I would love to get married, first of all, from my children's perspective. People don't think of children when they think of gay marriage, but I do have children, and for them to see their family validated as other families are validated and protected by our government, yes.

Judy Gold

Halloween is an opportunity to be really creative.

Judy Gold

Remember the phrase - 'Act your age, not your shoe size?' That didn't apply to me, as they were the same until the age of 12 when my feet stopped growing.

Judy Gold

Women risked their lives for the right to vote. When I hear people say, 'Oh, I'm not gonna vote,' I just wanna tear their heart out.

Judy Gold

Comedy is the most palliative way to make a point. People are more willing to listen if they can laugh.

Judy Gold

Joan Rivers broke down barriers, advocated for free speech, and never apologized for who she was.

Judy Gold

I do believe that it's something that we don't talk about, but when there are clearly defined gender roles, it is much simpler. Because you don't have to think, which people apparently don't like to do.

Judy Gold

Some people use stand-up to get something else in their careers, but it's truly the art form of stand-up I love.

Judy Gold

Women are taught that if you want to be a lady, keep your opinions to yourself and be polite.

Judy Gold

My desire for my own sitcom began as a little girl - I spent hours lying on my belly on the shag carpeting getting lost in the world of the '70s sitcom. All I wanted to do was run away to the Brady house, The Partridge Family bus; even the project on 'Good Times' seemed better than Clark, NJ.

Judy Gold

My partner and I had our first son in 1996, and the office became the baby's room. Our second son was born in 2001, and the office became the kids' room.

Judy Gold

I started taking all these cooking classes. I learned a lot in them, but you think you're going to retain it, and you don't. Under the pressure, it's hard to retain everything.

Judy Gold

I've gotten resistance for my entire career.

Judy Gold

My mother loves it when I talk about her. Half the time, I think she says things that she knows will go straight into the act.

Judy Gold

Joan Rivers was a role model to comics everywhere, but especially to women. She got the first laugh and the last laugh.

Judy Gold

I try to win the love and approval of strangers, since it didn't work with my family.

Judy Gold

I love standup, but not the grind of traveling and dealing with club owners.

Judy Gold

In America, I've been told so many times that I look 'too Jewish' that I stopped counting.

Judy Gold

I'm going to be a 'Chopped' champion.

Judy Gold

My Shabbat dinner is not to be reckoned with.

Judy Gold

The first time I did stand-up was on a dare.

Judy Gold