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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It wasn't the kind of comedy I was a big fan of. I used to do a monologue on the Division of Motor Vehicles, and it was like six or seven minutes long. They had to follow me from beginning to end. I did a routine about buying a blender at a drugstore. It was about seven or eight minutes long.
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This is the first time that any big travel conference, not just Travel South, has been to Virginia in 20 years. There are hundreds and hundreds of places that are vying for these conferences and it is very tough to land them. This is a real feather to get Travel South here.
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He introduces Americans to worlds that they wouldn't normally see. It's always a little darker and edgier when Jerry writes.
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I am just now beginning to move better and to feel a lot better about how I am playing, ... I am glad the season's over because now it means I can come back next year and play at 100 percent.
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I will not mass produce. You have no quality control over mass production. I formulate for taste, not shelf-life.
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You can't really find somebody that has been so prolific, so 'on the scene,' so popular and cutting-edge as Carlin, ... He is the Rolling Stones of stand-up.
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I'm trying to think two to three years out. I don't want to wait until the last minute.
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That's everybody's drug of choice. We're helping each other.
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We were overjoyed to see the number of companies.
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Most Texans think Hanukkah is some sort of duck call.
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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 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.