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
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I met Kevin when I was 19, at a Second City workshop. We were paired up together in the first class I went to. By the end of the class we formed our improv group, and over the next three years we performed leading up to the formation of The Kids in the Hall.
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The association concerts provide quality, live entertainment that people can afford,
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It even looks a little like me, ... He's got my eyes, my great big bulbous eyes, and he has my stammer, (and) that affects your facial features when you stammer.
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Dick Van Dyke spent most of his time setting everybody else up.
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If somebody came up with a really good idea, everyone would back it. Especially when we did the show, we had a real dedication that, if you were in somebody else's scene, everyone worked their hardest to make that scene good.
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'High Stakes' was a very bad movie that I was cast in as a lead.
The important thing to remember is that bugs don't actually talk.
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Canadians still spend so much time discussing what it means to be Canadian.
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I still do miss the freedom to play any kind of character I wanted to play.
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The thing that really surprised me about strip malls in California, specifically Los Angeles, is that they have some really fantastic restaurants.
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David Steinberg was the reason the Smothers Brothers got cancelled.
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Stand-up comedy and poverty. Those were my two main endeavors.
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NBC is working with a team of astrophysicists to create a new day of the week.
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I think we carry around the idea of being a Kid in the Hall as part of our identity. It's a big part of how we see ourselves now.