Matt McGorry Quotes

I didn't grow up identifying with beauty. I grew up thinking I could be smart and funny - those are the things I got feedback on.

I was always the funny guy. Everyone wants to hang out with the funny guy.

I never thought of myself as like, a funny person.

I think of myself as a funny guy but nobody thinks I'm funnier than my daughters.

I found out that if you made people laugh, they like you. Most people got to like me because I made them laugh. When they didn't, I hit them.

Some of my favorite characters that I've played have been very pompous because I love making fun of pompous people.

Everyone thinks I'm a nice guy, which is not a bad way to be perceived.

If you're naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don't like.

My school was really small, but I was called the Class Clown!

I never felt that I was a leading-man type in high school. I was always the goofy guy who was getting attention from girls who could make them laugh by doing impersonations of, like, 'Saturday Night Live' sketches... I was more James Stewart than James Bond.

I'm a lot girlier than the roles that I play. I joke with Tricia Helfer all the time that she's my muscle.

It was pretty clear that I was a funny guy, just as a guy.

I like to play the guy that has no self-awareness.

We all have split personalities; we all wear masks at some point in our careers.

I think I'm a funny guy.

I thought comedians were the funny guy in the common room, not understanding that the flaws in my personality were actually the funny things about me.

I am a very funny guy.

You have to realize that Mel [Gibson], he's a funny guy. He's got a wicked sense of humor.

I found out if you're a funny guy, a lot of people like you.

If people are attracted to me, I like to think it's because I'm an interesting person, fairly smart, well-rounded, with a good sense of humor. I would like to think that's what I am. I would like to think people see it.

Comedians by and large are some of the most sensitive people on earth. Even if they're socially callous.

If everybody likes you, you're pretty dull.

I used to joke that I was trying to sell out, and nobody would buy me.

A sense of absurdity interferes with my efforts to appear venerable.

Comedy is a meritocracy. If you are funny, you are there. If you are not, you are out.