Quotesia
Home
Authors
Popular authors
Salvador Dali
Hosea Ballou
E. Stanley Jones
Edwin Markham
Thomas Fuller
Henry Ward Beecher
All authors
Today's birthdays
1940 - Peter Benchley
1884 - Harry S Truman
1937 - Thomas Pynchon
1895 - Fulton J. Sheen
1955 - Stephen Furst
1893 - Edd Roush
Today's birthdays
Popular professions
Activist
Psychologist
Chef
Coach
Author
Actor
All professions
Authors by letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
All authors
Topics
Top Quotes
Quotesia
Quotes by professions
Quotes by Entertainers
Quotes by Entertainers
It often seems that, for whatever strange reasons, comedians, in addition to their formal performances, have more comic experiences in real life than other people do.
Steve Allen
Life
Strange
People
Real Life
Whatever
Other
Addition
Seems
More
Performance
Comedians
Comic
Real
Than
Often
Experiences
Formal
Reasons
Many comedians and comedy writers have shared the childhood experience of learning to joke to protect themselves from neighborhood bullies when challenge or physical defense were not among the sensible options.
Steve Allen
Learning
Experience
Comedy
Challenge
Joke
Defense
Neighborhood
Physical
Writers
Shared
Comedians
Protect
Were
Bullies
Options
Childhood
Sensible
Themselves
Many
Among
I was in sixth grade the first time I was required to speak in front of an audience. I had terrible stage fright and felt quite ill, in fact, by the time I had to give my little talk to students in another class across the hall.
Steve Allen
Time
Class
Speak
First
Stage
Give
Fact
Students
Had
Talk
Terrible
Another
Hall
Felt
First Time
Audience
Fright
Grade
Front
Quite
Sixth
In Fact
Stage Fright
Little
Required
Across
Ill
By The Time
Much of the best humor is found in the frequently tragic reality of human experience.
Steve Allen
Best
Experience
Reality
Humor
Frequently
Tragic
Human
Human Experience
Much
Found
The thing that got me closest to doing Kermit was remembering what Jim did when he was doing Kermit. When he would do Kermit, there were certain faces that he made. There was a certain way he stood, a certain kind of body language that he had.
Steve Whitmire
Me
Language
Made
Jim
Way
Kind
Would
Faces
Had
He
Remembering
Got
Doing
Were
Did
Closest
Stood
Certain
Body
Body Language
Certain Way
Thing
It's hard to describe yourself as a hero - I just like to think of myself as a policeman. People can look to you like that, as a good guy who can help people.
Steve Wilkos
Myself
Good
You
Yourself
People
Hero
Think
Guy
Like
Look
Policeman
Just
Hard
Help
Help People
Who
Describe
Good Guy
I'd take a bullet for just about anyone! If someone pulled out a gun, I'd step in front of you even though I've never met you.
Steve Wilkos
You
Gun
Met
Though
Out
About
Someone
Take
Never
Step
Bullet
Front
Just
Anyone
Even
Pulled
My wife gets asked all the time, 'Ugh, how can you be married to that guy?' She's like, 'Hey, he's not yelling and screaming at me!'
Steve Wilkos
Time
Me
You
Wife
Hey
Married
Guy
He
Like
She
How
Yelling
Gets
Screaming
Asked
I'd like to be the next Oprah financially, but I'm not a TV actor. I'm not someone with an entertainment background, I'm a cop. And I'm not afraid to go anywhere and get down and dirty.
Steve Wilkos
Entertainment
Down
Background
TV
Financially
Someone
Dirty
Like
Go
Oprah
Get
Afraid
Anywhere
Next
Actor
Cop
When I walk down the street, it's not like people feel like they're seeing some big star. It's like someone they've known for a long time, someone that they feel comfortable with.
Steve Wilkos
Time
People
Walk
Long
Long Time
Big
Down
Seeing
Some
Someone
Feel
Like
Known
Comfortable
Big Star
Star
Street
I'm proud of my short hair. I don't think I will grow it long again.
Sylvie Meis
Short Hair
Will
Long
Hair
Think
Proud
Short
Again
Grow
It's funny, the moment you dread the most, seeing yourself bald, is actually not such a bad moment at all.
Sylvie Meis
Funny
You
Yourself
Dread
Bad
Seeing
Most
Bald
Moment
Actually
If I have committed any culinary atrocities, please forgive me.
Ted Allen
Me
Please
Atrocities
Culinary
Forgive
Committed
Forgive Me
Any
Not to sound too much like Christopher Guest in 'Waiting for Guffman,' but on Thanksgiving you're putting on a show!
Ted Allen
Thanksgiving
You
Waiting
Too Much
Christopher
Too
Guest
Putting
Like
Sound
Much
Show
One of the smartest things you can do on 'Chopped' is to take one of those ingredients and make a pickle out of it, because almost every dish benefits from that. I'm feeling like those intuitions are becoming more natural.
Ted Allen
You
Natural
Benefits
Feeling
Every
Those
Out
More
Take
Pickle
Almost
Smartest
Like
Make
Because
Becoming
Dish
Ingredients
Chopped
Things
I went in saying I wanted to be the food guy.
Ted Allen
Saying
Food
Guy
Wanted
However, I was a restaurant critic at Chicago magazine before I worked at Esquire, and I've been a really enthusiastic home cook for a long time. It's just something I'm passionate about.
Ted Allen
Time
Home
Long
Long Time
Before
Critic
Restaurant
Magazine
Enthusiastic
About
Something
Passionate
However
Been
Chicago
Esquire
Just
Just Something
Worked
Really
Cook
I like to have friends in the kitchen and make a big mess and use every pot in the kitchen.
Ted Allen
Big
Every
Pot
Kitchen
Like
Mess
Make
Friends
Use
My place in Chicago is a 105 year old house, but I really like contemporary spaces too, so it's refreshing and fun to be in a space where you can do contemporary things.
Ted Allen
You
Space
Old
Year
Too
Like
Contemporary
House
Year-Old
Chicago
Refreshing
Where
Spaces
Place
Old House
Really
Fun
Things
It's very important to me that people who are actual chefs and other professionals in the culinary world, understand that I'm not, and have never held myself out as being, like a CIA trained chef.
Ted Allen
Myself
Me
CIA
People
World
Important
Other
Out
Never
Like
Chef
Chefs
Understand
Culinary
Very
Trained
Being
Held
Who
Professionals
Actual
What I bring to the table is a huge enthusiasm and love for this stuff.
Ted Allen
Love
Enthusiasm
Table
Stuff
Huge
Bring
My whole problem is that all of my favorite things at Thanksgiving are the starches, and everyone is trying to go low-carb this year, even a green vegetable has carbs in it.
Ted Allen
Thanksgiving
Problem
Year
Everyone
Favorite
Favorite Things
Vegetable
Go
Green
Trying
Whole
Even
Carbs
Things
For each episode the five of us are all wearing clothes by the same designer. It's a different designer for each episode, but for each one we're all wearing their clothes.
Ted Allen
Clothes
Wearing
Five
Same
Different
Us
Episode
Each
Each One
Designer
Thom is one of those wonderful people to cook for because he absolutely loves it, just loves it. He loves to eat and drink and he'd be a great guest at any dinner party.
Ted Allen
Great
People
Wonderful
Dinner
Party
Thom
Guest
Those
Dinner Party
Eat
Drink
Absolutely
He
Because
Wonderful People
Any
Just
Loves
Cook
Well, we don't take money from people and then show the product. It has to be a product that we like anyway, and that's true for all five of us, which is one of the really nice things about the way we make the show.
Ted Allen
People
Money
Nice
Way
About
Take
True
Like
Well
Make
Five
Anyway
Which
Then
Us
Really
Product
Show
Nice Things
Things
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is a form of service journalism. To be successful, I think it has to be a combination of a good story, it has to be funny, and it also needs to be packed with useful information.
Ted Allen
Funny
Service
Good
Needs
Think
Eye
Guy
Good Story
Journalism
Combination
Also
Queer
Form
Information
Story
Packed
Straight
Successful
Useful
Load more quotes