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Colin Quinn

15 quotes

Some people are known for what they did; Colin Quinn is known for what they said. Colin Quinn's observations on Funny are as sharp as their thoughts on Humor, revealing genuine breadth of mind. 15 of Colin Quinn's sharpest quotes live here, spanning themes of Funny, Humor, Alone, War, and Poetry. Start here and see if you agree: "The only people who like to live alone more than comics are priests."

“I'm always working on stuff. But they never materialize. I'm always working on movies and TV shows.”

— Colin Quinn

Movies

All Quotes by Colin Quinn

“That's the beauty of being a comedian - it's the one job you're allowed to do that. We're lucky. We're really lucky.”

— Colin Quinn

Beauty

“I write all the time - I write poetry, I love to write.”

— Colin Quinn

Poetry

“He is very dry but also very funny... I think people tend to feel odd when I do my act. Unless you are an ironic person, it's not a good place for you to be.”

— Colin Quinn

Funny

“Everybody's got a different sense of humor. It's just different styles.”

— Colin Quinn

Humor

“For the most part, comedians are pretty friendly with each other. They always say they badmouth each other, but most of the time, they're friends. We're the only ones that can really stand our type of humor.”

— Colin Quinn

Humor

“You can't make everybody laugh. You gotta just do what you think is funny. Just be obstreperous to everybody.”

— Colin Quinn

Funny

“I'm always working on stuff. But they never materialize. I'm always working on movies and TV shows.”

— Colin Quinn

Movies

“You know, the funny thing about Lorne and that show is that, you can go over one million things, but in a business of bean counters, he still likes to laugh at small things and creates a show around it.”

— Colin Quinn

Funny

“I feel most empires fell when they started to act human, but then look at Russia. They kept a pretty strong hand, and they fell from Afghanistan alone because Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires. I guess you just can't sustain it.”

— Colin Quinn

Alone

“People's - most people's job is talking about the future or like money not even in the present tense. It's not even paper.”

— Colin Quinn

Future

“So instead of talking about theoretical ways of ending the war and violence, I say that we have to get rid of the individual asholes in each office and situation.”

— Colin Quinn

War

“Everybody's funny in different ways.”

— Colin Quinn

Funny

“Marie Antoinette was funny, I'm sure she was just misinterpreted. You know the 'Let them eat cake' line. She seems like she was kind of funny, like a Chelsea Handler or Kathy Griffin type.”

— Colin Quinn

Funny

“You know how it is with writing. You just write what you want to write. There's no way to predict what is good or bad. You just do what you think is funny, and either it works or you're finished. It's impossible to predict anything.”

— Colin Quinn

Funny

“The only people who like to live alone more than comics are priests.”

— Colin Quinn

Alone