Quotes by Gilbert Gottfried

About Gilbert Gottfried:

Gilbert Gottfried is an American stand-up comedian, actor and voice artist. His numerous roles in film and television include voicing the parrot Iago in Disney's Aladdin and Digit in the children's cartoon/educational math-based show Cyberchase. Gottfried was also the voice of the Aflac Duck until 2011. He has hosted a weekly podcast featuring an interview, usually with a different comedy writer or comedian each week, since May 2014.
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I always try to avoid anything that has to do with my life.

Gilbert Gottfried

In real life I'm a tall, blond Christian.

Gilbert Gottfried

No, generally I think influence is used as a nice word for plagiarism.

Gilbert Gottfried

I predict one of these two teams will win the Super Bowl.

Gilbert Gottfried

I have always felt comedy and tragedy are roommates. If you look up comedy and tragedy, you will find a very old picture of two masks. One mask is tragedy. It looks like it's crying. The other mask is comedy. It looks like it's laughing. Nowadays, we...

Gilbert Gottfried

You never know what people will choose to be offended by.

Gilbert Gottfried

With the Internet, if you erase something it just means you have to spend another half-minute to find it.

Gilbert Gottfried

Reality TV has totally destroyed soap operas. They're gone. They used to be the biggest thing in the world - they're gone.

Gilbert Gottfried

Off-camera, I sound like Perry Como.

Gilbert Gottfried

I wanted to be a brain surgeon, but I had a bad habit of dropping things.

Gilbert Gottfried

I was Jewish, through and through, although in our house that didn't mean a whole lot. We never went to synagogue. I never had a Bar Mitzvah. We didn't keep kosher or observe the Sabbath. In fact, I'm not so sure I would have known what the Sabbath l...

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A landlord is showing a couple around an apartment. The husband looks up and says, 'Wait a minute. This apartment doesn't have a ceiling.' The landlord answers, 'That's OK. The people upstairs don't walk around that much.'

Gilbert Gottfried

I've never understood people who say they're not a practicing Jew. You never hear a black guy say he's not a practicing African-American. What does it even mean?

Gilbert Gottfried

I'm known for my slightly inappropriate remarks.

Gilbert Gottfried

There are certain things I don't want to joke about. If it's about somebody else, it's fine. If it's about me, I think it's totally insensitive!

Gilbert Gottfried

I just don't accept midgets as human beings. There's only so much political correctness I can accept.

Gilbert Gottfried

I remember being at the premiere of 'Beverly Hills Cop II' and the tremendous reaction from the crowd outside, then going to a party at a hotel afterwards where the speakers were blasting 'Shakedown,' a song from the movie. That felt like a show biz ...

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If the police ever try to pick me up, Michael Jackson told me I can hide out at his house.

Gilbert Gottfried

I would show up at a party for Al Qaeda if you said there's going to be a dinner.

Gilbert Gottfried

I'd make Jack Benny look like a philanthropist.

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When you watch Robin Williams, you can see a lot of Jonathan Winters. Robin is the first one to admit that; he worshiped Jonathan Winters.

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Author Bio

  • NameGilbert Gottfried
  • DescriptionAmerican actor
  • BornFebruary 28, 1955
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Seiy?