I have yet to see one of those Comedy Central shows with multiple standup comics that doesn't include someone the size of… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
I'm not the guy with the enormous comedy nose or the big feet or the bad posture or the whatever; a physical… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets? — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
Comedians are sometimes resentful of their writers. Probably because it's hard for giant egos to admit you need anyone but yourself to… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
Years have passed since I have set foot in a comedy club. If the comic is doing badly it's painful, and if… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
I'm sure I've all but lost friends by maintaining that, despite their love for it, I always saw Stanley Kramer's 'It's a… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
Running my show is really like an actor being in repertory but where, in one day in one performance, you do scenes… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
The brain process that results in a joke materializing where no joke was before remains a mystery. I'm not aware of any… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
If I were running a campaign, I'd urge taking the mountain of money reportedly squandered on pizza, coffee and bagels and spending… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
Obviously those who burn to be professional jesters mean that they want to be successful comedians. And those are always an elite,… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
Statistically, I'd say comedy writers are perhaps the sanest category of show people. And why not? They make big money, and although… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
A conversation does not have to be scintillating in order to be memorable. I once met a president of the United States, and his… — Dick Cavett Copy Share
I don't see the future as bright, language-wise. I see it as a glass half empty - and evaporating quickly. — Dick Cavett Copy Share
I'm not all that enthralled by show business, and I'm not that much of a highbrow. — Dick Cavett Copy Share
Radio, which was a much better medium than television will ever be, was easy and pleasant to listen to. Your mind filled automatically with… — Dick Cavett Copy Share
I guess the best advice I ever got or anyone could get for doing a talk show, though it has not been easy very… — Dick Cavett Copy Share
William F. Buckley was a man who had a great capacity for fun and for amusing himself by amazing others. — Dick Cavett Copy Share
I eat at this German-Chinese restaurant and the food is delicious. The only problem is that an hour later you're hungry for power. — Dick Cavett Copy Share
“The idea that hunting is one against one is ludicrous. It's one animal versus the hunter, the manufacturer of the rifle, the bullet maker,… — Dick Cavett Copy Share
Chris Matthews can't start any sentence without 'Let me ask you this... ' And I love Chris Matthews! But almost everybody in journalism does… — Dick Cavett Copy Share
You would have to be naive to think you can appear on television and not have the material edited in some way. — Dick Cavett Copy Share
I'm not sure why writing for others became harder. Probably a reluctance to give away anything you might conceivably use yourself caused a block.… — Dick Cavett Copy Share
