Norm MacDonald
Norm MacDonald

I think clever people think that poor people are stupid.

Norm MacDonald
Norm MacDonald

Comedy is surprises, so if you're intending to make somebody laugh and they don't laugh, that's funny.

Norm MacDonald
Norm MacDonald

In math, you could get 100 percent. It was very fair. That's what I liked about math. You could figure it out, and the teacher couldn't have a stupid opinion about it.

Norm MacDonald
Norm MacDonald

All my life's about is cracking up people and them cracking me up and trying not to think about dying. That doesn't cost very much money.

Norm MacDonald
Norm MacDonald

I'm not gay, so I don't know much about Broadway musicals.

Norm MacDonald
Norm MacDonald

It got very tedious saying the same jokes in the same way with the same attitude.

Norm MacDonald
Norm MacDonald

When I hear a guy lost a battle to cancer, that really did bother me, that that's a term. It implies that he failed and that somebody else that defeated cancer is heroic and courageous.

Norm MacDonald
Norm MacDonald

I'd say Jon Stewart has remained funny the entire time. Jon always makes it funny first. And he's just, he's talking about serious things, but in a funny way. Other comedians will talk about serious things in a serious way, and then you don't know what's going on.

Norm MacDonald
Norm MacDonald

I don't know anything about politics. Like, zero. Nothing.

Norm MacDonald
Norm MacDonald

With the computer and stuff, the difference between a rich guy and a poor guy, to me, is nothing. Because I don't like big houses, I don't drive a car, so you know, I just live in a small apartment and I have my computer, which is really cool.

Norm MacDonald
Norm MacDonald

My dad had this thing - everyone in Canada wants to play hockey; that's all they want to do. So when I was a kid, whenever we skated my dad would not let us on the ice without hockey sticks, because of this insane fear we would become figure skaters!

Norm MacDonald
Norm MacDonald

I miss seeing real comics, Shecky Greene and Buddy Hackett, those types. I like straight stand-up, talking about the Olympics and why I feel obligated to watch them. 'Why am I watching archery at 4 in the afternoon?'

Norm MacDonald
Norm MacDonald

If you're watching a comedian on television and he's making a political point, I would say he's gotten too serious.

Norm MacDonald
Norm MacDonald

I'm no good at anything but comedy, which I think I'm good at. I'm absolutely no good at networking; I'm terrible at acting; I'm terrible at dealing with executives; I'm terrible at collaborating. And I say whatever I want to say. But I think I'm good enough at comedy that I can survive. And I don't really have an ambition for money.

Norm MacDonald
Norm MacDonald

I always told everybody the perfect joke would be where the setup and punch line were identical.

Norm MacDonald
Norm MacDonald

I just like doing standup, that's all I'm interested in or good at.

Norm MacDonald
Norm MacDonald

So much in L.A. is waiting. It's so irritating. That's what's good about stand-up. You can go away, and you don't have to sit and wait by your phone. But it is very frustrating.

Norm MacDonald
Norm MacDonald

You can't love your team without hating another team.

Norm MacDonald
Norm MacDonald

I don't know anything about politics. I wouldn't put too much into my prediction on politics.

Norm MacDonald
Norm MacDonald

When I was a kid, everybody that played golf was an old man. Until Tiger showed up, they weren't in very good shape.