Happy Birthday actor Sandra Bernhard

Born: Sandra Gail Bernhard
June 6, 1955 in Flint, Michigan, USA

QUOTES:

[on The King of Comedy (1982)] I haven’t seen the movie in a long time. How many times can you watch yourself, you know? It’s uncomfortable. I am curious to see it again all cleaned up and restored. The film was so representative of an era in filmmaking when people would take their time in a scene. It wasn’t a case of rush, rush, rush onto the next moment. You had room to breathe, and I think that in itself made people uncomfortable because the topic was so weird and out of left field at the time. Now, expectations of fame and desire run so extreme that the film almost seems tame in comparison, but there’s still something about The King of Comedy (1982) that’s very disarming and offbeat and something you’ll never see again. And so those are the emotions I feel. It was very evocative.

[on the possibility of remaking The King of Comedy (1982)] No way. At one point, Jack Black wanted to remake it, and I was like – I mean I love him, he’s fabulous, don’t get me wrong, but I don’t think it would have worked. It’s too late to remake it. We’re here and there’s nothing to really predict. It’s just an ongoing conversation you have every day of the week like, “Can you believe he’s famous?” There’s nothing to say about it. We’re in the middle of it.

[re acting caustic towards audiences in past] I would still be frank and honest and funny, but I’d be more sensitive. I think having a kid and seeing how the world works from that angle, you’re a little more thoughtful and introspective. You don’t want to spend your whole life being bitchy to people. But it worked then, and I’m still able to pull it out if I need to.