Andy Daly

I think I'm one of those guys who was sort of always in comedy. I thought of myself - and other people…

— Andy Daly

The first 'Saturday Night Live' season I was heavily interested in was the one with Martin Short, Billy Crystal, and Christopher Guest.…

— Andy Daly

There's a way of doing comedy that feels true to the person doing it, that doesn't feel like clown-work or silly faces…

— Andy Daly

It's fun to play someone who seems evil and to reveal their vulnerabilities.

— Andy Daly

I am, like anybody else, full of contradictions and personality traits, and I don't know which ones to speak from as a…

— Andy Daly

I prefer not to wink out from behind the character as myself, saying to the audience, "It's just me here, right, guys?"…

— Andy Daly

I never really thought I had much to add to the conversation that was occurring at 'MADtv.' I didn't know what I…

— Andy Daly

I really enjoy just being an actor. It's fun to be surprised by someone else's writing and to collaborate in creating a…

— Andy Daly

It's so cliche, but I love the feeling you get from improv that anything can happen. The audience is already accepting that…

— Andy Daly

I had a fifth grade teacher who, as a very small way of trying to contain my class clown energy, gave me…

— Andy Daly

There wasn't a persona or an attitude that I could reliably write good stuff from.There wasn't a persona or an attitude that…

— Andy Daly

I never feel like I have anything. People can tell me a thousand times, 'You're the guy, you're the guy,' and I'm…

— Andy Daly

I probably have the most fun on projects where there's some room to improvise.

— Andy Daly

When you're coming up with your philosophy and approach to performing comedy, you take special note of the things you disagree with…

— Andy Daly

It's great fun to memorize somebody's biography, and then liberally play with the real facts of their life and go a step…

— Andy Daly

If anything, in the podcast world, I'm relieved that I don't have to dress like the character. I don't necessarily have to…

— Andy Daly

If I do a bit on stage, I prepare too much. Those bits are all really, really carefully written, and overwritten, and…

— Andy Daly

In sketch comedy, wear your character like a hat, not a suit of armor.

— Andy Daly

I have a troubled relationship with Hunter S. Thompson, not just because he kicked me out of a bar but also because…

— Andy Daly

There were times that I would be drunk and just leave a place by myself because I had an impulse and wasn't…

— Andy Daly

When I graduated from college, I moved to New York and started doing improv because I read all about the early 'Saturday…

— Andy Daly

When you're in front of an audience, you know if it didn't work. I get very nervous and have a fear of…

— Andy Daly

I write and rewrite and memorize, and then inject my performance with improvising and spontaneity, because if something feels too rehearsed, it's…

— Andy Daly

I love to play characters who are stuffy and nerdy who either then have a dark side or are pushed to a…

— Andy Daly

You ought to be able to wear your character like a Lycra bodysuit.

— Andy Daly