Yeah I’m thirty-six, but on the show I’m thirty-two. Nobody wants to watch a thirty-six year old woman, so they decided to make me thirty-two. Much more appealing somehow.
ELLEN DEGENERESReally, he called me that? Ellen DeGenerate? I’ve been getting that since fourth grade. I guess I’m happy I could give him work.
More Ellen DeGeneres Quotes
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Be kind to one another. Bye, bye.
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I am saddened by how people treat one another and how we are so shut off from one another and how we judge one another, when the truth is, we are all one connected thing. We are all from the same exact molecules.
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Some of the most devastating things that happen to you will teach you the most
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I care passionately about equal rights [and] animal rights.
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I just want to find somebody special, somebody that I click with.
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I don’t want to get the same looks I give people when they get on a plane holding a baby: “That’s a cute baby, just keep walking, keep walking, keep going, keep going.
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When there’s time for whistling, there’s a lot of time on a show.
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I have an amazing team, I have amazing producers, I have amazing writers, but at the end of it, it’s me making the decisions on the writing, the tone, the editing.
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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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If we lose our phones, we lose our phone books. You don’t memorize numbers anymore.
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I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that’s ever happened to me has taught me compassion.
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Why is it that when you wipe up dust its called dusting but when you wipe up a spill its not called spilling? Just something to think about.
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I had everything I’d hoped for, but I wasn’t being myself. So I decided to be honest about who I was. It was strange: The people who loved me for being funny suddenly didn’t like me for being… me.
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Do we have to know who’s gay and who’s straight? Can’t we just love everybody and judge them by the car they drive?
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So many people prefer to live in drama because it’s comfortable. It’s like someone staying in a bad marriage or relationship – it’s actually easier to stay because they know what to expect every day, versus leaving and not knowing what to expect.
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