The 5-minute Interview: Joan Rivers, actress, comedienne and performer
'I wish people would take more notice of my amazing breasts'
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Your support makes all the difference.Brooklyn-born Rivers, 74, has been an entertainerfor 40 years, starting her career on NBC's 'Tonight Show' and going on to write and star in a host of productions, including her chat shows. She won an Emmy Award as best talk-show host in 1990. On Sunday, she will appear on the shopping channel QVC to name its "search for a presenter" competition winner.
I wish people would take more notice of...
My amazing breasts. Never mind the ankle bracelet, you need to look at the two things next to it.
A phrase I use too often is...
"Get me an interview with The Independent or you are fired."
If I weren't talking to you right now I would be...
Cat-napping.
The most surprising thing that happened to me...
Was when I had a baby nine months after my husband tripped and fell on top of me.
I'm good at...
Answering questions.
I'm very bad at...
Spelling.
A common misperception of me is...
That I'm getting old.
I am not a politician but...
I enjoy stealing public funds as much as the next guy.
The ideal night out is...
Me at a busy intersection with a whole lot of Johns in very slow-moving cars.
In moments of weakness I...
Pass out.
You know me as a comedienne but in another life I'd have been...
Siamese twin comedians who were joined at the head.
The best age to be is...
Some time in the Iron Age. I just love beautifully forged tools.
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