Ellen DeGeneres Quotes

• I know that every time I list something that I am, I am potentially alienating a whole group of people. Publicists and managers will encourage you not to say what political party you belong to, what you eat, what you don’t eat, who you sleep with and all that stuff.

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  Tags in People, Sleep, Political, Whole, Encourage, Managers

• I love clothes, so when I wear clothes, they’re usually somebody’s. You know, I’m not wearing Kmart.

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  Topics in Love

  Tags in Clothes, Wearing, Wear, Somebody

• I still have the shirt I wore my first time on Johnny Carson’s show. Only now I use it as a tablecloth at dinner parties. It was very blousy.

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  Tags in Dinner, Parties, Show

• I think anybody who wants to be president has to be a politician, but I would like to find somebody who’s coming from a loving place instead of a political place.

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  Tags in Like, Political, Place, Loving, Find, Would, Instead

• I used to beat myself up about weight and working out, and no matter what I did I never felt good about myself. I decided to accept myself and know that I am good.

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  Tags in Good, Decided, Felt, Myself, Never

• I would love to have the same rights as everybody else. I would love, I don’t care if it’s called marriage. I don’t care if it’s called, you know, domestic partnership. I don’t care what it’s called.

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  Topics in Love

  Tags in Care, Same, Else, Called, Domestic

• I’d like to be more patient! I just want everything now. I’ve tried to meditate, but it’s really hard for me to stay still. I’d like to try to force myself to do it, because everybody says how wonderful meditation is for you, but I can’t shut my mind up. So patience and learning is the key.

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  Tags in Shut, Wonderful, Mind, Myself

• I’m a lesbian, an Aquarian, and a vegetarian.

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  Tags in Lesbian, Vegetarian

• I’ve been trying to find women writers for my staff for a while now and I have three women on my staff and three guys so it’s pretty equal. I don’t know why that is. It’s been the same thing for a while. It’s hard for female comedians to stand out. That’s weird. That’s a shame.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Women, Staff, Writer, Find, Hard

• I’ve moved about 10 times over the past 15 years. I don’t move for the sole purpose of getting rid of stuff. I’m not crazy. I also move so that I never have to wash any windows.

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  Topics in Past

  Tags in Crazy, Move, Getting

• If you want to get rid of stuff, you can always do a good spring-cleaning. Or you can do what I do. Move.

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  Tags in Rid, Move, Spring

• My dad is still Christian Scientist. My mom’s not, and I’m not. But I believe in God, and that there’s a higher power and an intelligence that’s bigger than us and that we can rely on. It’s not just us, thinking we are the ones in control of everything. That idea gives me support.

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  Topics in God, Intelligence, Power

  Tags in Idea, Scientist, Control, Rely

• No matter how popular you are as a stand-up – you can go out and fill a 10,000-seat arena and be smart and funny – it’s delicate to host an awards show and know where your place is and know that it’s not about you, that it’s about the people who are nominated, and respect that, but at the same time have your moment to show them who you are.

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  Topics in Respect

  Tags in People, Show, Moment, Nominated

• People are constantly asking Portia and me if we are going to have children. We thought about it. We love to be around children after they’ve been fed and bathed. But we ultimately decided that we don’t want children of our own. There is far too much glass in our house.

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  Topics in Children, Love

  Tags in Ultimately, House, Decided, People

• Right before I decided to come out, I went on a spiritual retreat called ‘Changing the Inner Dialogue of Your Subconscious Mind.’ I’d never been to anything like it before, and all my friends were taking bets on how long I’d last with no TV, no radio, no phone. But for me that was the beginning of paying attention to all the little things.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Mind, Spiritual, Friends, Radio

• The first time probably people really were aware of me, I unfortunately had the title of Showtime’s Funniest Person in America. And that’s a really tough title to travel around with when you’re not even known.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Person, Around, Travel, Unfortunately

• The reason I do what I do is because I was influenced by Steve Martin, by Woody Allen, by Bob Newhart, by Carol Burnett, by Lucille Ball.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Reason, Influenced, Carol

• The only thing I really recommend, if you’re starting out in stand-up is to not try to copy anybody else. You can be influenced by people. I was influenced by Steve Martin and Bob Newhart and Woody Allen, but I never tried to be someone else. I always tried to be myself. And the reason people are successful is they’re unique.

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  Tags in People, Someone, Successful, Myself, Tried

• There would be nothing to get me to run for president. I don’t even understand how anyone would want that job at all. Although I would be able to play golf which I don’t seem to have time now.

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  Topics in Job

  Tags in Run, President, Play, Golf, Understand, Would

• Trying to get the talk show, looking back on it, we had to beg a lot of station managers to pick up the show because people thought no one would watch it because I’m openly gay.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Because, Openly, Managers, Would, Watch, Show

Ellen DeGeneres (74)

Birth:	26th January, 1958
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress, Comedian, Television Presenter

About

Ellen Lee DeGeneres was born in Metairie, Louisiana, USA. She is an American comedian, television host, and actress. She starred in the popular sitcom Ellen from 1994 to 1998, and has hosted her syndicated TV talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, since 2003. Her stand-up career started in the early 1980s, culminating in a 1986 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. She starred in Mr. Wrong, appeared in EDtv, and The Love Letter, and provided the voice of Dory in the Pixar animated film Finding Nemo, for which she was awarded the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress, the first time an actress won a Saturn Award for a voice performance. She starred in two television sitcoms, Ellen from 1994 to 1998, and The Ellen Show from 2001 to 2002. She has hosted the Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, and the Primetime Emmys.

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