Andy Dick
Andy Dick
Andrew Roane "Andy" Dickis an American comedian, actor, musician, and television and film producer. Best known as a comic, he is also known for his eccentric and controversial behavior. His first regular television role was on the short-lived but influential Ben Stiller Show. In the mid-1990s, he had a long-running stint on NBC's NewsRadio and was a supporting character on Less than Perfect. He briefly had his own program, The Andy Dick Show on MTV. He is noted for his...
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth21 December 1965
CityCharleston, SC
I went to network on a handful of pilots, and going to network is the most stressful situation anybody can ever be in. You're supposed to be on point, you're supposed to be at the top of your game, the funniest you can be, in about five minutes, in front of people wearing suits who really don't care, and they've probably already picked their person, but they have to see a handful just to satisfy the process. It's the most horrible, horrible process known to man. I wouldn't want anybody to go through it.
Straight people say, 'You know you're just gay,' and gay people say, 'You know you're just gay.' There is such a thing as bisexual!
My parents just neglected me, I wasn't abused or anything.
Yes, I direct commercials as well. I get these really weird offers and then I have to bid on them and win the job. One offer that I have now, and I've already done this last year for the same company, is for Cash Value Cheese, this cheese out in the midwest. I did two spots for them last year and I'm going to probably do three this year. I also did some for the Utah Transit Authority, which was weird and interesting and they turned out really funny - they actually won an award.
The Internet is a great place to find unconventional comedy that you can't find anywhere else.
Hoodwinked: The True Story of Red Riding Hood
I never really worked with Chris Farley, I hung out with him, but I had plans... I had big plans... movies... and I was in no hurry.
The new movie I'm working on right now is very autobiographical. It's about a television actor who drinks too much and gets blackballed from the industry, and then he decides to break back in by directing his own movie,
At times it was difficult, funny, cathartic and also very easy to make because, you know, I just know the subject matter really well.
In the front of the boat, you look at it as you have basically two things you have to do,
I'm really ultra-affected by things... I feel things deeper, and I cry at the drop of a hat, and offended and sensitive and I'm almost paranoid very easily, and that's who I am.
The best advice he ever gave me was to keep it real, keep it simple, ... He was a big believer in not having to spell every joke out. You shouldn't have to explain it.
Now I try to make efforts, you know, I'm just, the best effort I can do is just stay sober myself. I can at least do that.
I don't like my body, it's oddly-proportioned. I'd like to be, like, dumpy.