Explore Quotes by Jenifer Lewis

I know what mental illness looks like, and I know that if a person is not ready to get help, they won't.

Apart from being Jennifer Lewis. The name pulls people in.

Don't think you're going to be happy when you get something. You have to be happy on your way to happy.

I don't leave a room unless I leave a smile. I want to leave them laughing.

Pay attention to your friends; pay attention to that cousin that jumps up on the picnic table at the family reunion and goes a little too 'nutty,' you know what I mean? Pay attention to that aunt that's down in the basement that never comes upstairs. We have to pay attention to our friends, pay attention to your family, and offer a hand.

On September 11, 2015, only hours before my mother passed away, I learned that the man I planned to build a life with was a convicted felon and con artist whose criminal career spans more than 25 years.

I've been in charge all my damn life, but executive producing is teamwork. You're involved with every aspect of the production, from casting to locations, everything.

We are as sick as our secrets, so I tell everything.

I've been keeping a journal since I was in the seventh grade.

If you just want to be a star, go away.

It's important to e alive in those moment, especially when you're doing something you love to do.

Saturday night is when my hair would be fixed up and that was my memory.

I wrote a show - just as a joke, actually - and called it 'Bipolar, Bath, & Beyond,' just to bring some humor to it. I wasn't saying to myself that I'll 'come out' with it - I didn't think there was anything to 'come out' with - I was just writing another one-woman show about my life.

The biggest message I want to get out is that a lot of us live in a bubble, and we think things can't happen to us, but they do. When it does happen to you, take care of yourself, and then get up.

I've had a wonderful life. The reason it's been a wonderful life is I've made conscious choices to get up, to basically love life.

I've been burn when it comes to my hair that it ain't no joke.

I still go to a salon where a gal does my hair, and I don't know if it's because I'm a celebrity but by the time I leave there, we are eating chicken and talking and screaming.

The elevator to success is broken, take the stairs.

If you can find something you love, go for it everyday of your life, and it would be really good to you.

Love yourself, so that love will not be a stranger when it comes

You are a GODDESS when you leave the salon