Jo Koy

I was a kid, and I would watch standup comics do the 'Tonight Show,' and if Johnny Carson liked you, he'd wave…

— Jo Koy

It's so crazy: my mom and dad divorced when I was 11, and my fondest memories are in the Philippines and being…

— Jo Koy

I always wanted to let people know I was Filipino, but I didn't want to go up on stage and make it…

— Jo Koy

Everything I put on stage is real; that's what my life is. My emotions - I wear them on my sleeve. I'm…

— Jo Koy

Just keep following your damn dreams, it just costs a lot of damn money. I'm broke, but I have a dream.

— Jo Koy

Whether it was a shoe store or working the front desk of a hotel, I was always interacting with people. I'd get…

— Jo Koy

I get the worst compliments all the time. 'Oh you're Asian? I love orange chicken.'

— Jo Koy

You could have a room full of the best comedians in the world and, for some reason, Chris Farley would take the…

— Jo Koy

For every stand-up comedian, Just for Laughs is our Super Bowl. Every comic in the world goes to Just for Laughs in…

— Jo Koy

If I find something funny or something that kind of cracks me up, I'll get up on stage. I don't care what…

— Jo Koy

I was working at Nordstrom Rack, Borders Books, and I was cleaning yachts on the weekends for private parties and being a…

— Jo Koy

Right around 11 or 12, when I saw Eddie Murphy's standup special 'Delirious,' and I taped it on a VHS tape -…

— Jo Koy

I do know one thing: you Midwesterners are laughers.

— Jo Koy

Whenever I talk about my culture, I want to shine a light on it. Even though I'm having fun, I want to…

— Jo Koy

Tacoma is actually my hometown, but if you live within 40 minutes of Seattle, you say Seattle.

— Jo Koy

I get involved in the political, but I don't bring it to the stage because that's not my style.

— Jo Koy

New York is always claiming East, and Los Angeles is always claiming West. It's in everything: acting, hip-hop, sports. But I love…

— Jo Koy

There's nothing more fun than seeing the things that you dreamed about when you were a kid come true. I'm headlining an…

— Jo Koy

I learned from my dad's mistakes. I think that's why I'm so into my son. I bring him lunch every day: McDonald's,…

— Jo Koy

I feel like in the old days, it was once it's a divorce, it's a constant fight until they die. That's how…

— Jo Koy

Las Vegas gave me my career.

— Jo Koy

Whatever I talk about onstage is just my story. My fan base is broad... We all have the same mom; it's just…

— Jo Koy

Just to talk in front of people is scary. And now you gotta learn how to be funny, and now you gotta…

— Jo Koy

My mom raised us like we were still in the Philippines. She tried to cure everything at home like a real Filipino…

— Jo Koy

I didn't realize how many people watched 'The Tonight Show.'

— Jo Koy