Dane Cook
Dane Cook
Dane Jeffrey Cookis an American stand-up comedian and film actor. He has released five comedy albums: Harmful If Swallowed; Retaliation; Vicious Circle; Rough Around The Edges: Live From Madison Square Garden; and Isolated Incident. In 2006, Retaliation became the highest charting comedy album in 28 years and went platinum. He performed an HBO special in the Fall of 2006, Vicious Circle, a straight-to-DVD special titled Rough Around The Edges, and a Comedy Central special in 2009 titled Isolated Incident. He...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth18 March 1972
CityCambridge, MA
CountryUnited States of America
Dane Cook quotes about
My real first job was delivering newspapers with I was 15. I would ride my bike around and chuck papers at people's houses. The thing that sucked is when I would go collecting everyone acted like they were not home. Totally sucked but because I could control the weather I showered trashcan size hail down on their homes until they were completely decimated.
I like fearless characters, people just not afraid to do anything it takes to make people laugh.
I always wanted to be a snake. Every time I saw a snake on TV. I'd always say 'Why not me?'
Nothing is a better icebreaker than a great joke.
If you use tact you can say anything, then make it funny.
I'm glad that my parents missed one thing that was really unbelievable. They saw me hit this great success. It was a blast and we had a lot of laughs. And it was just an amazing time. They passed away. And then after I got, you know, famous, all these haters came out of nowhere.
I can always get better. A lot of my ex-girlfriends don't think I'm funny.
I always thought that if I got no love at all early in my standup career, or I was god awful, I thought I'd get into psychology.
Christina can sing all the notes, but Britney is just hot!
My mom and dad passed away from cancer. Within nine months, I lost both of my folks. Immediately after that, I had a horrible betrayal where my brother, who worked for me, stole a lot of my money. He's in jail now.
We all hope for breakthrough rebirth moments.
My fam is just a regular family. But all of them have great senses of humor.
I feel like I was born and bred to stay self-motivated. I'm not one of those people who ho-hums and feels sorry for himself when something's bad.
I don't write any of my material down. I like to improvise and be spontaneous.