Norm MacDonald
Norm MacDonald
Norman Gene "Norm" Macdonald is a Canadian stand-up comedian, writer, producer and actor. He is best known for his five seasons as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, which included anchoring Weekend Update for three years. Early in his career, he wrote for the sitcom Roseanne and made appearances on shows including The Drew Carey Show and NewsRadio. He starred in The Norm Show from 1999 to 2001. Comedy Central named him #83 on the five-part miniseries 100 Greatest...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth17 October 1963
CityQuebec City, Canada
CountryCanada
I've always been very averse to innuendo, especially sexual. I find it cowardly or something.
Proper respect to others is the most prudent rule of directing the measure of reverence due to ourselves.
It is often better to be restricted to necessity than unconfined in the measure of our desires: prosperity destroys more individuals than adversity ruins.
We are happy at the respect others pay our favorites, because we consider it a lively confirmation of our own choice, and as so much homage reflected on ourselves.
On Update, the only real original thing was trying to take away the cleverness of the punchline and make it as blunt as possible.
Some people are so much afraid of being deceived, that they never venture to trust; like misers, their avarice destroys their gain.
We often suffer more from our fears, than from the dangers of our situation.
The reason we have few friends in adversity, is, because we have no true ones in prosperity.
I tried to make the punchline as close to the setup as I could. And I thought that was the perfect thing. If I could make the setup and the punchline identical to each other, I would create a different kind of joke.
You can't love your team without hating another team.
The standard of morals is as variable as morals themselves; of which every nation has a different code, and every custom a different reading.
Whenever I do theaters, I don't like 'em. I don't think they're right for stand-up.
They that are virtuous from principle may receive confidence in every capacity; but they that are so from custom or habit, are capable of trust only in matters of ordinary and settled occurrence.
The soul is never perfectly secure from the influence of passion; the occasional tranquility she seems to enjoy, is rather relaxation than imperturbable triumph.