Andy Richter
Andy Richter
Paul Andrew "Andy" Richteris an American actor, writer, comedian, and late night talk show announcer. He is best known for his role as the sidekick of Conan O'Brien on each of the host's programs: Late Night and The Tonight Show on NBC, and Conan on TBS. He is also known for his voice work as Mort in the Madagascar films and for starring in the sitcoms Quintuplets, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, and Andy Barker, P.I...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth28 October 1966
CityGrand Rapids, MI
CountryUnited States of America
One of the big tensions in my life is that I have known the stresses of financial hardship since I was a little kid, and it is the cancer for which I am seeking a cure.
But I don't read a lot of fiction. I prefer the nonfiction stuff.
I've always tried to be nice to people, so that sort of translates into popularity, I guess.
I watch mediocre shows that have been on for three or four seasons, and feel angry at them.
I think the people that are best at something, they don't think about it much. That's the whole key to being good at anything.
At a very basic level, I think television exists for game shows, and I think it always will.
I briefly considered doing Edgar Allan Poe and just swearing a lot.
I mean, I'll say the filthiest things in the world, but when it comes down to it, I'm kind of a prude.
Tell me what you want, and then I'll put in what I want... after I'm done with my codependent providing for you, I'll get a little for me too.
If somebody's looking at pictures of naked people and you go, 'Oh I don't want to see that,' you're lying. Cause naked people are always interesting. Always. Whether they're beautiful, or naked or 500 pounds.
I'm not that professional.
If you start to just aim for what the audience wants to hear, you're already hamstrung because you don't have any freedom.
I actually find something rewarding about that tension between satisfying myself and satisfying others. Because first of all, I can't provide my own structure, and that tension provides a structure for me to actually work within.
It's a very nice thing to have a baby.