Steven Wright
Steven Wright
Steven Alexander Wrightis an American comedian, actor, writer, and an Oscar-winning film producer. He is known for his distinctly lethargic voice and slow, deadpan delivery of ironic, philosophical, and sometimes nonsensical jokes, paraprosdokians, non sequiturs, anti-humor, and one-liners with contrived situations...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth6 December 1955
CountryUnited States of America
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I was just getting too ahead of myself. I was rushing.
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Sponges grow in the ocean. This bothers me. How deep would it be if they didn't?
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I haven't done a film in about five years and I want to do more. It's not a matter of expense, because budgets are low, it's the problem of not having a really good idea.
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In terms of visits, we're probably going to wind up 3 to 5 percent ahead in visits and probably double that in revenue.
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If you think nobody cares about you, try missing a couple of payments.
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When I was in school the teachers told me practice makes perfect; then they told me nobody’s perfect so I stopped practicing.
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I feel lucky that I can have people laugh solidly for a whole hour by just saying what I think and getting paid for it.
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I don't like politicians, and I don't like politics. I definitely don't want to be associated with any of them.
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Doing stand-up is like running across a frozen pond with the ice breaking behind you. I love it because it's dangerous.
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What I like about the jokes, to me it's a lot of logic, no matter how crazy they are. It has to make absolute sense, or it won't be funny.
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My roommate got a pet elephant. Then it got lost. It's in the apartment somewhere.
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My act is an exaggeration of a part of me. I'm much more expressive off stage.
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I just have a relationship with my imagination. It's like my friend, almost.