Dane Cook Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“My mother had a lot of phobias. She's pregnant with me and she was a very phobic person. So I was born into phobia, basically.”

“I was not a silly kid or outgoing. In fact, I suffered from quite a bit of anxiety. I used to have panic attacks when I was a teenager, really incapacitating moments, because I had some phobias.”

“I always thought that if I got no love at all early in my standup career, or I was god awful, I thought I'd get into psychology.”

“My professional dreams were coming true while I was living a personal nightmare.”

“I did stand-up comedy for seventeen years. I need to explore other things.”

“I have new ideas every day, and I always want to take on new challenges.”

“I had the humble beginnings. I was doing comedy in laundry mats in 1992, literally where I would bring a little gorilla amp and a lapel mike and just start performing.”

“As a comedian, I am obligated to tell you the truth, my truth. To share with you my beliefs, my perspective. And I think that we forget sometimes that that's the oath that comics take, that we will go up and share everything - the irreverent, the scary.”

“I love being on stage if I'm not on a set. If I'm at home, I'm usually in my office editing or reconstructing my website or whatever it may be. I just love putting creativity into a performance, so if the right script comes along, and I certainly am reading comedies and dramas now, then I'm ready willing and able to give it a shot.”

“I had never done a roast, but I really wanted to, because it's so different from standup.”