Jeff Foxworthy Quotes

If you had of told me age 10 that in 19 years time I would be on a stage in Salford performing with Les Dennis in a sitcom I had written, I would have believed you.

I'd like to come back because I really miss doing situation comedy.

I'm not a standup, but I play one on TV.

I really enjoy doing sitcom television. It allows me to stay in Los Angeles and spend more time with my husband and kids.

I got into stand-up to get on a sitcom.

I think what I do in my acting world and what I do in my standup world is bring up a brand that I want to bring across. Once you figure out your brand and what you do, it's kind of easy at that. You end up getting your audience.

I'm never going to say, 'Well, I'm never going to do comedy again.' I love comedies, and it's what people know me for, so I love doing it... I don't really think about it in terms of 'Well, I should do this because it's comedy or drama.'

I see myself as an entertainer.

I work in the entertainment industry, and I like to be entertained.

Theatre is done largely for the love of the craft. Television makes you famous. And films immortalize you. That's the relationship between the three.

In Australia, I wrote lots of little plays and put them on, and then I worked on a few different TV shows, like the Australian equivalent of 'SNL.' I would write and perform all of my characters.

I started out being a stand up and writing my own material. That took me to 'Talk Soup,' where I was writing and performing for TV.

The great thing about stand up is you get to do other things. You get to do your stand up tours but you also get to do 'Have I Got News For You.' You get to do a sitcom, but you also get to do the 'Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice.' I'm easily bored, so I like the variety.

I really love standup, and I really love writing standup.

A sitcom is the closest thing for me to doing stage because you work in front of an audience, and if it's well written it can be very satisfying.

These actors like Danny McBride and Jonah Hill are so good at improvising, and when they do it, it's this fun moment for the audience. It makes them feel like they're watching something fresh and new.

It's a tremendous feeling walking on to a set with a live audience and making them laugh, but I love drama, and I love drama where there's the ability to bring comedy into it because in a lot of tragic circumstances in life there is comedy to be had.

I did stand-up for my grandparents every day when I was, like, eight.

For me personally, I'm mostly focused on writing and acting right now.

I get to play a lot of hysterics.

I put on a big show when I write something I think is funny.

I do more comedy, actually. I don't do the classic novelas.

I absolutely want to have a career where you make'em laugh and make'em cry. It's all theater.

I want to entertain.

It's a lot easier, I think, to be an actor in a movie than to spin a joke on a sitcom.