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.
ELLEN DEGENERESAll the commercials on TV today are for antidepressants, for Prozac or Paxil. And they get you right away. “Are you sad? Do you get stressed, do you have anxiety?” “Yes, I have all those things! I’m alive!”
More Ellen DeGeneres Quotes
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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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I hate having to do small talk. I’d rather talk about deep subjects. I’d rather talk about meditation, or the world, or the trees or animals, than small, inane, you know, banter.
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I get my dance moves from just moving around and listening to music and not really worrying about if it’s perfect or not.
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I know that experts say you’re more likely to get hurt crossing the street than you are flying, but that doesn’t make me any less frightened of flying. If anything, it makes me more afraid of crossing the street.
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I would love for the world to be happier.
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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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It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.
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I put a basketball in front of George Clooney’s door and sprayed it with supermodel perfume to lure him out.
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My dream guests are really not so much celebrities. They’re people who are actually interesting and they’re doing something interesting with their lives or had an interesting experience in some way. I really enjoy talking to regular, everyday people.
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I enjoy growing older and wiser and learning from my mistakes every single day.
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Usually, I wear tennis shoes because my feet are flat, and it hurts to wear anything other than shoes that are cushiony.
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I don’t need a baby growing inside me for nine months. If I’m going to feel nauseous and achy when I wake up, I want to achieve that state the old-fashioned way: getting good and drunk the night before.
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I care passionately about equal rights [and] animal rights.
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…we should be grateful for them because without our family-the ancestors we descend from, the cousins we see once a year, the loves our lives we see every day-life is pretty boring.
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I’m a lesbian, an Aquarian, and a vegetarian.
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I never see the glass half empty because I drink out the bottle
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You’re never too old to play. You’re only too old for low-rise jeans.
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I was coming home from kindergarten – well they told me it was kindergarten. I found out later I had been working in a factory for ten years. It’s good for a kid to know how to make gloves.
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I love furniture. And I thought, why are we not seeing who’s making the cool new coffee table and these new designs that come out?
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My hair is always at its best in New York. I don’t know what’s in the water. It could be mousse.
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So, I bought a new CD and I was trying to get it open but couldn’t with all the layers… I mean plastic and then tape, and the tape is like government tape. It says ‘open here.’ Is that sarcasm?
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Emote. It’s okay. It shows you are thinking and feeling.
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What goes up must come down, which is why I don’t wear tube tops.
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I wanted to have money; I wanted to be special; I wanted people to like me; I wanted to be famous.
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Beauty isn’t between a size zero and a size eight, it is not a number at all. It is not physical.
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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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