Quotes by Carol Leifer

About Carol Leifer:

Carol Leifer is an American comedian, writer, producer and actress whose career as a stand-up comedian started in the 1970s when she was in college. David Letterman discovered her performing in a comedy club in the 1980s and she has since been a guest on Late Night with David Letterman over twenty-five times as well as numerous other shows and venues. She has written many television scripts including for The Larry Sanders Show, Saturday Night Live, and most notably, Seinfeld.
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Obviously, at this age, I've lost people in my life. But with a parent, it's just different. I was very attached to my father and had this naive little-girl notion that he'd always be around. So I'm finding acceptance of my father's death is the hard...

Carol Leifer

Honestly, so much of my book is about the best things in my life have happened since I'm 40.

Carol Leifer

My kind of gay, meeting a woman and falling in love, is a different experience because it wasn't anything about 'Oh, I've always been gay and I'm breaking the chains.'

Carol Leifer

I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times you're just afraid to put yourself out there, and it's uncomfortable because it's working up the courage to do something, to push y...

Carol Leifer

There were very few women comics when I started out doing stand-up. But I always saw that as a great advantage.

Carol Leifer

As a writer, the worst thing you can do is work in an environment of fear of rejection.

Carol Leifer

My father was a really funny guy. He lived a good long life. And he was the reason I wanted to be funny and become a comedian and a comedy writer, so to say that he's somewhat of a mythic figure in my life would be an understatement.

Carol Leifer

I'm not into working out. My philosophy: No pain, no pain.

Carol Leifer

There are so many opportunities that I could've gotten before if I had just took a little more of a risk.

Carol Leifer

I'm always a big fan of if you approach somebody politely about something and you're not a nudge - you're just pretty honest and simple, my kind of philosophy is that I'm not afraid of 'no,' and that's way different than 'I won't take no for an answe...

Carol Leifer

I'm not afraid of putting myself out there to someone and then them passing on it. At least you could have gotten a 'yes.' So it's worthwhile to have the cojones to do it.

Carol Leifer

My kind of gay is like the late-breaking-lesbian kind of gay.

Carol Leifer

I never thought I was going to have children. I just thought after 45, that was it.

Carol Leifer

I feel I've always got to keep my stand-up because I never want to lose it.

Carol Leifer

My father was a huge influence on me.

Carol Leifer

I've seen too many comics who got their own shows and were undone because they worked for an executive producer who didn't understand their comedy or their sensibility.

Carol Leifer

My father was the kind of guy who'd always say 'Throw out any subject and I got a joke on it.'

Carol Leifer

My father was the king of the joke-tellers. I was so impressed as a child watching him, holding people in rapt attention.

Carol Leifer

My stand-up act is very clean.

Carol Leifer

Just be your authentic self because there's nothing sexier or more beautiful than that.

Carol Leifer

Author Bio

  • NameCarol Leifer
  • DescriptionAmerican actor and comedian
  • BornJuly 27, 1956
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor