Lea DeLaria quotes

Lea DeLaria is an American comedian, actress, and jazz singer, famous for her groundbreaking work in stand-up comedy and her role in "Orange Is the New Black." A trailblazer for LGBTQ+ representation in entertainment, she broke barriers as the first openly gay comic to appear on American television. She continues to inspire audiences with her bold personality and versatile talent. Here are 14 of her quotes:

Learn all the rules... then break them.

Lea DeLaria

My idea as far as comedy goes has always been to push the limits of what's acceptable for a woman to do or say or be. My hero in that would be Lenny Bruce, who teaches us that words have no meaning. It's the intent behind them that is what's important.

Lea DeLaria

Never point at anything beige and call it cool.

Lea DeLaria

They are preserving the sanctity of marriage, so that two gay men who've been together for twenty-five years can't get married, but a guy can still get drunk in Vegas and marry a hooker at the Elvis chapel! The sanctity of marriage is saved!

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It's a cosmic joke that I'm a lesbian, because I understand men so well but women are a complete mystery to me.

Lea DeLaria

Oh please...As a standup, I tried to change the world. As an entertainer, I try to entertain. And as a lesbian, I try to pick up the prettiest girl in the room. Not necessarily in that order.

Lea DeLaria

As a standup, I try to change the world. As an entertainer, I try to entertain. And as a lesbian, I try to pick up the prettiest girl in the room.

Lea DeLaria

Straight girls like me. They flirt with me to get whatever they want. Of course it works.

Lea DeLaria

A woman will allow herself to be clouded by her emotions. Her reasonable thought becomes completely unreasonable over the most ridiculous thing. It's a girl thing.

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No one has the responsibility to be out to anyone but himself or herself. I made my choice a million years ago.

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You know the people I'm talking about, you see them at every pride rally, they get up on stage and go, "We're just like everyone else! We are like them and they are like us. Straights are like us and we are like them! We - are like - EV - eryone - else!" And then a seven-and-a-half-foot-tall drag queen walks by with three feet spangled platforms and he opens up his butterfly wings, f-f-f-f-f-f-f! Oh, we're just like everyone else, all right! We have our own culture and our own way of doing things and we should celebrate that and stop licking straight ass!

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