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Janeane Garofalo (/dʒəˈniːn ɡəˈrɒfəloʊ/; born September 28, 1964) is an American actress, stand-up comedian, and writer.

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You know, I have no web presence, and I don't know that there's many people who really do know me that much anymore.

Anymore, Know, Know Me, People, Presence

I make jewelry occasionally. I'm not a hobbyist. I'm a reader, I'm a lover of books, I like to watch movies, but mostly a lot of nothing. I'm quite content doing very little.

Book, Books, Like, Littles, Make, Watches

I don't know who you're referring to exactly who said, 'What has Iraq done to us?'

Done, Iraq, Know, Said

Sometimes there's a lot of tangents because I forget what I'm going to say so much. Sometimes there's very little tangents and stuff for some reason, and then some nights it's all tangents and I can't find my way, and then sometimes I wind up just talking about something completely extemporaneously and then never mention it again ever. It's just completely different.

Different, Night, Reason, Say, Talking, Wind

I was terrified of being on television - and also I overcompensated, I'm sure, because I know I did this in my personal life too at the time, when I was younger.

Personal Life, Know, Life, Television, Younger, Personal

I've got no problem with religion if you're going to use it for the good, like Gandhi or Martin Luther King. But that's rarely the case when it comes to politics. It's usually used as a con.

King, Luther, No Problem, Problem, Religion, Usually

I definitely get the sense that I'm an elder statesman, but I don't know if there's an impact - and I'm not saying that in a naïve way. I don't know. I think anybody who's been doing it for 25 years is going to be considered an elder statesman. But I don't know if I've impacted anyone.

Impacted, Naive, Saying, Sense, Thinking, Way

I don't really have funny things to say about politics. I wish I did, but I don't.

Funny, Having Fun, Politics, Things, Wish

If you don't recognize the racist element in the teabag movement, you're either dishonest, or you've never seen the teabag movement, or heard of it, or been acquainted with it in any way.

Dishonest, Heard, Racist, Seen, Teabag

I guess intractable right-wing ideologues are my mortal enemy.

Wings, Enemy, Ideologues, Mortal

The directing thing, to do it well, I think you have to have a hell of a lot more discipline than I do, or be a lot more willing to really take charge of whole large group of people than I feel comfortable doing - because a director really has to run everything, and be very confident in their ability to do so.

Confident, Discipline, Running, Take, Thing, Thinking

It's been hard in entertainment as a 45-year-old woman to find jobs. They get fewer and far between if you're older, unless you're one of the few lucky ones who work constantly, like Meryl Streep.

Constantly, Jobs, Lucky, Meryl, Years

I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things.

Dark, Half Empty, See, Side, Sides, Things

For some reason I get advertised when I travel as a political comedian, which I'm not. Sometimes I talk about it and sometimes I don't.

Advertised, Comedian, Political, Politics, Reason

He [God] just seems so man-made to me. There are so many theories, and not everyone can be right. It's human nature to need a religious crutch, and I don't begrudge anyone that. I just don't need one.

Everyone, Men, Needs, Religious, Right

This world is bullshit. And just because I appear in music video wherein I am in my underwear, and make young women feel not good enough so that they become anorxeic; and okay, maybe because of that I became popular more quickly than other singers who are, I don't know, maybe more talented or better songwriters. That doesn't matter because, and. . . um. . . my boyfriend is a magician, and he can pull a quarter out of your ear and say things like 'We have not met before have we?' Go with yourself.

Bullshit, Make, Met, My Boyfriend, Not Good Enough, Quarter

There's nothing wrong with the word conspiracy. It just means 'to breathe together. '

Breathe, Mean, Together, Wrong

I absolutely realize that a celebrity spokesperson is not ideal.

Celebrity, Ideal, Ideals, Realize, Realizing, Spokesperson

I can't wait for the next fad though, and I predict it's going to be Pennsylvania dutch culture, very Amish. It's going to be bonnets and butter churns.

Butter, Culture, Pennsylvania, Wait, Waiting

It’s mentally exhausting, feeling bad about something you can do nothing about.

Bad, Can Do, Feeling, Feeling Bad, Feelings, Nothing

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