Richard Lewis
Richard Lewis
Richard Philip Lewisis an American stand-up comedian and actor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth29 June 1947
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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We gave bonuses last year of about $35,000 to people just for sending people to us we could put to work.
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I will not mass produce. You have no quality control over mass production. I formulate for taste, not shelf-life.
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My humor is channeling everything through my brain. For example, when I talk about something, it's how Richard Lewis feels about it. I'm a storyteller. I do a lot of free association.
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I'm psyched-up when I do radio. I can reach hundreds of thousands of people in a market. And way psyched-up when I'm on television. For people not to take it seriously is foolish.
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I never wanted to do observational humor because I never wanted to tell people what they were seeing.
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I didn't ever feel close to my real family. I didn't feel validated; I never felt right because I was always wrong.
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I read somewhere that when I go on stage, people realize that they're not me and they feel better. When I walk off the stage, people know who I really am. I'm not saying it's great comedy, cool comedy or better comedy - but that's what I do, and I do it first for myself.
When I started out, I struggled, and I was broke a lot. But I'm glad I struggled, and I'm glad I was broke a lot.
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My performance level has risen - and my anxiety-level has sky-rocketed.
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When I was younger, I listened to the greats: Winters, Mel and Carl, Nichols and May, Pryor, Carlin, Klein, Berman and lots of Lenny Bruce albums. But once I started doing fairly well, I didn't want to hear anybody's jokes or premises.
My wife's hip, beautiful and independent and never jealous.
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My act is always a work in progress. I pray I have a bad day before a show.
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There's a thin line between narcissism, even if it's a healthy narcissism, and entertainment.
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My grandmother was a Jewish juggler: she used to worry about six things at once.