Joe Keery Quotes

The only time I've ever been mistaken for someone else is - and this arguable still - when a person came up to me on the boardwalk of Ocean City, New Jersey and said, "You look a lot like that guy from computer ads" and I said, "There is a reason because I am that guy," and the guy looked at me for a minute, laughed and said, "That's a funny joke, but you really do look like him." He thought I was not me.

People say, 'You look like the girl who used to be on that show 'Angel' - they don't actually think I'm her.

People know they have seen me somewhere, but they don't know where. They think I'm their next-door neighbor.

People always think I'm Amy Poehler, which never bothers me. I mean, Amy Poehler is great.

Everywhere I go, people think I'm Helen Hunt.

When I lived in New York, never in my life had I been more mistaken for another than David Chang.

It's funny, I lived my first 38 years of my life with maybe one or two people ever saying that I looked like Greg Kinnear. As soon as I get into the entertainment industry, now it's 100 percent of people.

Unfortunately, I've never been mistaken as Johnny Depp.

In one day, I got mistaken for three different actresses: Wendy Williams, Sherri Shepherd, and Star Jones.

People just usually think I'm someone else. They'll look at me twice, and I'll just say, 'Not Ellen Page.'

A lot of people think that I'm one of the women from 'Broad City' - and I'm just not.

When people say, 'I know you. What have I seen you in?' I respond, 'Well, it depends on how old you are.'

A few people thought I was Bill Clinton, because of the name. I've never complained. Just the fact that you recognise me is enough. Even if you think I'm Chaka Khan.

Something that is funny, that I use sometimes if I'm doing comedy, is the fact that I'm now often mistaken for the rapper Rick Ross. And I don't know that I've ever corrected anyone - like I've never said, 'No no, I'm not Rick Ross, I'm Black Thought from The Roots.'

A couple of people thought I looked familiar, but it was like, No.

I get constantly mistaken for Elijah Wood.

I do seem to look like a lot of people.

I never wanted fame, of all things, and I'm not just being cheeky. There are benefits that come with being famous, but there's also confusion. It's important to make sure your feet stay on the ground.

I find I go in airports anywhere in the country, and someone's always coming up to me and saying 'Hey, you're at my country club in Dubuque, right?' You know, because they kind of know my face, but they don't know why.

Some people call me Dougie Fresh. I don't know why.

When I made a breakthrough as an actor, people started to say, 'Who's that bloke with the funny name?' They advised me to change it, saying it would never be put up in lights outside theaters because they couldn't afford the electricity. But I would never contemplate changing it. It's who I am.

I can't believe that person on the television is really me.

Incredibly, I've been mistaken for Kylie Minogue many times. People look at me, and you can see them thinking, 'She's somebody - but I don't know who.'

If I book a table at a pub, or I've got an appointment at an optician's or something, I'll walk in and I'll say, 'This is Tom Jones here,' And they'll go 'Awww, I thought it was gonna be him.' They think it's gonna be the real guy. I've been ridiculed a lot throughout my life for it.

I'm often confused with other actors. But the people who know my work don't have that problem.