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
television film ends
I was born. When I was 23 I started telling jokes. Then I started going on television and doing films. That's still what I am doing. The end.
laughing attention classroom
I was always making my friends laugh, but I never wanted the attention of the whole classroom.
guy radio would-be
I thought I would be a guy on the radio.
baby thinking needs
I need one of those baby monitors from my subconscious to my consciousness so I can know what the hell I'm really thinking about.
mcdonalds ideas expansion
I like to talk about lint and coasters, the expansion of the universe and maybe McDonald's. I'm completely turned off by the idea of politics.
hero talking everyday-things
I like George Carlin's jokes. I like his humor. He's one of my heroes, and I like what he did with talking about everyday things.
people laughing stuff
I laugh all the time - at things, people, stuff, whatever. But, I don't laugh onstage because then it's serious business.
bridges radio comedy
George is a radio announcer, and when he walks under a bridge... you can't hear him talk.
funny humor frustration
At one point he decided enough was enough.
reading machines done
I took a course in speed reading. Then I got Reader's Digest on microfilm. By the time I got the machine set up, I was done.
water waiting amphibians
After eating, do amphibians need to wait an hour before getting out of the water?
moving taken focus
I got my driver's license photo taken out of focus on purpose. Now when I get pulled over, the cop looks at it [moving it nearer and farther, trying to see it clearly], and says, "Here, you can go"
funny humor comedy
My neighbor has a circular driveway... he can't get out.
funny humor computer
If you can't hear me, it's because I'm in parentheses.