Borstein Quotes

#1. I got my degree in rhetoric.

Alex Borstein

#2. I have always been a HUGE Star Wars fan since I was like 5 years old. Most of us in the writers room at Family Guy were big nerds growing up and could recite almost any scene from Star Wars.

Alex Borstein

#3. I think this [Feels like Christmas] is one of the greatest, most unsung albums ever. It's Cyndi Lauper, and it's called Hat Full Of Stars. She's so underrated.

Alex Borstein

#4. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.

Max Ehrmann

#5. I'm still auditioning and doing other movie parts, but I really like the developing and the writing. You have more control over your destiny.

Alex Borstein

#6. I think all shows change as they age as do the people who make the shows. As do the people who watch the shows. All targets are moving.

Alex Borstein

#7. Every comic is really a frustrated rock star.

Alex Borstein

#8. Usually, impersonations come out of something you dig, because you're listening to it over and over. And you kind of start developing ... You're really trying to emulate them, then you realize, 'I sound ridiculous doing this. Oh, hey, maybe this is a funny impersonation.'

Alex Borstein

#9. Never try to fit a target audience. Write what is true to the characters in their settings and the audience will find you.

Alex Borstein

#10. If for no other reason than it's just fun to watch people age, and it's fun to watch what happened to '80s hairdos and outfits, and what they look like now.

Alex Borstein

#11. I am a fan of whatever makes me laugh my ass off. If it happens to be a Jew joke, then it's a Jew joke.

Alex Borstein

#12. If you don't expect much you can't be disappointed.

Deborah Roberts

#13. Guys can look like pigs. The girl always has to be a looker. Look at most TV shows: According To Jim - pig and a looker. Still Standing - pig and a looker. Ralph Kramden [on The Honeymooners] - pig and a looker. Family Guy - pig and a looker. It's a theme.

Alex Borstein

#14. My biggest fear is the ocean. It's a great big, powerful sea toilet.

Alex Borstein

#15. I don't conduct myself like a rock 'n' roll star in my day-to-day living. Am I a celebrity? Yes. Do people recognize me on the street? Yes, they do. But at the same time, it's not a media center out here. People get used to you.

Dee Snider

#16. Television and film acting is really fun because you are working with other people and you are not completely responsible for the outcome of the project.

Alex Borstein

#17. When a black person has no electricity, no water, they call it the ghetto. When white people have no electricity and no water, they call it camping.

Carlos Mencia

#18. Empowerment is something that happens throughout your healing, as courage and success in facing your memories build your self-esteem. Some of the strengths you get from taking on your buried memories does not show up in your life until long after the resolution has been achieved.

Renee Fredrickson

#19. I don't do sketch anymore and sometimes I miss it. But I think what I really miss is that time in my life, it was kind of like college. No kids, no real responsibilities, just comedy, food and late nights.

Alex Borstein

#20. Where others only see bricks,
train your eyes to see a palace.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#21. I think I was born because my parents had two boys and wanted to give it one more go and try for a girl ... they got me instead.

Alex Borstein

#22. I have no point in my system or morals where I say, 'This is too far.'

Alex Borstein