Raphael Bob-Waksberg Quotes

When I left school I was full of angst, like any teenager, and I channeled it all into comedy.

Comedy helped me out in my teenage years. It saw me through puberty and helped me to deal with dating.

With out art, without communicating, we wouldn't live beyond 30 because we'd be so sad and depressed.

I was a precocious only child, and then I went through a fat, awkward stage for several years, so I learned to fall back on my humor and personality when I was growing up. It's how you survive, so I think it was more of a natural progression for me, developing into comedy.

I learned early in life that laughter is a great way to diffuse and uncomfortable situation, so I began to use that as a tool, throughout my life.

I realised one day that men are emotional cripples. We can't express ourselves emotionally, we can only do it with anger and humour. Emotional stability and expression comes from women.

My kind of wanting to be funny didn't come from need, necessarily. The closest I can analyze it is that it was an easy way to make friends, I found out. It was just a great kind of social tool.

I think films about men are often about characters who don't want to express their feelings. You're supposed to kind of admire them for not expressing their feelings. And I feel that's a bit dull. Women's stories often have stronger emotional content, which I enjoy doing. What I really love doing is mixing that with humor.

People that don't talk are constipated. I'm sorry, but if you can't communicate, what do you have? You have nothing.

Whenever I have a bad day, I tell everybody around me, 'Just so guys know I am having a bad day and I am nervous about these things,' and that makes all the difference.

I always channel my emotions into my work. That way, I don't hurt anyone but myself.

I'm very emotional. That's why I wear shades a lot.

Out of frustration, I say things. Now, people listen to me so much I can say it under my breath and everybody hears me... I said in the past that I'm a work in progress, and I feel like I'm progressing.

As I get older, my sense of humor is my biggest asset.

Write something, even if it's just a suicide note.

I was a product of a divorced family and I used humor as a weapon to combat sadness. I used comedy to make my mother laugh in light of the darkness that she faced, and to me it became a very powerful tool at a very young age, at six. I saw how therapeutic it could be.

If anyone would have been paying serious attention to my puppet shows, I would have been sent to therapy very young.

We need to ditch the idea that there is any value in the strong and silent man being in any way attractive. Being silent isn't being strong, it's being a victim.

If I have a rough day, and I'm angry, I'll just go into Kirk Douglas and throw over a table. And when I need to lift my spirits, Kermit can always do the trick.

The idea of writing songs because you're depressed and you need to communicate it somehow, that isn't really true for me.

I always wrote poetry as a teenager and it was always so dark, but it made me feel good to get it out.

Humor helps people open up.

Man is an unhappy animal and one that can talk. If he was not unhappy, he would have nothing to talk about. But if he had nothing to talk about, he would be unhappy.

I got through my teen years by being a bit of a clown.

As a kid, I was told to talk as much as possible.