then I think it’s a great career.

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• I’m not a standup. I don’t really have jokes. I don’t have 10 minutes. It took a while for me to realize this.

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• You know, in high school I thought Catholicism was funny and sort of ridiculous, but then I also liked it, too. Like, I definitely turned to it in times of trouble.

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• To a certain extent I am taking a leap of faith. I’m adding up the evidence on either side, and I’m seeing the evidence of there not being a God is overwhelming compared to the evidence for there being a God.

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• I went with agnosticism for a long, long time because I just hated to say I was an atheist – being an atheist seemed so rigid. But the more I became comfortable with the word, and the more I read, it started to stick.

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• Why not try thinking of your life as hilarious rather than nightmarish?

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• Mostly, I just want to be in my house reading and writing.

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• Well, you can’t be depressed and sad 24 hours a day.

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• It was a fine cancer experience, as cancer experiences go.

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• It’s so weird to have someone tell you you’re sick when you feel really healthy and good.

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• I’m not an activist. I’m trying to get off the whole atheist racket.

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• I’m finally a suburban housewife. Honestly, it’s my dream come true.

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• Because death and illness are the most horrible things in life, of course that’s where the most absurdly funny things are going to happen.

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• I think one of the basic tasks in life – one of the nice things we can do for each other – is to take things that are horrible and scary and make them acceptable and less frightening and, if possible, funny. It feels great to succeed at that.

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• Our family was too strange and weird for even Santa Claus to come visit… Santa, who was jolly – but, let’s face it, he was also very judgmental.

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Julia Sweeney (19)

Birth:	10th October, 1959
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress, Author, Comedian

About

Julia Anne Sweeney is an American actress, comedian and author. She is known for her role as a cast member on Saturday Night Live and for her autobiographical solo shows. She played Mrs. Keeper in the animated film Stuart Little and voiced Brittany in Father of the Pride.

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