Daniel J. Goor Quotes
The number one rule of comedy acting is 'don't try to be funny.' Act as seriously as possible.
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I don't have the looks to compete at a bar, and I'm not that funny. So the last thing I want is to be in a situation where that's what I'm competing on. I'd rather be on OkCupid or Match, where I can write a 300-word essay about myself that's really good.
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I can do a little bit of comedy. I can be in an in-between place, where I can do a little bit.
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The Midwest breeds funny, eccentric people, to varying degrees. You play shows not because you're expecting to get a record deal, but to do something fun outside of mowing lawns. Everything else is just gravy... Or mustard.
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I actually love doing comedy!
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I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.
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Humor has to surprise us; otherwise, it isn't funny. It's a death knell for a writer to be labeled a humorist because then it's not a surprise anymore.
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What's funny in 'The Mayor of MacDougal Street' is how Dave Van Ronk talks a lot about the time and how exciting it was and how electric it was.
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My dad is a really funny guy, and we would make jokes about my leukemia. When my friends would come over, we would joke about it, too.
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I don't just want to be a cute girl in a comedy or the actress who just does the same thing over and over again. I want to play roles that are distinct. I want to have a more varied career like actresses Viola Davis or Angela Bassett - those are the people that I grew up watching and admiring.
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I don't know what I want to be when I grow up. It's funny - people ask me that, and I don't know what to tell them.
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It's the comedy that guides me. The acting and all that stuff comes second. It's equally important, but I just try to do that as best as I can.
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Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
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Half of the great comedians I've had in my shows and that I paid a lot of money to and who made my customers shriek were not only not funny to me, but I couldn't understand why they were funny to anybody.
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Being a humorist is not a voluntary thing. You can tell this because in a situation where saying a funny thing will cause a lot of trouble, a humorist will still say the funny thing. No matter how inappropriate.
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If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
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I like children - fried.
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I used to do a lot of comedy. I don't know what happened. I think it's my face.
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Jack Black is so funny! On and off screen, like, he would make you laugh every day. He's hilarious.
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The artist is the medium between his fantasies and the rest of the world.
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Country music is three chords and the truth.
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I never used to drink water. I am drinking six liters of water every day now. That's the key.
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I definitely think men prefer women more undone and natural than butch and masculine. They prefer a fresher, sexier, more feminine look.
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I have a lot of feminist idols. My favorite thing about growing up in Arkansas - well, not favorite but something I've always felt grateful for - was that I really had to dig for what I could. There was no Internet. There wasn't tons of feminist literature floating around.
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The number one rule of comedy acting is 'don't try to be funny.' Act as seriously as possible.
