Cameron Esposito Quotes

We need to do a better job of understanding what the world is.

I feel like little kids should and do steal money. That is a major part of being a young child.

I get a lot of credit for having succeeded as a Latina in this world, and I am not that. I appreciate it, but I'm Italian. And that does happen a lot.

Stealing money from your parents - I feel like I did that a lot and I now know as an adult that your parents knew how much money they had. Nobody was being fooled.

My personal philosophy is, talk about whatever you want on a show, but it better be good. And especially if it's something that challenges folks. You don't want to be on the side of power to demean a group that is at risk. Because that's propaganda. Whenever you're on the side of power, you're not making art. Art upends power.

It's hard to narrow down your influences in comedy.

Run. Yoga. Hike. Generally try to outpace the nerves. If that doesn't work, one Jack on the rocks.

If I'm going one place, I want to feel like I can really get the whole vibe.

I love my job and I think my job is hard, but also, my job is such a privilege.

I am embarrassed to exist.

What have I stolen? Probably money as a kid.

Australia's massive. I don't have a lot of downtime.

I know more Australian people than I know New Zealand persons. I feel like there's a real gap in my education.

Everybody that you can think of that does comedy, I have met or worked with almost all of them.

Who are my influences? Everybody.

Here's what I wish people wouldn't ask me: "Who are your influences?" That's a boring question. It's not even like, "What's it like to be a woman in comedy?" That question also happens often in interviews, but I at least understand where it's coming from. "Who are your influences" - I wonder if people ask that of male comics? Maybe they do.

Before I was a vegetarian, I traveled to South Africa and hung out there for a little bit. And they had different animals - did you know different parts of the world have different animals? Because I didn't until I got there! This is what being an American is like. You're like, "Every place has these animals."