Greg Mottola Quotes

I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.

Dummy Dum Dum was my nickname for years at school. I was the strange one of the family, the one who couldn't remember his name.

My forte is awkwardness.

There's always been a confusion about my sensibility. 'Is he kind of edgy, or is he Carol Burnett?' I'm a little bit of a hybrid. I like to please, but I like dark stuff, too.

I actually was very proud of 'Dexter' and had a wonderful time doing it, which must make me an extremely weird person.

Betty White jokes are just not for me.

I'm actually a big fan of Kathy Griffin because I think she's really funny. I think she's really self-deprecating, which is something I like to see in a comedian. I think those are really the best comedians: people who can make fun of themselves.

I'm a walking contradiction. I am funny that way.

What's funny isn't really me. What I do is point out what I find funny in others.

It would upset me if someone watching a show was thinking about me, Milo, as an individual at the supermarket or at a concert, wherever, and they're not thinking about what the character is experiencing.

I like to just be humble. The more interviews, the more embarrassed I kind of get.

I'm not saying that I don't like the stuff I put out into the world, because I genuinely enjoy my videos and think they are funny. What I'm saying is that I embrace the fact that I have a punchable face, and that if I could punch myself without feeling it, I would.

When you roast yourself, it makes everybody else comfortable.

I'm the clumsiest person in the world, so every day brings an embarrassing moment.

I did ride a bike on the streets of Manhattan with four-and-a-half inch heels. Is that fun... or a death wish? You tell me. I was in severe pain, and everyone was laughing at me. That was great. I like when people laugh at me when I'm in pain.

I'm pretty much a comic that dwells on what happened to me instead of what's happening to me.

I'm a goof. C'mon, everyone knows that.

I guess I tell jokes a lot, but I'm not really that sure because sometimes they don't laugh, and they just stare at me like I said something insulting.

I can't speak for everyone, but the kind of comedy that makes me laugh are the ones that kind of make me cringe, and kind of make me look inside my own fears, my own anxieties.

I am such a sillybilly that I embarrass myself all the time.

When I was in grade school, I had a little duet act with a guy who was a beautiful singer, and somebody recorded it on a wire machine. They played it back for us, and I went, 'I hear Donald, but what is that other ugly voice?' It turned out to be me, of course.

We're never going to please everyone, but all the great Jewish comics have succeeded through irreverence and self deprecation.

I'm the most awkward man alive.

As a comedian, I am attracted to truths that are uncomfortable. I like funny bummers.

You can tell a lot about a person by what comedians they like.