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...
thinking juniors lasts
I always tend to think of all of my shows as possibly my last show. I'm like a junior Springsteen, without the underbite.
mean thinking would-be
I think ABC sort of hoped I would be really like Carol Burnett. I mean literally, I think.
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.
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.
years levels four
I'm thirty years old, but I read at the thirty-four-year-old level.
prayer bars lord
Please, O ye Lord, keep Jim Bakker behind bars.
turtles clubs enough
Am I not turtley enough for the Turtle Club? Turtle! Turtle!
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.
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.
secret want persona
While many comics have a secret persona, I fundamentally want to be myself.
tabloids
I never read the tabloids.
attitude character voice
My characters all start with rhythms and sounds. Once I hear the voice and get into the rhythm, the attitude and the physicality just come out on their own.
divorce two fire
You know, Elizabeth Taylor must be in Heaven going, 'Alright, fire two honey!'