I think the parts I was offered when I was younger, where I was asked to play that kind of slacker person, that was just because people would go, "Oh, she has dyed black hair." I guess that's how they thought I looked. I played a couple of those roles, and then unfortunately you get pigeonholed really fast, and then you just keep getting asked to do that. And now it would be weird at the age of 46 for me to play a slacker. It would look like I was nuts.
Janeane GarofaloPeople think that you are a nasty, selfish person if you don`t want to have children.
Janeane GarofaloIt's been hard in entertainment as a 45-year-old woman to find jobs. They get fewer and far between if you're older, unless you're one of the few lucky ones who work constantly, like Meryl Streep.
Janeane GarofaloMy dream would be to be on a show that shoots in New York, because I live here, and then I could walk to work.
Janeane GarofaloThe world would be better off with multiple superpowers. When Communist USSR was a superpower, the world was better off.
Janeane GarofaloThere's a fake Facebook me. There's a fake me Twittering. Sometimes, when it was at the height of right-wing nonsense picking on me, there would be a fake me writing letters to the editor. Just totally not even something I've ever said, that will then become part of the echo chamber.
Janeane Garofalo