David Steinberg Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“The one thing an audience always has in common with a comedian is troubles. The Yiddish word for that is tsuris. You're always putting your tsuris on stage whether you like it or not. No one is untroubled, unless they're just, you know, an imbecile.”

“A spontaneous interview feels differently than anything else you see on television.”

“I don't really dissect comedy. Nothing kills off humor more than overanalyzing it.”

“Being a lawyer in New York sucks because you're working eighty, sometimes a hundred hours a week.”

“Great Canadian comics are often outsiders and insiders at the same time. That's a great perspective for a comedian.”

“I don't believe any particular ethnic group is smarter than any other group.”

“My influences were Woody Allen and Lenny Bruce.”

“The odd thing about comedy is that the more personal you are, the larger the audience.”

“The worst thing that can happen to a comedian is to do a documentary on your life and you're watching it with an audience and there's not a laugh.”

“We were the guys on the other side. It was hilarious.”