Borstein Quotes & Sayings

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

Every comic is really a frustrated rock star. — Alex Borstein

I have no point in my system or morals where I say, 'This is too far.' — Alex Borstein

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

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

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

My life is neither a disaster nor supernatural, yet it is an unlikely event. — Douglas Coupland

Priests ... these turkey-cocks of God. — Friedrich Nietzsche

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

As soon as you get over caring what people think, you can have a nice time. — Lara Flynn Boyle

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

If you don't try, if you don't do something for yourself, you won't get anywhere. — Bobby Darin

And so Jesus came to bring humility back to earth, to make us partakers of it, and by it to save us. In heaven He humbled himself to become a man. The humility we see in Him possessed Him in heaven; it brought Him here. Here on earth "He humbled himself and became obedient to death"; His humility gave His death its value, and so became our redemption. And now the salvation He imparts is nothing less and nothing else than a communication of His own life and death, His own disposition and spirit, His own humility, as the ground and root of His relationship with God and His redeeming work. — Andrew Murray

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

My biggest fear is the ocean. It's a great big, powerful sea toilet. — Alex Borstein

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

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

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

Thoughts alone are potent writs of becoming. — Gabriel Brunsdon

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

I got my degree in rhetoric. — Alex Borstein

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

Avast talking about me as though I were not standing here. — Lisa Norato