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Colin Quinn
Colin Quinn
American Comedian
Born: Jun 6, 1959
Act Everybody Funny People Think You
Related authors: George Carlin Groucho Marx Milton Berle Mitch Hedberg Robin Williams Rodney Dangerfield Steven Wright W. C. Fields
Humanity is a crazy contradiction. I accept us for who we are. We're not that great. Every time we take a step forward we go back to the same primitive behavior. We're meant to be this way. It's not our fault, it's just who we are. Colin Quinn
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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
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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
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Everybody's got a different sense of humor. It's just different styles. Colin Quinn
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The only people who like to live alone more than comics are priests. Colin Quinn
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I'm not a big method actor. I'm much more superficial. Colin Quinn
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I write all the time - I write poetry, I love to write. Colin Quinn
Love Time Poetry Write
It was tumultuous, it was crazy, but I would not trade it for anything. Colin Quinn
Crazy Would Trade Tumultuous Anything
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
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Everybody's funny in different ways. Colin Quinn
Funny Everybody Ways Different Different Ways
I'm quietly becoming New York's premiere actor. People don't understand. They have me pigeon-holed as a comedian. Colin Quinn
Me People New Comedian Pigeon-Holed Understand Becoming Quietly York Premiere Actor
I was a class clown. Colin Quinn
Class Clown Class Clown
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
Future People Money Job Paper About Tense Like Most Talking Even Present Present Tense
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
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I get the impression the English kings were witty, for some reason. I feel like all you had was your wit. Colin Quinn
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I think if you try to tailor your act to anybody, you end up with an act that doesn't work anyway. Colin Quinn
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I think everyone should own six guns, even though I don't own any. Colin Quinn
Own Think Everyone Though Guns Any Six Should Even
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
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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
Mistake People Thinking Ways Worthwhile More Make So Many People Who Deep Many Things Profound
I like guy stuff. Colin Quinn
Guy Stuff Like
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
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Stand-up is live, so I'm used to being live for most of my career. It's interesting. Colin Quinn
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For the most part, comedians are pretty friendly with each other. They always say they badmouth each other, but most of the time, they're friends. We're the only ones that can really stand our type of humor. Colin Quinn
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A weird sort of awareness set in, like, 'Wow. My standup isn't just separate from everything else I do anymore.' With Twitter and Face book, everything is universal that everything everybody says gets seen. Colin Quinn
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That's the beauty of being a comedian - it's the one job you're allowed to do that. We're lucky. We're really lucky. Colin Quinn
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