Dana Carvey Quotes

I would like to do comedy. I can be a bit of a Jim Carrey. I was always the class clown.

I never was shy, but as far as telling jokes, I'm the worst. I like physical comedy; it's where I feel comfortable.

For me, the way I stay consistent is through stand-up comedy.

I always wanted to host a show, throw whipped-cream pies. Theater is not my cup of tea.

A comedian's body is funny as well as his mind being funny, his whole personage is funny.

When I first started doing comedy years ago, I used to be the biggest Michael Richards fan. I used to love this dude. He was on a TV show called 'Fridays,' and man, he was tall and lanky - and I was tall and lanky. I love physical comedy, and he was a physical comedian, and I said, 'Man, I love this guy.'

I enjoy doing physical comedy.

When I'm on stage, that's a job. It's acting, it's faking, just making fun of yourself, telling bad jokes - I'm pretty good in this - dancing, just to entertain.

I talked about everything, man. I've always written material that everyone can laugh at. I talked about growing up. I did a lot of physical comedy. That was my thing. I was a physical comedian. I did anything and everything from running on a treadmill, I can paint a picture on stage of anything.

If I want to keep working as an actor, I'm going to become a comedian who does fart jokes.

Physical comedy is my favorite thing in the world to do.

I don't care about how I look; I'm dedicated to the laughs. You know, I used to be a clown, so - my name was Smoothie the Clown. All the training I had, all my training is geared toward making people laugh, and I didn't care about being cool.

I did sketch comedy for years. I've always enjoyed it.

Billy Crystal knows how to make people laugh. He's got 30 years on stage... there's no telling him what's funny.

I started performing as a stand-up comedian on my own in the mid-1990s.

Wrestling was like stand-up comedy for me.

Acting by yourself is pretty darn hard, especially having to do physical comedy.

I never used to tell jokes on stage. Now I'm cutting up jokes all night long.

When you're onstage with Chris Rock, anything can happen. He is one of the greatest comic geniuses we've ever seen.

It's a great counter to doing the soap because it's a comedy. It's real physical comedy.

Richard Lewis is the master at taking a joke that he's told a million times in a row in the past year, on the road, and making it look like he's pulling it out of thin air.

The greatest comedian I've ever seen is Jack Benny. He wasn't afraid of the silences.

I can do a little bit of comedy. I can be in an in-between place, where I can do a little bit.

Yes, I'm known as America's most genuine comedian.

I was the kid who liked making other people laugh, so maybe the comedy came before the acting.