Drew Carey Quotes About Comedy

Quotes about: Comedy

• I used to go to the library all the time when I was kid. As a teenager, I got a book on how to write jokes at the library, and that, in turn, launched my comedy career.

  Drew Carey

  Teenager, Book, Writing

• Like I said, all comedy is based on exaggeration, big or small, whatever you can get away with.

  Drew Carey

  Exaggeration Is, Comedy, Bigs

  "Stand-Up Guy". Interview with Nick Gillespie and Steve Kurtz, November, 1997.

• I just liked stand-up comedy so much. I used to memorize Bill Cosby albums and other people's albums, George Carlin, Flip Wilson.

  Drew Carey

  People, Albums, Bills

  "Drew Carey remembers when The Tonight Show really meant something". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. July 17, 2012.

• I don't know, people take chances on stage. It's a big free speech zone, a comedy show. So sometimes things happen, you say things that are a little bit off the edge.

  Drew Carey

  People, Speech, Littles

• I used to go to the Cleveland Comedy Club all the time. If there was a comic I liked, I'd go see him two or three times that week. Bob Saget was one of those guys.

  Drew Carey

  Two, Guy, Cleveland

  "Drew Carey remembers when The Tonight Show really meant something". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. July 17, 2012.

• There's nothing like the energy in a small comedy club room or a small theater when it's going really well. I can see everybody's face practically in the whole room. There's no cameras in the way, and it's just me.

  Drew Carey

  Cameras, Energy, Clubs

• TV is easier: it's all planned out for you, and the audience is there to see a show and they are all pumped up, but when you are in a comedy club, you have to be really funny to win them over. To me, that's more pure.

  Drew Carey

  Funny, Winning, Clubs

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