CARROT TOP

My way of making people like me was to make 'em laugh.

It's weird, I never wish anything bad upon anybody, except two or three old girlfriends.

I think the more you do this and the more comfortable you become on stage, you start speaking more and becoming more of a character in yourself.

Carrot Top is a nickname that people call me and I thought that it was more marketable.

I think it's important for me, for my crew and for the audience to bring something new to each show. I have friends who have done the same act, word for word for word, for 20 years. I have a problem with that. I think the audience should see something new in each show.

I never looked at Gallagher like he was a threat to me.

I think it's the fact that I do something different and that I actually have some success with it. That bothers a lot of people... especially comics.

Me in drag is kind of scary, actually. It's frightening. I actually look pretty good.

Everybody has their own style. If you went to the movies every week and everybody acted the same way Tom Cruise did, boy, wouldn't that suck?

I would like to be someone like Steve Martin. That's the path I'd like to follow.

I think, over the years, I've kind of evolved.

Like I told Howard, I can't help it that I'm beautiful.

I'd love to be animated. I've always wanted to jump off of a bridge and not be hurt, like Bugs Bunny.

I love to shop, especially in retro stores. I have about a million pairs of old-school sports shoes like Adidas, so that's probably my biggest vice.

People do give me a hard time about my hair because it's orange and it's big.

When I told my friends I was going to be a comedian, they laughed at me.

There's nothing wrong with trying to reach out to new fans.

I do go through a mini depression because one minute there are people yelling and screaming for me on stage and the next I'm at home and it's dead quiet. So it takes a while to come down.

My real name is Scott Thompson. I could have gone by that name, but when I started doing comedy I thought I needed to go by something that has a little more of a hook.

Comics don't like to see other comics do well.

In movies, you don't get reactions: Live, when you do a joke, you know in a second whether it's good or bad. But in a movie, since no one is allowed to laugh or do anything, when you're done with a scene, you're left asking, 'Was that funny?'

So I try not to look too far into the future because I think that everything happens and will happen for a reason.

I always thought marketing in general was an interesting kind of thing. I always liked commercials and billboards.

I always make fun of KISS because I don't particularly think their music is anything.

Some people don't realize that I've had a career pre-commercials.