Dana Carvey
Dana Carvey
Dana Thomas Carveyis an American actor and stand-up comedian known for his work as a cast member on Saturday Night Live and for playing the role of Garth Algar in the Wayne's World films...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth2 June 1955
CityMissoula, MT
CountryUnited States of America
thinking people personality
My Obama is getting pretty good ... I think I'll vote for whoever makes my portrayal easier. It takes time to put together a comic impression. It takes time to recognize the tics. Right now, for instance, I could do a dead- on Paul Ryan and people wouldn't recognize it. Personalities take a while to sin...
divorce two fire
You know, Elizabeth Taylor must be in Heaven going, 'Alright, fire two honey!'
character people chance
When people come to see my stand-up, they get a chance to see my characters interact with each other.
night years television
Well, I loved variety in television, I loved sketch comedy. At 'Saturday Night Live,' I stayed almost seven years.
secret want persona
While many comics have a secret persona, I fundamentally want to be myself.
gay laughing als
I've never really worked on them. Just once in a while one hits me and makes me laugh. My Al Gore was sort of like a gay Gomer Pyle.
night years two
I used to sneak up to the 8th floor and watch Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo rehearsing 'Saturday Night Live' and could only wonder if I would ever have the chance to be funny. It took me five years to go up the two stories, but it is such a sense of fulfillment to be able to show what I can do on national television.
money hurt two
The two things that can hurt you are if you need money or if you need fame. Those are the things that can be your Achilles' heel. But if you don't need money and you don't need fame, then you're free.
dream character world
I have this dream life where I get to be a celebrity but I get to navigate the world fairly easily because I'm always in character.
mom dad son
A mom and dad found an S&M magazine under their 10-year-old son's bed, and the dad said, 'Well, we sure can't spank him.'
country art team
I tried to go out for theater or theater arts, but I was too scared or too intimidated. But I had a lot of friends on the cross country team that had great senses of humor.
winter years voice
After years of begging, I got my parents to get me a little Craig tape recorder, a reel to reel. Then I started recording voices, or recording Jonathan Winters off television and stuff like that.
stars impossible sometimes
Describing comic sensibility is near impossible. It's sort of an abstract silliness, that sometimes the joke isn't the star.
character matter limits
I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.