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Joan Rivers Quotes (1933-2014)
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About Joan Rivers
Joan Alexandra Rosenberg (June 8, 1933 β September 4, 2014), known by her stage name Joan Rivers, was an American actress, comedian, writer, producer and television host, best known for her stand-up comedy, for co-hosting the E! celebrity fashion show Fashion Police, and for starring in the reality series Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? alongside her daughter Melissa Rivers.
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β[Catchphrase:] Can we talk?β
β[Catchphrase:] Oh, grow up!β
βI have so little sex appeal that my gynecologist calls me "sir."β
βMy routines come out of total unhappiness. My audiences are my group therapy.β
βI hate housework! You make the beds, you do the dishes—and six months later you have to start all over again.β
βMy obstetrician was so dumb that when I gave birth he forgot to cut the cord. For a year that kid followed me everywhere. It was like having a dog on a leash.β
βAnger is a symptom, a way of cloaking and expressing feelings too awful to experience directlyβhurt, bitterness, grief and, most of all, fear.β
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Joan Rivers on Tom Cruise
βI hate Tom Cruise. First of all, heβs always smiling. No 5' 8" man, not even one who lives on a diet of Ritalin and gin, is happy like that all the time. Heβs always got this shit-eating grin on his face, like he just got a note from his managers telling him that Mimi Rogers and Nicole Kidman are extending their confidentiality agreements. Second, in TV interviews Tom laughs inappropriately and much too vociferously at non-humorous declarative statements, which is ironic because in real life he canβt take a fucking joke at all.β
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Barbara Walters on Joan Rivers
βNo one loved life, laughter and a good time more than Joan. We would have dinner and laugh and gossip and I always left the table smiling. She was a brassy, often outrageous and hilarious performer who made millions laugh. In private, she was the picture of elegance and class. I will miss her.β
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About Joan Rivers
Joan Alexandra Rosenberg (June 8, 1933 β September 4, 2014), known by her stage name Joan Rivers, was an American actress, comedian, writer, producer and television host, best known for her stand-up comedy, for co-hosting the E! celebrity fashion show Fashion Police, and for starring in the reality series Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? alongside her daughter Melissa Rivers.