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I used to sneak up to the 8th floor and watch Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo rehearsing 'Saturday Night Live' and could only wonder if I would ever have the chance to be funny. It took me five years to go up the two stories, but it is such a sense of fulfillment to be able to show what I can do on national television.

~Dana Carvey

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Definitely for me, my personality, having children was a definite sea change. I found it very, very hard to balance show business and being a dad. The narcissism of show business and the complete, total focus of it was very difficult.

~Dana Carvey

Topics: Balance Being Business Change Children Complete Dad Definite Definitely Difficult Focus Found Hard Having Having Children Me Narcissism Personality Sea Show Show Business Total Very

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We didn't even think about it, you know? I used to collect laser discs, and you'd have some college professor analyzing It's a Wonderful Life or Citizen Kane, and now it is pretty funny - the idea of commentary for a silly kid's movie, you know?

~Dana Carvey

Topics: About Analyzing Citizen Collect College Commentary Even Funny Idea Kane Kid Know Laser Life Movie Now Pretty Professor Silly Some Think Used Wonderful Wonderful Life You

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Monty Python never directly said, 'We're liberals' - they just did their sketches, and you had to figure it out. Generally, they were anti-establishment, of course, making fun of the people in power. I think, comedians, that's their job - pointing out what other people might not notice and going, 'Yoo-hoo, over here.'

~Dana Carvey

Topics: Comedians Course Did Directly Figure Fun Generally Going Had Here Job Just Liberals Making Might Monty Monty Python Never Notice Other Out Over People Pointing Power Python Said Sketches Think Were You I Think

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It's almost like he's started to sound even more exotic the more people started doing him. I don't know why, but there's just something about Al Gore that makes me laugh.

~Dana Carvey

Topics: About Al Al Gore Almost Doing Even Exotic Gore He Him Just Just Something Know Laugh Like Makes Me More More People People Something Sound Started Why

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Describing comic sensibility is near impossible. It's sort of an abstract silliness, that sometimes the joke isn't the star.

~Dana Carvey

Topics: Abstract Comic Describing Impossible Joke Near Sensibility Silliness Sometimes Sort Star

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The two things that can hurt you are if you need money or if you need fame. Those are the things that can be your Achilles heel. But if you don't need money and you don't need fame, then you're free.

~Dana Carvey

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I pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face.

~Dana Carvey

Topics: Because Confusion Constant Expression Face Just Just Because Leaves Much Pretty State Stay Try

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I have a theory that if you're famous more years than you're not famous, then you get a little nutty.

~Dana Carvey

Topics: Famous Get Little More Nutty Than Then Theory Years You

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I really enjoy being a dad, and maybe I took it too seriously, but I love being around my kids.

~Dana Carvey

Topics: Around Being Dad Enjoy Kids Love Maybe Really Seriously Too Took I Love

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Comedian

Born: June 2nd, 1955

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