I chewed up a lot of Florida highway when I was starting out. Used to come to Tampa two or three times a year for about 10 years straight.
BILLY GARDELLSometimes WRONG is worth the FUNNY!
More Billy Gardell Quotes
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The quickest way to defuse fear or insecurity or anger is usually humor. I think comics figure that out quickly, and, once you figure it out, you think, ‘Hey, if I can do this and get paid, that would be kind of cool.
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Look, you know, you can’t please everybody. I’m a stand-up comic. I know that. It doesn’t matter how funny you are and how well you do, there’s two people that are going to walk out of there hating you.
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I’ve been trying to watch my weight a bit, but when I come to Las Vegas, all bets are off. I get enough healthy food in L.A. where the food is the size of a quarter and costs $40 – when I’m in Vegas, I want a steak!
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Whenever I realize I’m being a goofball, I write it down. When I release the joke onstage, I love watching the effect it has on the audience.
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I mean, yeah, I want to lose some weight! I’m doing the best I can.
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And then as I got older, see, I think a lot of times with comics, your life kind of permeates your act.
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As a comic, I’ve heard gunshots while I’m trying to get to sleep. I’ve performed where people wanted to do you harm after the show because of something you said.
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Maybe, who knows, I’ll hire myself a trainer and a fancy cook. In five years, maybe I’ll be an action hero. Then again, maybe I’ll just be this guy. Who knows? But the fun part is embracing the human side of that.
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Yeah, I’ve done Jim Breuer’s radio show a couple times, and I heard from Larry the Cable Guy when I got ‘Mike & Molly,’ wishing me congratulations.
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Getting to do my stand-up the way I have this summer is really what I’ve dreamed of since I was about 10 years old.
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You need a wisecracking buddy standing next to you? That’s the role for me. You got the guys who are knock-down, drag-out handsome. That’s what people want to see. Let that guy be the hero. But there’s always a role for the Everyman.
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I like those older theaters – the acoustics are perfect, I mean, you just have that feel of there’s been a thousand shows in there and now you get to be one.
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No one wants to see someone talk who takes themselves too seriously.
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I’m always the last one to the party, man. But that’s okay. I got there.
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Sometimes WRONG is worth the FUNNY!
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