Kathy Griffin is an Emmy Award-winning stand-up comedienne, producer, actress, and a self-proclaimed "D-list celebrity." She has also been a voice actress, a red carpet commentator, and a guest host on ‘The View’. She also appeared in an Eminem music video. She has honed a comedy and television career that pokes fun at her own relatively modest place in the Hollywood hierarchy as well as Scientology, plastic surgery and snooty attitudes.  Among Griffin's staples are Clay Aiken, Barbara Walters, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Gwyneth Paltrow, Star Jones, Oprah Winfrey, Britney Spears, and Lindsay Lohan.

She stirred up controversy with her Emmy acceptance speech, saying “a lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this award. I want you to know that no one had less to do with this award than Jesus. He didn't help me a bit.” For Griffin, this remark was not meant as a slight on Jesus, but rather as a satire of celebrities who thank Jesus profusely for their awards. Griffin later responded, “Am I the only Catholic left with a sense of humor?”

“A lot of celebrities, especially when you're talking about the really big ones, live in what I call the fame bubble. Nobody ever says no to them or challenges them or even teases them. I can be 5 feet from Christina Aguilera, for example – we’ve worked together many times - and she will not even look at me.”

“I work constantly, I’m really driven by money, I’m really interested in money. It is not like I am rich by other star’s standards, but I constantly strive for more.”

(About her D-List status) “I’m open about it. You have the A-list with Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt and Nicole Kidman. The B-list is, like, Ray Romano and Debra Messing. For a while I hovered on the C-List. But then I did ‘Celebrity Mole,’ and I jumped right to D. Once you do ‘Celebrity Mole, there’s no coming back. The D-list is people who have shows on the Animal Planet.”

“The more I’m in an actual war zone, the more it’s just ugly. It’s not cool, it’s not a Toby Keith song, it’s not opening up a can of whoop-ass. It’s just horrible.”

“My niece and nephew are here for the weekend. It’s time to act like I like kids.”

- Kathy Griffin  (1960- )

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