Colin Quinn
Colin Quinn
Colin Edward Quinn is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. On television, he is best known for his work on Saturday Night Live, where he anchored Weekend Update, on MTV's 1980's game show Remote Control, where he served as the announcer/sidekick, and as host of Comedy Central's late-night panel show Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn. Notable film work includes his role as Dickey Bailey in the Grown Ups films and playing Amy Schumer's father in the film Trainwreck...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth6 June 1959
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I love people, I love studying people more than history. So whatever situation I see, then I look at, what were the people like, more than history itself.
People say history was written by the winners. No, it wasn't. It was written by the bullies.
A weird sort of awareness set in, like, 'Wow. My stand-up isn't just separate from everything else I do anymore.' With Twitter and Face book, everything is universal that everything everybody says gets seen.
Those early days of comedy are when you get addicted to it.
I think I identify more with the smart guy, but most people might take umbrage at that. I like to think of myself as a real thinker, but I suppose people might beg to differ.
The only people who like to live alone more than comics are priests.
I'm not a big method actor. I'm much more superficial.
I'm always working on stuff. But they never materialize. I'm always working on movies and TV shows.
I think people tend to feel odd when I do my act. Unless you are an ironic person, it's not a good place for you to be.
Stand-up is live, so I'm used to being live for most of my career. It's interesting.
You know, the funny thing about Lorne and that show is that, you can go over one million things, but in a business of bean counters, he still likes to laugh at small things and creates a show around it.
Marie Antoinette was funny, I'm sure she was just misinterpreted. You know the 'Let them eat cake' line. She seems like she was kind of funny, like a Chelsea Handler or Kathy Griffin type.
I don't know any comedian who tailors his act to his audience. Maybe people say they do, but I can't even imagine them.
The mistake that people make in stand-up is thinking they're profound or they're deep when there are so many people who have more worthwhile ways of phrasing things.