Bryan Fogel Quotes

One of the pleasures of being a Jew, I don't have to tell you, it allows you anti-Semitism.

Myself, first of all, I am a Jew. And that is the most important thing for me.

I used to think the whole world was Jewish.

One of the great things about us Jews is that we tell the best jokes. Part of the reason is we tell jokes against ourselves - before anyone else gets to do it.

I've never been from a certain group. I've always reserved a space for myself where I'm unattached to any group, but the part of Judaism that I really take away, that means something to me, is the part about community.

I sometimes wonder why I talk about Judaism so much in my act, and the reason is that it's such a huge part of who I am, and I only make fun of stuff that I care about.

If you had to say in one sentence what being Jewish means, it is being able to make fun of yourself Jewishly.

I do not want to be misunderstood that you need a dose of persecution in order, really, to have a sense of your identity. Otherwise, you know, there would be no American Jews. Even if you're not strictly, fiercely Orthodox, you commit yourselves to a community of memory.

I was not a very good Jew. I never practised what Judaism tells you to do, to teach your kids all about Judaism.

I understood when I was quite small that there were two special things about the Jews. That we'd endured for over 3,000 years despite everything that had been thrown at us, and that we had an extraordinarily dramatic story to tell.

I'm the only one in my family - I'm a practicing Jew - who has attached themselves to religion in a more traditional way.

Jews have had to carry around their own sense of self in a carpet bag and I think perhaps too much emphasis might be being put on nationality and on the other hand patriotism, that sort of thing.

The town I grew up in was at least fifty percent Jewish, so every weekend in the 7th grade, we went to Bar and Bat Mitzvahs.

I look at old performance videos now, and it's really funny - I thought I was such a gangster!

Most of the Jewish writer friends I have are American, and I feel closer to them because they're always obsessed with one issue - identity: what does it mean to be an American Jew?

Above all, this country is our own. Nobody has to get up in the morning and worry what his neighbors think of him. Being a Jew is no problem here.

I believe in Judaism, I was raised a Jew, I'm happy to be one - or proud to be one.

The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be.

I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees. I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against.

Now, if I had an Indian name, it would be 'Stands in Confusion'.

I may look like an American WASPy doctor or lawyer, but I feel just like Woody Allen. Don't cast me for my looks - I have a very ironic, existential, crazy Jew in me.

I'm proud of my background, so I hope there will be more roles where Hispanics are being portrayed.

I'm severely overrated. I'm just above a hack. That should be the name of my new DVD: 'Chris Rock: Slightly Above Hack'.

I'm a Persian Jew, and we don't speak Hebrew.

I'm kind of the antithesis of a comedian. People that don't like me will agree with that.