Scott Raab famous quotes

04-17-2025

I think there's a core of real anger or misery inside every true stand-up comic.
-- Scott Raab

#Real #Thinking #Misery
The comics I've talked to have varied styles as stand-ups, but the throughline is that it's the most intense thing they've ever done.
-- Scott Raab

#Style #Done #Intense
Somebody'll be me, tomorrow or whenever. I've been doing this awhile. My time's limited. I've been doing this awhile.
-- Scott Raab

#Tomorrow
One of the best compliments I ever got was "You know what I like about you? You're smart enough to be scared. So many guys come on cocky, they don't want to go over their stuff, they don't want to do a pre-interview. You're always smart enough to be worried till the last minute."
-- Scott Raab

#Smart #Cocky #Guy
A Murphy [Eddie Murphy] movie is like a Sidney Poitier comedy - he's that intensely good... He revolutionized acting. He's literally black Brando. Before Eddie Murphy, there were two schools of acting for a black actor: Either you played it LIKE THIS or youplayeditlahkdis. He was the first black guy in a movie to talk like I am talking right now. That did not exist for black actors before him.
-- Scott Raab

#School #Talking #Two
I remember when I had my show [The Chris Rock Show on HBO], I used to run my show. It was so hard to get people to bring sketches to me. No one had ever worked for a black person before. Even the black people hadn't worked for a black person. It literally took a month or two for everybody to know: I'm really running the show.
-- Scott Raab

#Running #Hbo #Rocks
Even if a movie's not a hit, it still has to have something to do with the big thing, which is the stand-up. It pays the most, first of all. It's the thing that I can do at a high, high level. Amongst the best.
-- Scott Raab

#Pay #Firsts #Levels
When you do something bad and you know you can do it, only you know you can do it. And do it while it's hot, man.
-- Scott Raab

#Men #Hot #You Can Do It
I did a thing called 24 Hour Plays, a thing they do every year on Broadway. A bunch of playwrights and actors get together, you write a play and you act it out in 24 hours, literally. People pay and the money goes to charity. So I did one - I was horrible. I was bad. I was terrified. And I was like, "Oh, I gotta do this again." Because I know I can do it.
-- Scott Raab

#Writing #Years #Play
When you've got kids, it's a big undertaking. It's like doing four movies in a row.
-- Scott Raab

#Kids #Four #Bigs
Why would you go anyplace without your iPad? This is the greatest invention. When it gets a little more power, my God. It's like my office.
-- Scott Raab

#Ipads #Office #Littles
A movie is a miracle, even if it turns out to be a disappointment.
-- Scott Raab

#Disappointment #Miracle #Turns
Pro Publica distorts the relationship between organizations and their consultants,
-- Scott Raab

#Organization

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