Bob Mortimer Quotes

I really like doing puppetry; I'm not sure if it will find its way into 'Big Bang,' but it always does seem to find its way into a lot of things.

I would just stand there puzzled, then realize this would be a great place to make a show.

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

I like doing stand-up and I love putting out TV specials.

I grew up in Middle America and I don't think my family was very funny, but I watched 'The Princess Bride.' I always wanted to be an actor. I didn't know anything about it. I'd never seen any plays or anything and I watched that movie over and over and over again.

One of the reasons I love acting is because I'm so interested in other people's lives, and I often incorporate things I hear or observe into my work. I've become a bit of a 'person addict,' and so I like brushing up against lots of different characters.

People always come up to me and say, 'you should do standup.' It's nice to discover things about yourself. That keeps everything lively and fun.

I watched a lot of TV, and it clicked one day that these people were acting. It sounded like the most fun thing ever.

When you're in comedy, people always come up and say, 'Oh, it must be so hard.' It really isn't hard unless you're not good at it. If you can do it, its really kind of fun and easy.

I'm motivated by entertaining people.

Acting is an art form. If you are not creating something that's unusual and informative and at least has the possibility of being illuminating, then you are not into it as an art form.

When I was nine, we'd take a bus to the seaside. Coming back, we'd take turns entertaining, singing songs and the like. I tried some stand-up comedy. I had a captive audience in that bus. Then I realized I wanted to do more than that.

If you're a comedian, you are looking for material in daily life.

Acting is everybody's favorite second job.

I'm writing songs to perform, to entertain. And when I'm really trying to get inspired, I go backwards, and I just rap.

From the first time I saw Sid Caesar be funny I knew that's what I had to do.

To me acting originally became an extension of game playing.

If my mother hadn't laughed at the funny things I did, I probably wouldn't be a comic actor. After she had her first heart attack, the doctor said, 'Try to make her laugh.' And that was the first time I tried to make anyone laugh.

When you're an actor, you get your ideas from everywhere - even from someone on the street. We're total thieves!

I'm not a stand-up comedian. I'm not an improv person or anything, but I've always been a fan of that stuff.

I had never really thought about acting as art. You know, growing up in Youngstown, the Rust Belt of the world, it was always just a form of entertainment. Finally seeing it as an art form, I fell in love with it. So I moved out to California, never having visited before.

I'm one of the most popular cabaret performers, and I don't sing a note. And nobody expects me to sing.

That's what comedy is like: You have to force yourself out in the world because you're always one experience away from new material.

I love storytellers. When I was growing up, my inspirations were watching Eddie Murphy, Dennis Wolfberg, and Louie Anderson. These guys were great at telling stories, and I made that my own style, talking about things that happened to me and trying to make them funny.

I've always been attracted to acting as soon as I did my first video.