Jorma Taccone Quotes

I'm a little younger than these guys, but I would say all of us are huge fans of the original 'MacGyver' series, and obviously we found that inspiration for the original pitch for 'MacGruber.'

I kind of did this thing in high school, a spoof of 'Sweeney Todd' called 'Shirley Todd,' and I had a great time doing that.

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.

We weren't rich by any means, but we had each other, so we were rich in family. When you don't have a lot, it just fuels that creativity. So it manifested in us doing characters of people in the neighborhood or doing impersonations of Mom and Dad. The comedy bug, it takes over.

There's not one thing that inspires me the most. Me and my friends joke around with each other and hang out so much that whatever makes us laugh really hard makes it into 'Workaholics.' But the characters that I think are funny are guys that are confidently stupid.

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

But comedy I'd love to do as much as humanly possible.

I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.

I think comedy, so much of it comes out of the strange sort of golden instant 'cause you don't know why it's funny, but you captured it.

George Carlin is brilliant with words, and Johnny Winters is very creative. It's taking something common and drawing out the humor, being clever with words.

I want to be like Robin Williams, really. It's all the different characters he does, all the different voices.

Comedians are not usually actors, but imitations of actors.

Comedy is a very, very, very stringent business.

Ever since I was a kid, I just loved those comedians on TV who would just have fun with the language.

I love comedy, and I think that's sort of what comes naturally to me.

I'll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there's some great comedy minds and performances.

Some people learn comedy, and some people just are comedy.

I loved comedy all my life. I think it's a real powerful art form.

I would like to be someone like Steve Martin. That's the path I'd like to follow.

Plus, I love comic writing. Nothing satisfies me more than finding a funny way to phrase something.

I definitely think that comedy is my niche.

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.

Comedians are the monkeys of acting. When you go to the zoo, everybody loves the monkey exhibit.

I became the storyteller of South Side Chicago. I used an old Kiwi liquid shoe polish as a microphone. I'd go around the house interviewing everybody, telling stupid jokes, doing voices. I mimicked Sidney Poitier, Sammy Davis Jr., people on 'Laugh-In,' Flip Wilson.

The difference between you and the funny person on TV is that they acted on their ideas.