John Oliver Quotes
I'm not really much of an actor, so when I started on 'The Daily Show,' I was just trying to adopt the faux authority of a newsperson. Having a British accent definitely gave me a sonic leg up on that because there is a faux authority to the British accent in and of itself.
Quotes to Explore
-
Like in every peace process, and especially in Colombia, there all kinds of problems that will come through. Not only is the process by itself very complicated but it has lots of underground complications.
-
The world is too violent right now.
-
I do small things. I try to do good things every day.
-
If you look back on the breakups that you've had, whether it's a long relationship or a one-night stand, it's always awkward.
-
When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
-
Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.
-
What I particularly like about Broadway is the camaraderie and the friendship of other people in other shows. Everybody knows you're opening and cares about you. There's a real village atmosphere.
-
Being in Harlem on the night of Barack Obama's election was extraordinary. It was the best street party I have ever gone to, and it felt like the period of American history which began with slavery had ended that evening.
-
I had more clothes than I had closets, more cars than garage space, but no money.
-
So long as you don't feel life's paltry and a miserable business, the rest doesn't matter, happiness or unhappiness.
-
Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported?
-
Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don't come into the world.
-
Enough to using Texas as a political laboratory for testing far-right ideas. Enough to using Texas as a workshop for fattening the wallets of their special interest friends and supporters. And enough of politicians listening only to each other, rather than real Texans.
-
I always like to play roles where I either love the character or think that it's a story that I can tell better than anyone else. There are always reasons for me to do whatever I do.
-
On a very basic level, many people think celebrities have too much already, so we shouldn't be entitled to our political opinions.
-
Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life.
-
To the folks walking around the District of Columbia, I would say this: 'Be careful.'
-
I still sing on bits and pieces. Singing's something that I love to do, but it's not something that I pursue as a career.
-
When you're hanging there twenty feet off the ground, surrounded by green screen, and all you've got is the other actor and the wonderful Gavin Hood shouting instructions at you as to what's going on; it's a really unique experience.
-
I think about how I think I know a person then 'poof!' I discover I only knew a cartoon version. Suddenly there's this fleshy, demanding, noisy creature in front of me, unknowable and just as lost as I am, and equally unable to remember that every soul in the world is hurting, not just themselves.
-
I’ve done a lot of deals, and I’m skilled at negotiating, managing personalities, and getting parties to the table.
-
When you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas.
-
I think at the end of the day this movie is respecting what we as women go through as we grow up. The experiences, what we deal with, other women, things about images, things that we deal with as women.
-
I'm not really much of an actor, so when I started on 'The Daily Show,' I was just trying to adopt the faux authority of a newsperson. Having a British accent definitely gave me a sonic leg up on that because there is a faux authority to the British accent in and of itself.
