Kevin Nealon Quotes
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I met Adam Sandler through 'Saturday Night Live,' and we became friends.
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All I ever wanted to do was stand-up. It kind of charges me and gives me a rush.
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It was football I enjoyed most. When I moved to L.A. to become a stand-up comedian, I thought it might be a good comedy hook to also be the punter for USFL club The L.A. Express, so I started practicing for the tryouts. Luckily, my stand-up took off, and I didn't need to do it.
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I used to go to the Hollywood YMCA when I first came here, and I was standing in front of the mirror doing curls, and I noticed this guy next to me also doing curls. He was grimacing a lot, and I noticed he had an underbite. I looked more closely and realized it was Bruce Springsteen.
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The funny thing about commercials to me is that many of them now don't even mention the product until the very end. You don't really know what the commercial is all about. They're kind of like little movies, like shorts, and that's why I think they're so entertaining.
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Basically, I'm a people pleaser who has a knack for disappointing.
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As you get older, subconsciously you start thinking about mortality and protecting your offspring. It opens up a whole new avenue of life experiences.
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I'm Kevin Nealon, and that's news to me.
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If people can't deal with their problems, they numb themselves a little bit.
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You really have to be ambitious and have that drive to really become well known and successful as a standup.
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I think there's a part of me that might be my alter ago, like the carefree, do-what-he-wants kind of guy, because I've been so restrained most of my life, going to Catholic school and being the good son and the good husband. It's a fun escape route for me sometimes to lead that life.
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I tend to listen to Sirius XM Radio.
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When I would see my friends with their kids, I was envious that you can use children to get out of just about anything. If you don't feel like going to a dinner party, you could say, 'My kid's sick. I can't make it.' Who's gonna argue with you?
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I became a vegetarian after I became aware of factory farming and slaughterhouses and the torture and inhumane handling of all these animals.
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I was born in St. Louis; I lived there for three weeks and then my father graduated from St. Louis University, so we all got in the car and split. I don't really remember much. I grew up in Connecticut most of my life and then four years in Germany. My father worked for a helicopter company, so we went over there.
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I do have a place in my heart for animal shelters because the job they have is impossible - so many animals that need to euthanized because don't have homes for them.
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When you discover that you are going to have a child, it stirs up memories of your own childhood.
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I think people really appreciate clever commercials, as do I. I think they're very entertaining. You just have to wade through all the garbage. That's one of the reasons people watch the Super Bowl. A lot of them watch it to see the commercials and not the actual game.
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It is a great rush to come up with a joke that gets a good response from the audience. It's gold!
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I was 5-foot-8 when I graduated high school, but then I shot up to 6-foot-4 and got more into playing basketball.
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Every time I think of Doug Wilson, I think 'pathetic.' When it comes between something for himself or something for righteousness, he'll choose himself.
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When a show has been on for so long, you lose fans, you gain fans. I remember this from 'Saturday Night Live.'
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I worked for a temp agency called Manpower.
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I look back at 'Saturday Night Live' and I think, some people didn't like me doing 'Weekend Update.' Who cares? A lot of people did. When you're reaching that many people, you're not going to have everybody like you.