Tony Shalhoub Quotes

I never go see a comic. The only one I'd ever really want to see is Don Rickles. He might be 80 years old, but he blows everyone out of the water.

I think Mitch Hedberg is one of the great comedians of the past 20 years.

I'm not a politician, I'm a comedian. I know my limitations.

I feel more comfortable in comedy.

If you call me a comedian I will be very grateful. I will thank you profoundly. No, I love doing comedy. It's fun once in a while to do a serious part but I really enjoy doing comedy because I love to laugh.

I just want to continue to do comedy. Comedy, I'm discovering, is my niche. It's what I'm born to do, so I would love to have my own sitcom one day in the future.

I remember when I got my first Adam Sandler CD and it was the funniest thing I'd ever heard in my entire life, and continues to be.

I'm not a comedian. I'm Lenny Bruce.

I always wanted to be a comedian and actor. I basically stumbled into the music medium, though. I'm OK, but that's about it. I like to think I'm good enough not to negatively affect the performance.

When a soldier of the night's watch dies they say, "And now his watch is over." That's what they say when a comedian dies. They go, "And now his tour is done."

I love comedy. I like to think that there's a sense of humor in some of my music - obviously not all of it.

I've always been partial to comedy. I love the idea of working on a comedic scene.

If I had a choice, I would do comedy all the time. It's just the most challenging thing. To make someone laugh is the most challenging thing, and the most rewarding thing, in entertainment.

Comedy is not pretty.

I actually enjoy comedy; it's a lot of fun.

I was 23 with a mullet doing lots of jerk-off material.I can't look at the old tapes now.

I make people laugh for a living. I believe I can say objectively that what I do I do as well as anybody. Just say I'm one of the best broken field runners that ever lived. For 35 years I was a cult hero, an underground funny.

I consider myself a sit-down comedian really, as much as anything else. I love comedy. Life is a cosmic joke.

By the way, to perform in front of Don Rickles, it 's not nerve-wrecking. It 's enjoyable, i am enjoying Jeff Garlin. I hope I perform in front of Don Rickles every night of my life !

I do love comedy, but I'm not brave enough to tackle a script whose goal is to make you laugh. That's tough. The ones that can do it, I tip my hat off to them, but I don't have that kind of humor or mind.

I'm a huge fan of Adam Sandler and used to have Adam Sandler nights when I was younger. And he's so funny on the set.

I've shown people Richard Pryor who've never seen him, and most of them don't like him.

Death is the final wake-up call.

After a while I started to think of that as an image of something that went a lot deeper than the dead dog, which is you can't bring back anything to life.

I never used to tell jokes on stage. Now I'm cutting up jokes all night long.