Quotes by Zach Galifianakis

About Zach Galifianakis:

Zachary Knight "Zach" Galifianakis is an American stand-up comedian and actor, known for his television appearance in his own Comedy Central Presents special. He also starred in films, such as the Hangover trilogy (2009-2013), Due Date (2010), The Campaign (2012) and Birdman (2014), and hosts the Emmy Award-winning talk show Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis.
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I used to be really cute. I could send you earlier photos where I'm stunning. But I've gained about twenty pounds over the past two years, and the more weight I've put on, the more success I've had. If you drew a diagram of weight gain and me getting...

Zach Galifianakis

American society loves to prop people up and then take them down.

Zach Galifianakis

I don't like cursing in movies. I feel like cursing has become the new hackiness. You try to find substitutions for cursing.

Zach Galifianakis

I wish I could sit back and say, 'Oh, I'm gonna wait for a Merchant-Ivory film to come my way. Or Ivory-Merchant. Whatever it's called. But you just take what's given and then, hopefully, down the road you can be more choosy and only do, say, Wayans ...

Zach Galifianakis

When I do stand-up for a long time, I'll get burned out, then I'll get an acting gig. For me, the grass is always greener. I'd like to do a mixture of all of it. My goal is just to do small movies that I've written. That's what I'm trying to do now, ...

Zach Galifianakis

Hollywood's built on insecurity. People are trying to prove things. And I probably have that. I probably do. Probably guilty of it, in a way.

Zach Galifianakis

I have a 60-acre farm in North Carolina, and I have a tractor and a farmhouse. As soon as I groom the land, I want to put cabins around and have a place where people can write and hang out. It'll be either that or an all-black nudist colony.

Zach Galifianakis

I'm Greek. My body produces feta cheese.

Zach Galifianakis

I like dark comedies. That's why I like the Wayans Brothers.

Zach Galifianakis

As a comic, it's anti-comedy to be known. I think a lot of comedic actors get lost in this world of Hollywood and all this stuff. They lose what brought them there in the first place. I'm very trepidatious about it.

Zach Galifianakis

Privacy is big for me. To do interviews even, I have a very love/hate with it.

Zach Galifianakis

Actually, I used to be a busboy in a strip joint in New York and so I hate strip joints. I'm not that kind of person.

Zach Galifianakis

I'm not versed enough in constitutional law to run for office. I'd have to go back to school or something.

Zach Galifianakis

Fat jokes to me are always, always hilarious, as long as they're done towards yourself.

Zach Galifianakis

I am going to be the next Ryan Gosling.

Zach Galifianakis

I try to write three jokes every day. I don't sit down and write them, it's just things that pop into my head. Then I'll go watch it fail onstage that night.

Zach Galifianakis

I just try to keep myself a traditionalist. I liked being an underground comic doing my thing. I want to maintain that. I just do.

Zach Galifianakis

My real last name is Galifianakisburg.

Zach Galifianakis

I haven't been hit since Leon Spinks hit me in '92.

Zach Galifianakis

When a role seems fun it's easy to play. It kind of comes organically.

Zach Galifianakis

I kind of put myself out there as is. I'm a quiet person. I don't know if that's surprising. I'm a Pilates junkie.

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Author Bio

  • NameZach Galifianakis
  • DescriptionAmerican actor, comedian, writer
  • AliasesZacharius Knight Galifinakis
  • BornOctober 1, 1969
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor