Jello Biafra Quotes

I was a class clown since second grade.

I've always tried to come up with funny dancing since I was young, to attract girls' attention for one thing. It's got to be funny. I can't pull it off with serious dances. That's not me.

As a kid I was always a bit of a clown, a performer.

You have to make them laugh and then make them listen.

I think I'm a lot funnier and goofier than people were able to see on 'Dancing With the Stars.'

The minute you make people laugh, you get them to listen.

Sometimes, comedy and entertainment is not all about telling jokes; sometimes you just have to be you for a few moments.

'Saturday Night Live' is a very particular beast. What it celebrates are individuals who can stand out. I did good work there, but going onstage and saying, 'Hey! Hey! Look at me! Aren't I funny?' - that just wasn't my instinct.

No matter how popular you are as a stand-up - you can go out and fill a 10,000-seat arena and be smart and funny - it's delicate to host an awards show and know where your place is and know that it's not about you, that it's about the people who are nominated, and respect that, but at the same time have your moment to show them who you are.

I want to show the world my humor.

I've been a fan of Eddie Izzard since school.

I have always found men who were funny, irresistible. It's rare that I ever based love on looks or superficial things, but it a guy made me laugh-and that didn't mean he had to be in comedy professionally - I was hooked.

I was never a hammy child. But I could make people laugh.

The first time I got on stage I was 10 years old and I did impressions. I did cartoon characters and I really got the bug for this life when I saw that people were laughing and saw the attention I was getting.

I had a real passion for performing. I craved the attention. I was a goofy kid just like I am a goofy adult. So as soon as I got the bug of getting laughs and getting on stage I just couldn't stop.

Everyone has a moment when they discover they love Amy Poehler.

I had always been heavily influenced by stand-up.

I grew up fascinated with comedy and with people who could capture someone's attention.

I knew already when I was seven years old, that I wanted to be on stage and entertain people. I sell laughs. Here, you got one for free!

Totie Fields is one of my benchmarks for a lot of things. There was a standard of show business.

I knew I wanted to be a performer and do comedy at 5 years old. My dad's wife, Marlene Rosenbaum, was boiling water and she goes, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" I said, "A comedian." And she laughed and laughed because she thought that was the cutest, funniest thing.

Then with Lucy [Hale], her little thing that I kind of learned from her is her country music because she’s obsessed with country and at the beginning, I wasn’t a huge fan of it, but I was listening to some songs that she plays in the hair and makeup room and she’s also so funny, too. She does these character impersonations and they’re just so funny. Made up characters of course, but she can switch into someone else so fast. I’m always laughing at Lucy and she’s like a little Polly Pocket, you know? The tiny one.

All of my life doing interviews, comedy has been my favorite thing, comedians are my favorite people.

I have profound respect for Sacha Baron Cohen, but Borat is not a particularly comfortable movie for me to sit through.

If you want my views of history, there's something you should know. The three men I admire the most are Curly, Larry, and Mo.