When I was eight years old, I got a dummy for Christmas and started teaching myself. I got books and records and… — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
In 1980, when I graduated from high school, my goal was to be on 'The Tonight Show' with Johnny Carson at least… — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
When I was in third grade I taught myself ventriloquism... What's hard is to learn to be an entertainer and make people… — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
On weekends when everybody would go to the football games, I would be getting on a plane or driving my car across… — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
I love touring, I love doing the live show and it's just like a musical artist, you just keep coming up with… — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
My parents never discouraged me. There were a couple times when my dad criticized a couple things that I did, but it… — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
When a bad experience happens, you just chalk it up to the great fact that you just got five more jokes in… — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
Growing up doing those Kiwanis Clubs, doing those Cub Scout banquets, doing those church shows, I learned to find that sensibility that… — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
My mother and my father have always supported me. Now in their eighties, they actually clamor onto the tour bus with me… — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
As humans we like to laugh at our fears, we like to whistle in the dark. — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
“Jeff: Are you married? Bubba J.: Yep. Jeff: Your wife pretty? Bubba J.: Ye... no! Jeff: What's the difference? Bubba J.: The light.” — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
When I was eight years old, I got a dummy for Christmas and started teaching myself. I got books and records and sat in… — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
“Look, I know I didn't finish school but that frickin' says 'Sa ntah ah nah!” — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
My goal in any show is to make people laugh. That's the No. 1 thing. Everything else pales in comparison to that. — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
The magic in performing as an entertaining ventriloquist happens when the characters come to life and the interaction between the separate personalities on stage… — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
[In my bio] is no drunk driving, there's no DUI's, there's no possession of cocaine, none of that stuff so you know, I don't… — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
A lot of my best stuff is just ad libs on stage, and that's one thing that I've gotten back to at the live… — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image
Even going to college, getting my degree in Radio TV and Film, as I was approaching the time when you have to decide on… — Jeff Dunham Copy Share Image