Joan Rivers Quotes (1933-2014)

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About Joan Rivers

Joan Alexandra Rosenberg (June 8, 1933 – 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€œNever floss with a stranger.”
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β€œTwo is company; three is fifty bucks.”
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β€œLooking fifty is greatβ€”if you're sixty.”
β€œBefore we make love, my husband takes a pain killer.”
β€œ[Catchphrase:] Can we talk?”
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Joan Rivers on Flag of Israel

β€œI love Israel for its blue and white flag as it matches my legs.”
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Joan Rivers on Marley & Me (film)

β€œIt’s really just Old Yeller with a wrinkled Jennifer Aniston. Only in this film, the wrong dog dies.”
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Joan Rivers on Jennifer Aniston

β€œI hate Jennifer Aniston. She keeps making the same romantic β€œcomedy” movie over and over and over again and it’s always not funny, not funny, not funny.”
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Joan Rivers on Tom Cruise

β€œI hate Tom Cruise. First of all, he’s 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. He’s 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 can’t take a fucking joke at all.”
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Barbara Walters on Joan Rivers

β€œNo 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.”
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Misattributed Quotes

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β€œDon't follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise.”

About Joan Rivers

Joan Alexandra Rosenberg (June 8, 1933 – 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.