Steven Wright
Steven Wright
Steven Alexander Wrightis an American comedian, actor, writer, and an Oscar-winning film producer. He is known for his distinctly lethargic voice and slow, deadpan delivery of ironic, philosophical, and sometimes nonsensical jokes, paraprosdokians, non sequiturs, anti-humor, and one-liners with contrived situations...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth6 December 1955
CountryUnited States of America
emotion
I have all the emotions that everyone has; it just appears that I don't.
mother sleep night
When I was a fetus, I used to sneak out at night when my mother was sleeping. I figured I should start stealing stuff while I still had no fingerprints.
wish lasts firsts
I wish, when I was first born, the first thing I said was "Quote" so the last thing I said before I died would be "Unquote.
boston years phoenix
I never even thought of myself as deadpan until someone wrote an article about me about a year after I was doing comedy. There was a paper called the 'Boston Phoenix,' and someone wrote a description of what I was doing and that's where I first saw 'deadpan.'
funny humor barbie
If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?
placebo
I'm addicted to placebos.
television film ends
I was born. When I was 23 I started telling jokes. Then I started going on television and doing films. That's still what I am doing. The end.
laughing attention classroom
I was always making my friends laugh, but I never wanted the attention of the whole classroom.
guy radio would-be
I thought I would be a guy on the radio.
baby thinking needs
I need one of those baby monitors from my subconscious to my consciousness so I can know what the hell I'm really thinking about.
mcdonalds ideas expansion
I like to talk about lint and coasters, the expansion of the universe and maybe McDonald's. I'm completely turned off by the idea of politics.
hero talking everyday-things
I like George Carlin's jokes. I like his humor. He's one of my heroes, and I like what he did with talking about everyday things.
people laughing stuff
I laugh all the time - at things, people, stuff, whatever. But, I don't laugh onstage because then it's serious business.
bridges radio comedy
George is a radio announcer, and when he walks under a bridge... you can't hear him talk.