Frank Caliendo Quotes

Being a fan of comedy, it's so unique, in their own voice. I was really stoked to be able to participate. They're so great at just coming up with stuff on the fly and making stuff funny.

If it's just the voice, then you can only do jokes. It's not really even about the impression so much. It's about the take and what you do with the person. I try to get a character across with the impression.

I think my goal was just to do comedy, honestly. It still is. Whatever form that took or takes, it doesn't matter.

I just love to impersonate people, and I impersonate people because I find them fascinating.

I think I could have a funnier, more economic sets. But that's the comedy I do. And I understand if people aren't interested in it and would rather listen to someone else. But I'll never understand the anger people have toward me.

I love those people who do story-telling and who ramble on, but I don't do that, I tell jokes - the sort of jokes that anyone really could tell in the pub.

I believe that comedians do what they do, and then they get credit or criticism for doing it. There's nothing planned about this.

I did Popeye and Ronald Reagan and everybody was saying things like "yeah he's a cute little kid" but I started, little by little, telling stories about people I'd met and expanded my voices.

In my stand-up, I generally improvise from an outline.

I've been told that I'm good at impersonating people.

I love doing impressions and I love doing accents.

Wrestling was like stand-up comedy for me.

My job has always been to entertain people. I want people to laugh.

Cabaret is a great format. All you have to do is sing and be funny sporadically.

I enjoy comedy and I hope that people enjoy watching me do it.

Even when I lecture per se, I am a joke comedian, I can do the voices.

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.

Stand-up is the foundation to my career. It's what I started out doing.

I love doing impersonations of people.

Even my great grand-mother did impressions.

The jokes are great but what really matters for a comedian is his performance, his whole attitude, and the laughs that he gets between the jokes rather than on top of the jokes.

The success of any stand-up act comes out of life experience.

You know, stand-up comedy is where I pretty much started out.

Live stand-up is my thing. I love being on stage and just messing around.

I enjoy stand up so much because I take time off, and then I'll be excited to go back to it.