I had seen movies before that that had made me laugh, but I had never seen anything even remotely close to as funny as Richard Pryor was, just standing there talking.
— Joe Rogan
Have you ever talked to someone, and you're not even really talking to them? Actors are the worst for that.
Being a celebrity or anything else where you're really ambitious, it's really a game to see how successful you can get.
After this whole acting thing is over and done, you eventually have to be human. Some people are never human. It's very weird.
I had a great time on News Radio, I got to make tons of money in relative obscurity and learn a lot about the TV biz and work on my standup act constantly. It was a dream gig.
Dick Gregory was a great comedian who went and got arrested, did hunger strikes, protests. It never hurt his career to be outspoken.
Because I have a girlfriend, I try and take the straight and narrow path, which is good because it prevents VD.
I don't care if you're gay, black, Chinese, straight. That means nothing to me. It's all an illusion.
Comedy is really not like any other art form in that it's very specialized and varied in it's content, but generic in it's title.
Apartment living is tough action. Just the whole idea that you share a washer and dryer always freaked me out.
