Colin Quinn Quotes

• You know, the funny thing about Lorne and that show is that, you can go over one million things, but in a business of bean counters, he still likes to laugh at small things and creates a show around it.

  Colin Quinn

  Topics in Business, Funny

  Tags in Things, Small

• You know how it is with writing. You just write what you want to write. There’s no way to predict what is good or bad. You just do what you think is funny, and either it works or you’re finished. It’s impossible to predict anything.

  Colin Quinn

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Good, Bad

• You can’t make money on Broadway. You make nothing. You maybe make like $1,350 a week after you pay out all the producers.

  Colin Quinn

  Topics in Money

  Tags in Nothing, After

• You can’t make everybody laugh. You gotta just do what you think is funny. Just be obstreperous to everybody.

  Colin Quinn

  Topics in Funny

  Tags in Laugh, Think

• When I look back now I realize I was such an obnoxious kid but, you know, I went to schools like you, like a public school in New York so compared to the anarchy that was going on there, they really wouldn’t – I wasn’t like a bad kid. I saw people come in and punch the teachers.

  Colin Quinn

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in School, Really, Realize

• Twitter is one of those dangerous toys that if it gets in the hands of the wrong person you’ll have the mind of a 12-year-old masquerading as an adult.

  Colin Quinn

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Mind, Person, Wrong

• Those early days of comedy are when you get addicted to it.

  Colin Quinn

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Comedy, Early

• The thing that drives me crazy is when comics say ‘I have low self-esteem.’ No you don’t. You’re standing on stage asking people to pay. You don’t play an instrument. You want people to pay to hear what’s in your mind. You don’t have low self-esteem. You might have other problems.

  Colin Quinn

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Crazy, Thing, Problems

• The only people who like to live alone more than comics are priests.

  Colin Quinn

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Priests

• The mistake that people make in stand-up is thinking they’re profound or they’re deep when there are so many people who have more worthwhile ways of phrasing things.

  Colin Quinn

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Deep, Thinking

• The ancient Greeks were the first ones to say an unexamined life is not worth living. They don’t tell you of course what we found out, an examined life not that fascinating either.

  Colin Quinn

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Found, Examined, Course

• So instead of talking about theoretical ways of ending the war and violence, I say that we have to get rid of the individual asholes in each office and situation.

  Colin Quinn

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in War, Violence, Situation

• People’s – most people’s job is talking about the future or like money not even in the present tense. It’s not even paper.

  Colin Quinn

  Topics in Future

  Tags in People, Present

• My name has zero value.

  Colin Quinn

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Value, Name

• Marie Antoinette was funny, I’m sure she was just misinterpreted. You know the ‘Let them eat cake’ line. She seems like she was kind of funny, like a Chelsea Handler or Kathy Griffin type.

  Colin Quinn

  Topics in Funny

  Tags in Kind, Sure

• It was tumultuous, it was crazy, but I would not trade it for anything.

  Colin Quinn

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Crazy, Anything

• If I had to give up everything else and keep just one aspect of the job, I’d have to keep writing because I love it. Yes, I enjoy performing, too. But I couldn’t give up writing material.

  Colin Quinn

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Writing, Enjoy, Material

• I’ve been to Japan, I’ve been to China, I’ve been to Africa, I’ve been to the Middle East, I’ve been to Europe a little bit. I’ve never been to South America.

  Colin Quinn

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Little, Self

• I’m quietly becoming New York’s premiere actor. People don’t understand. They have me pigeon-holed as a comedian.

  Colin Quinn

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Understand, Actor, Comedian

• I’m just another guy who thinks he’s smarter than he is, in a long line of them.

  Colin Quinn

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Long, Thinks

Colin Quinn (33)

Birth:	6th June, 1959
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Comedian, Producer, Screenwriter, Television Presenter

About

Colin Quinn was born in Brooklyn, New York. He is an American stand-up comedian, actor and screenwriter, TV producer and TV presenter. On television he is best known for his work on Saturday Night Live, Remote Control and Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn. He wrote for In Living Color, and co-wrote and produced the movie Celtic Pride, which starred Damon Wayans and Dan Aykroyd. His stand-up was also used in the animated series Shorties Watchin' Shorties. In 2004, Quinn was named No. 56 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 greatest stand-up comedians of all-time.

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