Quotes by Norm MacDonald

About Norm MacDonald:

Norman Gene is a Canadian stand-up comedian, writer, producer and actor. He is best known for his five seasons as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, which included anchoring Weekend Update for three years. Early in his career, he wrote for the sitcom Roseanne and made appearances on shows including The Drew Carey Show and NewsRadio. He also starred in The Norm Show from 1999 to 2001. Comedy Central named him #83 on the five-part miniseries 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time. He is noted as a favorite talk show guest of David Letterman, Howard Stern and Conan O'Brien. His brother is Canadian journalist Neil Macdonald, of CBC News' Washington, D.C. bureau.
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It got very tedious saying the same jokes in the same way with the same attitude.

Norm MacDonald

I'm happy doing stand-up, but I'll probably do a television show eventually. If not, I'll delve into this Internet world and decide best how to harness it. What I like best about it is the independent movie style and the ability to just be completely...

Norm MacDonald

Stand-up has the best writers, because it's the hardest writing by a million miles.

Norm MacDonald

In terms of merit, sports has mathematical statistics. That's how you know who the best player is.

Norm MacDonald

I love writing - it's the best. But I really hate collaboration.

Norm MacDonald

You're trying your best to make people laugh; then if you fail, they hate you. But your intent's the same. It's not like you're trying to do evil to them.

Norm MacDonald

I'm not gay, so I don't know much about Broadway musicals.

Norm MacDonald

I think clever people think that poor people are stupid.

Norm MacDonald

When I hear a guy lost a battle to cancer, that really did bother me, that that's a term. It implies that he failed and that somebody else that defeated cancer is heroic and courageous.

Norm MacDonald

I always told everybody the perfect joke would be where the setup and punch line were identical.

Norm MacDonald

I never do impressions, but I probably should. People like that stuff.

Norm MacDonald

I miss seeing real comics, Shecky Greene and Buddy Hackett, those types. I like straight stand-up, talking about the Olympics and why I feel obligated to watch them. 'Why am I watching archery at 4 in the afternoon?'

Norm MacDonald

I never had any interest in sitcoms or motion pictures or anything like that.

Norm MacDonald

I like to do talk show appearances where I get to just be myself, and I do stand-up where I can completely be myself. That's what I've always loved the most, of anything.

Norm MacDonald

There are these showcase clubs where 14 guys will go on in a row and people are laughing at everything, and I'm like - 'I can't laugh that much. That's so weird to me.'

Norm MacDonald

In theatres, you're kind of disconnected. Also, it's way too big for the likes of me. Unless you're Robin Williams or someone that can fill a stage with movement and energy, it just looks like a small man on a big stage.

Norm MacDonald

If you're watching a comedian on television and he's making a political point, I would say he's gotten too serious.

Norm MacDonald

Whenever I do theaters, I don't like 'em. I don't think they're right for stand-up.

Norm MacDonald

I don't have any ego about it, but I find there's not a great work ethic in show business. A lot of people are in it to make money, and coming from stand-up, you have to work so hard because almost nothing works, and if you lose the audience for thre...

Norm MacDonald

With the computer and stuff, the difference between a rich guy and a poor guy, to me, is nothing. Because I don't like big houses, I don't drive a car, so you know, I just live in a small apartment and I have my computer, which is really cool.

Norm MacDonald

Author Bio

  • NameNorm MacDonald
  • Descriptioncomedian
  • BornOctober 17, 1963
  • CountryCanada
  • ProfessionActor; Screenwriter