Colin Quinn
Colin Quinn
Colin Edward Quinn is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. On television, he is best known for his work on Saturday Night Live, where he anchored Weekend Update, on MTV's 1980's game show Remote Control, where he served as the announcer/sidekick, and as host of Comedy Central's late-night panel show Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn. Notable film work includes his role as Dickey Bailey in the Grown Ups films and playing Amy Schumer's father in the film Trainwreck...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth6 June 1959
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Everybody's funny in different ways.
Everybody says before reviews come out, 'Oh, reviews don't matter,' just in case they're bad; everyone want to brace themselves.
I'm always working on stuff. But they never materialize. I'm always working on movies and TV shows.
That's the beauty of being a comedian - it's the one job you're allowed to do that. We're lucky. We're really lucky.
I always wanted to write as much as perform.
I'm not a big method actor. I'm much more superficial.
With comedians, you have that understanding that we're trying to get laughs.
Marie Antoinette was funny, I'm sure she was just misinterpreted. You know the 'Let them eat cake' line. She seems like she was kind of funny, like a Chelsea Handler or Kathy Griffin type.
I don't know any comedian who tailors his act to his audience. Maybe people say they do, but I can't even imagine them.
A weird sort of awareness set in, like, 'Wow. My stand-up isn't just separate from everything else I do anymore.' With Twitter and Face book, everything is universal that everything everybody says gets seen.
People say history was written by the winners. No, it wasn't. It was written by the bullies.
I love people, I love studying people more than history. So whatever situation I see, then I look at, what were the people like, more than history itself.
I think I identify more with the smart guy, but most people might take umbrage at that. I like to think of myself as a real thinker, but I suppose people might beg to differ.
For the most part, comedians are pretty friendly with each other. They always say they badmouth each other, but most of the time, they're friends. We're the only ones that can really stand our type of humor.