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Colin Quinn Quotes

American - Comedian | June 6, 1959 -

If I had to give up everything else and keep just one aspect of the job, I'd have to keep writing because I love it. Yes, I enjoy performing, too. But I couldn't give up writing material.

Love Job Writing Enjoy Everything

I think people tend to feel odd when I do my act. Unless you are an ironic person, it's not a good place for you to be.

Good People Think Feel You Person

Stand-up is live, so I'm used to being live for most of my career. It's interesting.

Live Interesting Career Used Being

With comedians, you have that understanding that we're trying to get laughs.

Understanding Trying You Comedians

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.

Time Humor Stand Friends Say Always

A weird sort of awareness set in, like, 'Wow. My standup isn't just separate from everything else I do anymore.' With Twitter and Face book, everything is universal that everything everybody says gets seen.

Book Face Weird Awareness Everything

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.

Love History People Look Situation

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.

Myself Smart People Think More Real

I would say most comedians have a very cynical worldview of the way the world can work. It's almost like if you didn't, you couldn't be a comedian.

Work World You Say Way Cynical

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.

Beauty Job You Lucky Being Comedian

I'm not a big method actor. I'm much more superficial.

Actor More Big Superficial Much

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