Richard Lewis
Richard Lewis
Richard Philip Lewisis an American stand-up comedian and actor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth29 June 1947
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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Most Texans think Hanukkah is some sort of duck call.
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If you want to devote yourself to the arts, you'd better do it strictly from passion, because there is zero guarantee that you'll get anywhere. The hardest thing is dealing with business people who have nothing to do with your art. They could care less that you're up at 4:30 in the morning writing a joke. Don't expect any sympathy from anybody.
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My grandmother was a Jewish juggler: she used to worry about six things at once.
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There's a thin line between narcissism, even if it's a healthy narcissism, and entertainment.
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My act is always a work in progress. I pray I have a bad day before a show.
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When I was younger, I listened to the greats: Winters, Mel and Carl, Nichols and May, Pryor, Carlin, Klein, Berman and lots of Lenny Bruce albums. But once I started doing fairly well, I didn't want to hear anybody's jokes or premises.
performance
My performance level has risen - and my anxiety-level has sky-rocketed.
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I never wanted to do observational humor because I never wanted to tell people what they were seeing.
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I'm psyched-up when I do radio. I can reach hundreds of thousands of people in a market. And way psyched-up when I'm on television. For people not to take it seriously is foolish.
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My humor is channeling everything through my brain. For example, when I talk about something, it's how Richard Lewis feels about it. I'm a storyteller. I do a lot of free association.
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I love being famous. It validates that I have something to say.
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My parents were my worst audience.
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For 45 years I've worked without an audience.
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We're trying to drive down the cost of wireless broadband for Houstonians.