Sarah Silverman Quotes

Just because I’m cheeky, doesn’t mean I’m not serious

If I can be serious now, and I have the feeling I can.

No one wants to be pretentious about what they do or take it seriously, because that is just weird.

I don't just try to be funny.

I don't know, I think people who meet me just get pretty much what I am.

I think who I am as a person on and off the stage is always kind of the same thing, but I don't take a lot of things very seriously.

I think that personality traits that come through when somebody is really sincere is what makes them beautiful.

I am serious, so I laugh a lot. You need to laugh. You don't laugh enough. I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh.

Don't be serious, be sincere.

I'm not one of those people who are, like, always joking in person.

You can film me 24 hours a day and you'll get a very accurate picture of who I am. You see the funny side, I work hard, and I try to be honest and just call it how it is.

Sometimes the best way to make 'em laugh is to show 'em how you honestly feel.

I'm not really a flirt; I just try to be myself.

Anything I've ever said, I certainly was feeling at the time.

I am, by nature, an honest person. I wear my emotions on my sleeve. There is no 'behind closed doors' with me.

You can pretend to be serious; but you can't pretend to be witty.

I'm a pretty easygoing person, and it bleeds into the music. Even if I'm writing the most personal song, it's not going to come out totally serious; there's always a little tongue in the cheek.

It's no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do? Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either.

Bobby Womack is always very real, both with his music and as a person.

If you are not serious, people will sense it.

I'm not a serious person, and I don't like serious people.

There's something very authentic about humor, when you think about it. Anybody can pretend to be serious. But you can't pretend to be funny.

If the writing is good, then the writing is already funny. All you have to do is make this funny writing true to the very deepest of your heart, and the fact that you are capable of making this true will be hysterical.

In my music and my life, I'm honest with my feelings, and people appreciate that. That's just the way I am.

Anytime I hear songs that are so honest, whether they make the person who's singing it look good or not, there's a level of honesty that resonates with people.