Ellen DeGeneres Net Worth

Ellen DeGeneres's Quotes

• I'm a lesbian, an Aquarian, and a vegetarian.
• People always ask me 'Were you funny as a child?' Well, I was an accountant.
• "I was raised around heterosexuals, as all heterosexuals are. That's where us gay people come from - you heterosexuals." - during her interview on 20/20 (1978).
• On her love scene with Bill Pullman in Mr. Wrong (1996): "It's a combination of Something Wild (1986), After Hours (1985) and Mary Poppins (1964)....if Mary Poppins were naked."
• The '60s were when hallucinogenic drugs were really, really big. And I don't think it's a coincidence that we had the type of shows we had then, like The Flying Nun (1967).

Interesting Facts about Ellen DeGeneres

1. Voted "Funniest Person in America" in 1982.
2. "Best Female Club Standup," Comedy Awards 1991.
3. Named "Entertainer of the Year" by Entertainment Weekly 26 December 1997/2 January 1998, issues 411/412.
4. Spoke at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Pointed out that many film plots and images in Hollywood are "heterosexist," meaning that the filmmakers allow heterosexual characters to dominate the screen. She would like to see actors and actresses portray more gay and lesbian couples. [1999]
5. Worked as a paralegal before becoming a comedian.
6. Has two dogs named Bootsie and Muffin.
7. When Ellen came out as a lesbian on her show in April 1997, ABC's affiliate in Birmingham, Alabama, refused to air the landmark episode. Some of the show's sponsors, including Chrysler, withdrew their advertisements.
8. Was initially reluctant to do a love scene with Sharon Stone in If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000), but Ellen's then-girlfriend Anne Heche, who was directing this particular segment of the film, encouraged her to do it. Ellen eventually gave in.
9. Split with girlfriend Anne Heche on August 16, 2000. The two were introduced by writer Roger Friedman and actor Vince Vaughn at a "Vanity Fair" party at Morton's restaurant on March 24, 1997. DeGeneres made her relationship with Heche red-carpet official just 16 days after they met. Prior to that, she'd never gone public with any of her girlfriends.
10. Her last name is pronounced "duh-generous.".
11. Used to sell vacuum cleaners before she was discovered.
12. Has written two books, "My Point . . . And I Do Have One," a New York Times bestseller for six months, and "The Funny Thing Is . . .", also a New York Times bestseller.
13. Daughter of Betty DeGeneres.
14. Ended her four-year relationship with photographer-director Alexandra Hedison. [December 2004]
15. Spoofed on MADtv (1995) by comedian Nicole Parker.
16. She has Cajun/French, English, Irish, German, and distant Dutch and Swiss-German ancestry. Her surname is French.
17. Was the first female stand-up guest to be called to the "hot seat" on her first guest appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962).
18. Attended and graduated from Atlanta High School in Atlanta, Texas, in 1976.
19. Is only the second woman to host the Oscars on her own. The first was Whoopi Goldberg.
20. She is a sweetheart of the fraternity Sigma Tau Gamma.