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Roseanne Barr | The ’90s: Interview Outtakes


I wanted to see my life on television

I wanted to see my life on television because my life was real and everything

because my life was real and everything

because my life was real and everything in my life was real and still is to this

in my life was real and still is to this

in my life was real and still is to this day real and I don’t book myself or and

day real and I don’t book myself or and

day real and I don’t book myself or and I try not to to anybody else

I try not to to anybody else

I try not to to anybody else and you know I just tried to live right

and you know I just tried to live right

and you know I just tried to live right down the middle

down the middle

down the middle with my beliefs and be like who I really

with my beliefs and be like who I really

with my beliefs and be like who I really am which is hard it’s hard on TV and off

am which is hard it’s hard on TV and off

am which is hard it’s hard on TV and off of TV but I’ll tell you what this first

of TV but I’ll tell you what this first

of TV but I’ll tell you what this first 38 years of my life before I got on TV

38 years of my life before I got on TV

38 years of my life before I got on TV they were a lot harder than anything I

they were a lot harder than anything I

they were a lot harder than anything I did on TV because once I was on TV I

did on TV because once I was on TV I

did on TV because once I was on TV I never had worry anymore I thought I was

never had worry anymore I thought I was

never had worry anymore I thought I was gonna be able to feed my kids or pay my

gonna be able to feed my kids or pay my

gonna be able to feed my kids or pay my rent and I have to think about that the

rent and I have to think about that the

rent and I have to think about that the enormous popularity of the Roseanne show

enormous popularity of the Roseanne show

enormous popularity of the Roseanne show I ascribed to one thing only it had a

I ascribed to one thing only it had a

I ascribed to one thing only it had a lot of laughs people got some good

lot of laughs people got some good

lot of laughs people got some good laughs and jokes itself around the water

laughs and jokes itself around the water

laughs and jokes itself around the water cooler on Monday at work and you know

cooler on Monday at work and you know

cooler on Monday at work and you know even at church too and you know wherever

even at church too and you know wherever

even at church too and you know wherever they went you know they were g-rated

they went you know they were g-rated

they went you know they were g-rated jokes and they were hilarious and those

jokes and they were hilarious and those

jokes and they were hilarious and those are the hardest jokes to write or those

are the hardest jokes to write or those

are the hardest jokes to write or those g-rated ones I had a lot of great

g-rated ones I had a lot of great

g-rated ones I had a lot of great writers on the Roseanne show because I

writers on the Roseanne show because I

writers on the Roseanne show because I had taste most have never had written

had taste most have never had written

had taste most have never had written for television before but I thought well

for television before but I thought well

for television before but I thought well when I’m in there I’m going to try to

when I’m in there I’m going to try to

when I’m in there I’m going to try to open as many doors for people who you

open as many doors for people who you

open as many doors for people who you know are funny and smart Judd Apatow I

know are funny and smart Judd Apatow I

know are funny and smart Judd Apatow I gave him his first job and Joss Whedon I

gave him his first job and Joss Whedon I

gave him his first job and Joss Whedon I gave

gave

gave job and Oh Oh the god there’s so many

job and Oh Oh the god there’s so many

job and Oh Oh the god there’s so many and they’re all really good too

and they’re all really good too

and they’re all really good too as a show progressed and we you know

as a show progressed and we you know

as a show progressed and we you know became more successful I was given more

became more successful I was given more

became more successful I was given more control and you know which I appreciated

control and you know which I appreciated

control and you know which I appreciated and I always attempted to manipulate

and I always attempted to manipulate

and I always attempted to manipulate more of it week after week because

more of it week after week because

more of it week after week because that’s what comics do and yes I couldn’t

that’s what comics do and yes I couldn’t

that’s what comics do and yes I couldn’t push then it wasn’t any fun and you know

push then it wasn’t any fun and you know

push then it wasn’t any fun and you know they let me push and they had great

they let me push and they had great

they let me push and they had great respect for me and it was all like ended

respect for me and it was all like ended

respect for me and it was all like ended up great I was able to overcome most of

up great I was able to overcome most of

up great I was able to overcome most of my grudges thanks to voodoo and you

my grudges thanks to voodoo and you

my grudges thanks to voodoo and you don’t move on with my life

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