Off Quotes by David Steinberg

I starred in a Broadway play that was Sidney Poitier's first directing job and the cast was Lou Gossett, Cicely Tyson, Diana Ladd and…

— David Steinberg

Silences are the most underrated part of comedy.

— David Steinberg

In comedy, looking back is more important than looking around at your contemporaries because they are too much influenced by the same time period…

— David Steinberg

I don't really dissect comedy. Nothing kills off humor more than overanalyzing it.

— David Steinberg

Here's the rule that I set for myself, and I believe it - even on a show like 'Curb Your Enthusiasm': the more personal…

— David Steinberg

I rewrote it and I took all your notes. Read it again, that kind of persistence paid off.

— David Steinberg

I don't believe any particular ethnic group is smarter than any other group.

— David Steinberg

The one thing an audience always has in common with a comedian is troubles. The Yiddish word for that is tsuris. You're always putting…

— David Steinberg

You don't need to be stable to be a stand-up comedian.

— David Steinberg

The odd thing about comedy is that the more personal you are, the larger the audience.

— David Steinberg

My influences were Woody Allen and Lenny Bruce.

— David Steinberg

My father was a rabbi and had a little synagogue in Canada, so I'm from Canada. I left there at 16.

— David Steinberg