Because death and illness are the most horrible things in life, of course that’s where the most absurdly funny things are going to happen. – Julia Sweeney
I get mad at people who talk about traumatic job interviews, about going on one and getting rejected. I get rejected all the time and not only do I get rejected, but people have no problem being really specific about why I was rejected. – Julia Sweeney
To a certain extent I am taking a leap of faith. I’m adding up the evidence on either side, and I’m seeing the evidence of there not being a God is overwhelming compared to the evidence for there being a God. – Julia Sweeney
You know, in high school I thought Catholicism was funny and sort of ridiculous, but then I also liked it, too. Like, I definitely turned to it in times of trouble. – Julia Sweeney
I’m not a standup. I don’t really have jokes. I don’t have 10 minutes. It took a while for me to realize this. – Julia Sweeney
I was on stage and I was like I will pay someone to do my time, not only will I expect NOT to be paid, but I will pay someone if I can run off stage right now. It was so bad. – Julia Sweeney
I think one of the basic tasks in life – one of the nice things we can do for each other – is to take things that are horrible and scary and make them acceptable and less frightening and, if possible, funny. It feels great to succeed at that. – Julia Sweeney
I used to think no one should go into show biz, but now I feel differently. I now feel like it’s a great career. If you can do it and make money at it and still not be so famous that you can have a normal life – then I think it’s a great career. – Julia Sweeney
It’s so weird to have someone tell you you’re sick when you feel really healthy and good. – Julia Sweeney
I went with agnosticism for a long, long time because I just hated to say I was an atheist – being an atheist seemed so rigid. But the more I became comfortable with the word, and the more I read, it started to stick. – Julia Sweeney
Our family was too strange and weird for even Santa Claus to come visit… Santa, who was jolly – but, let’s face it, he was also very judgmental. – Julia Sweeney
