Bobby Lee Quotes

#1. You gotta understand, there are two different kinds of Asians - the kind who are good at school, obey their parents, go to college - that kind of stuff. And then you have my family - me, my brother, all of my cousins - we're just wretched people.

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#2. I'm one of those people that will walk into a bar, and if I wasn't a comic - because some people know who I am - I would just blend in.

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#3. When 'MADtv' got cancelled, I didn't work at all - for three years.

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#4. I'm in this business, man, and I honestly don't know anything about show business at all. I don't know how it works.

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#5. Shopping in Thailand is super cheap and generally high quality. Bangkok is also safe. If you see anybody wearing camouflage holding a machete, don't be scared. They sell coconuts.

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#6. When I found stand-up, it was like finding home.

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#7. I have many favorite vacation destinations, but my favorite destination is Maui.

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#8. I'm hoping that, over the years, people will come back to 'MADtv' and think it isn't that bad. We had some really talented people on there.

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#9. I guess I am in handsome - in certain parts of the world. If I was, like, in Mongolia, living on a mountain and in my village, I could be the hottest guy. In L.A., I'm ... average?

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#10. I like Columbus, Ohio, because it's Pleasantville for real. They have the nicest white people I have ever met, and I mean that!

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#11. I never wanted to be road comic.

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#12. Koreans are hilarious.

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#13. I know I can get laughs anywhere, in front of any crowd, if I'm given the chance.

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#14. Two things, generally, for me, is what life is about. And they're not funny. Living in the moment, is one. And No. 2 is getting out of yourself and helping other people. Because all of my suffering stems from thinking from myself.

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#15. As I get older, I don't think the world is becoming that funny. Comedy is changing a bit.

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#16. Texas is the crossroads of the world. Everything here is big.

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#17. I think people just think I am crazy because they see me doing stand-up, but I am generally not. I am very sad. I'm one of those guys that lights candles and listens to Rachmaninoff.

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#18. With Bitcoin hard-coded to be limited, it's like a collectible.

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#19. It's not that comedy has changed in terms of what's funny. For me, it's changed in that sometimes I don't feel my finger is on the pulse.

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#20. People treat you like s*** when you're a doorman or a busboy. I licked envelopes for eight hours a day for this management company and cried half the time I was there while the managers were on the phone working.

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#21. I think I am against stereotype. Generally, Asian guys are more quiet - they study and have a good work ethic. Generally, I have none of those things.

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#22. I love Dallas, Austin and Houston. Why? Because some of the best comedians, like Bill Hicks and Sam Kinison, started their careers in Texas, and because the crowds there are comedy-educated.

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#23. I went to Tokyo three years ago. It was a job, though. I did an ad campaign for IBM, so they flew me out there to take pictures of me. It was IBM Global. It went to Australia, France, London, all over the world. But I think the ad campaign was a failure, because of me.

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