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- Elvis and I call up Cadillac dealerships all night long, suckin' down Ny Quil stingers and cheese. He says, what the hell's Lisa Marie thinking…
- When I'm on stage, that's me. It's blown up, but that's me.
- Where I grew up, the basketball courts were rarely used.
- Bill Murray doesn't do anything. He barely shows up at the movies he says he's going to do.
- George Carlin was great right up to the end of his life. But Richard Pryor was probably the best, most gifted stand-up comedian who will…
- I think we're going to carry the 'Ice Age's up to 'Ice Age 15,' which means basically they'll be in the present decade.
- I'm pretty much a chocolate guy. I'm up for any type of chocolate. Any chocolate.
- If you do good work, it tends to stick around. People still come up to me and say, ''The Ref' is my favorite Christmas movie.'
- If you see me doing a new stand-up special, it probably means I've been out of work for a while.
- In addition to my cousin, there were 30 or 40 guys I grew up with who became firefighters as well. So, I've been around firefighters…
- My brother and I tortured my mother growing up.
- Sometimes 'great acting' is just showing off - chewing up scenery and dialogue and other actors - the equivalent of a theatrical sugar rush.
- Stand-up comedy and comedy in general is the ultimate form of free speech, because you get to poke holes in all the pretentious bubbles politicians…
- Anybody who's done standup will tell you that there's nothing like it. The show starts at 8:00, the curtain goes up and there's nobody else…
- Certain movies like 'Wag The Dog,' we used improv on every scene that we did. Pretty much, we would shoot from the script and then…
- I guess you get pigeon-holed in Hollywood, but I'm ok with that because I've been able to do a lot. I started in the theater,…
- I obviously identify with the anti-authority figure. I've pretty much always had problems with authority, ever since I was a kid. But, yeah, it's not…
- I think it's a shame when you come across young actors and musicians who haven't had the time to learn their craft. It doesn't matter…
- I wanted to be a hockey player. Where I grew up, the basketball courts were rarely used. I was terrible in school and actually said,…
- I'm born and raised in the Northeast. My parents are Irish immigrants. So our tendency is to shy away from the big yellow ball that…
- If I'm president, there are going to be government vans that drive around and pick up people who shouldn't be wearing certain clothing. Talk about…
- My cousin Jerry Lucey and five other firefighters died in a warehouse fire in Worcester, Mass. - my hometown - right in the middle of…
- My nieces and my nephews think the only thing that I do is 'Ice Age.' That's fine with me because pretty soon they'll grow up…
- White men have screwed this country up! I would like a black, female…. everything all rolled into one.I want something different. I want a real…
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