Top 22 Richard Lewis Quotes
#1. 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.
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#2. I never wanted to do observational humor because I never wanted to tell people what they were seeing.
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#3. Most Texans think Hanukkah is some sort of duck call.
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#4. I tried phone sex - it gave me an ear infection ...
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#7. 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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#8. I quit therapy because my analyst was trying to help me behind my back.
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#9. My performance level has risen - and my anxiety-level has sky-rocketed.
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#10. I like to read biographies of authors that I love, like Richard Yates. I also like to see what non-fiction authors are out there. My bible is Something Happened. It's one of the greatest books I've ever read. But if I don't read a Dostoevsky soon I'm going to kill myself.
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#11. My grandmother was a Jewish juggler: she used to worry about six things at once.
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#13. There's a thin line between narcissism, even if it's a healthy narcissism, and entertainment.
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#14. 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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#15. 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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#16. My wife's hip, beautiful and independent and never jealous.
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#17. 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.
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#18. When you're in love it's the most glorious two and a half days of your life.
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#19. I'm paranoid. On my stationary bike, I have a rear view mirror.
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#20. I love being famous. It validates that I have something to say.
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#21. 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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#22. My act is always a work in progress. I pray I have a bad day before a show.
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