Norm MacDonald Quotes - Page 7

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• If you watch that show and you didn't know it was called Seinfeld, you'd think it was called 'The George Costanza Show'.

  Norm MacDonald

  Thinking, Watches, Shows

  Interview with Steve Heisler, tv.avclub.com. April 12, 2011.

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• I started on 'Saturday Night Live' the same time Conan started on 'Late Night.' We just had a relationship because I would be upstairs in the studio and whenever he couldn't get a guest - which was often back then since he was just starting out - he would just call me down to be a guest.

  Norm MacDonald

  Night, Would Be, Guests

  Interview with Andy Seifert, www.avclub.com. May 14, 2010.

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• Our passions may be compared to certain slaves--the more severity we show them, the better they obey us.

  Norm MacDonald

  Passion, May, Slave

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• Last Christmas, I got the worst gift a guy ever gave me. He gave me a lottery ticket... what's the guy even thinking there. Here you go... nothing! Merry Christmas! It's nothing!

  Norm MacDonald

  Merry Christmas, Thinking, Guy

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• If you're watching a comedian on television and he's making a political point, I would say he's gotten too serious.

  Norm MacDonald

  Political, Comedian, Television

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• I hate fame. I hate being recognized, because I don't know how to talk to people.

  Norm MacDonald

  Hate, People, Fame

  Interview with Steve Heisler, tv.avclub.com. April 12, 2011.

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• I just like doing standup, that's all I'm interested in or good at.

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• We are often less grieved at disappointments than at ourselves for having said much concerning the certainty of our expectations.

  Norm MacDonald

  Disappointment, Expectations, Said

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• Jealousy seldom punishes with the severity it suffers.

  Norm MacDonald

  Jealousy, Suffering, Severity

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• You're used to a TV show, and TV is just made for TV shows. It's not made for live events.So anyways, I was resistant to it, but I did it anyway.

  Norm MacDonald

  Tv Shows, Events, Tvs

  Interview with Steve Heisler, tv.avclub.com. April 12, 2011.

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• I tried to make the punchline as close to the setup as I could. And I thought that was the perfect thing. If I could make the setup and the punchline identical to each other, I would create a different kind of joke.

  Norm MacDonald

  Perfect, Different, Kind

  Interview with Steve Heisler, tv.avclub.com. April 12, 2011.

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• When I was a kid, everybody that played golf was an old man. Until Tiger showed up, they weren't in very good shape.

  Norm MacDonald

  Kids, Golf, Men

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• I sort of have open invitations from a lot of people to do TV. But it's very hard for me to do roles in sitcoms and movies because I'm not a great actor, so if the material isn't good, I'm in torment while I do it.

  Norm MacDonald

  People, Roles, Actors

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• Few criminals die sensible of their crimes.

  Norm MacDonald

  Criminals, Crime, Sensible

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• I don't know anything about politics. I wouldn't put too much into my prediction on politics.

  Norm MacDonald

  Too Much, Predictions, Knows

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• I have always loved Las Vegas. It's a traditional place for lounge comics to perform, and I love that.

  Norm MacDonald

  Vegas, Las Vegas, Traditional

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• I like doing a funny show where I don't have to act and fall in love with a girl.

  Norm MacDonald

  Girl, Falling In Love, Fall

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• I love writing - it's the best. But I really hate collaboration.

  Norm MacDonald

  Hate, Writing, Collaboration

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• I never do impressions, but I probably should. People like that stuff.

  Norm MacDonald

  People, Stuff, Should

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• I never had any interest in sitcoms or motion pictures or anything like that.

  Norm MacDonald

  Motion Pictures, Interest, Sitcom

  Interview with Steve Heisler, tv.avclub.com. April 12, 2011.

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• I'm a huge sports fan but have no interest in minutiae. I don't remember who won Super Bowls five years ago or listen to sports talk radio.

  Norm MacDonald

  Sports, Years, Fans

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• In terms of merit, sports has mathematical statistics. That's how you know who the best player is.

  Norm MacDonald

  Sports, Player, Statistics

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• It got very tedious saying the same jokes in the same way with the same attitude.

  Norm MacDonald

  Attitude, Way, Jokes

  "Norm Macdonald hits the road for sake of laughs". Interview with Aidin Vaziri, www.sfgate.com. July 24, 2011.

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• Stand-up has the best writers, because it's the hardest writing by a million miles.

  Norm MacDonald

  Writing, Miles, Hardest

  Interview with Steve Heisler, tv.avclub.com. April 12, 2011.

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• A lot of people think I'm difficult to work with. It's not like I really want to do that much stuff, so it doesn't really matter. I guess I'm somewhat difficult when it comes to comedy.

  Norm MacDonald

  Thinking, People, Want

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