Dave Foley
Dave Foley
David Scott "Dave" Foleyis a Canadian actor, comedian, director, writer and producer. He starred in The Kids in the Hall, NewsRadio and A Bug's Life...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth4 January 1963
CityToronto, Canada
CountryCanada
ideas long giving
It takes so long to put a movie into production and finish it that anyone with a bad idea has time to give it to you before the movie is completed.
jobs coffee wife
Well, I've lost my wife. I've lost my job. I've lost 20 MINUTES OF MY LIFE! Damn the decaf.
islands harper
I never watched 'Harper's Island.'
mean kids careers
I mean, 'Kids In The Hall' is the reason I have any career at all.
ohio people michigan
If you live in Ohio and you don't wear scarlet and gray now, you're an oddball. And it used to be that you could go around town even in Columbus and see a bunch of people in Michigan shirts ... And that's horrible, isn't it?.
book school american-history
When I was in school, all our history books were American, so we learned American history, not Canadian history.
childhood malls
There's something about strip malls that just reeks of my childhood.
decision able way
In a lot of ways, it was a huge relief, not being a member of a troupe, being able to make your own decisions and kind of live your own life.
casting mets wounds
And I met Paul Simms while I was making 'It's Pat', and he later wound up casting me in 'NewsRadio'.
structure sitcom
I like the sitcom, as a structure.
toronto grew-up malls
I grew up in the suburbs of Toronto, where everything was in a strip mall.
country pride
Really, it's only been since the '70s that Canadians have had any pride in their country.
atheist confused leader
Isn't the essential pillar of Catholicism papal infallibility? Well, then how can the church ever change its mind about anything unless God gets confused one day? Not all religions claim the direct authority of God speaking to their leader. You know, I'm an atheist, but I'm a Puritan atheist.
thinking hands people
I think the Internet's been a tremendous tool in terms of breaking down the power structure of information and entertainment, particularly at a time when so much information and entertainment were in the hands of so few people, with multinationals owning everything.