Norm MacDonald
Norm MacDonald
Norman Gene "Norm" Macdonald is a Canadian stand-up comedian, writer, producer and actor. He is best known for his five seasons as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, which included anchoring Weekend Update for three years. Early in his career, he wrote for the sitcom Roseanne and made appearances on shows including The Drew Carey Show and NewsRadio. He starred in The Norm Show from 1999 to 2001. Comedy Central named him #83 on the five-part miniseries 100 Greatest...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth17 October 1963
CityQuebec City, Canada
CountryCanada
We are often less grieved at disappointments than at ourselves for having said much concerning the certainty of our expectations.
Most men will go farther to give advice than to follow their own opinion.
The most frequent cause of regret for what we have done is because its effects interfere with what we would do.
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.
We advise others better than ourselves.
Your worst and most dangerous enemy is the person that injures you under the pretensions of friendship.
I don't know anything about politics. I wouldn't put too much into my prediction on politics.
I've always been very averse to innuendo, especially sexual. I find it cowardly or something.
Proper respect to others is the most prudent rule of directing the measure of reverence due to ourselves.
It is often better to be restricted to necessity than unconfined in the measure of our desires: prosperity destroys more individuals than adversity ruins.
We are happy at the respect others pay our favorites, because we consider it a lively confirmation of our own choice, and as so much homage reflected on ourselves.
On Update, the only real original thing was trying to take away the cleverness of the punchline and make it as blunt as possible.
Some people are so much afraid of being deceived, that they never venture to trust; like misers, their avarice destroys their gain.
We often suffer more from our fears, than from the dangers of our situation.