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Dana Carvey Biography

Dana Thomas Carvey (born June 2, 1955) is an American actor and stand-up comedian, who is most widely known for his work as a cast member on Saturday Night Live (1986–1993) and for starring as Garth Algar in the Wayne's World films.

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I think ABC sort of hoped I would be really like Carol Burnett. I mean literally, I think.

Abc, Mean, Sort, Thinking, Would Be

My characters all start with rhythms and sounds. Once I hear the voice and get into the rhythm, the attitude and the physicality just come out on their own.

Attitude, Character, Rhythms, Sounds, Voice

I know it's a cliche, but the whole family is just whacked. I mean, we're all out of our minds. They're the funniest, most eccentric bizarre people I've ever met, my siblings.

Brother, Eccentric, Mean, People, Sibling, Siblings

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.

Fame, Heel, Hurt, Money, Two

If she were a President, she'd be Babe-raham Lincoln!

Babe, Ifs, Lincoln, President

Please, O ye Lord, keep Jim Bakker behind bars.

Bars, Jim, Keep, Lord, Prayer

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

Famous, Littles, Nutty, Theory, Years

If I only ran when nothing hurt, I would never run.

Hurt, Nothing, Ran, Run, Running

I got lucky. I won the San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition in 1977 while I was still at San Francisco State.

Comedy, Competition, Lucky, San Francisco, State, Won

You know ladies and gentlemen, a long time ago , there were lots of people, but that was a long time ago

Gentleman, Gentlemen, Long, People, Time

That's why modern corporate movie making has become so laborious that comedians are kind of kicked out by 50.

Become, Comedian, Corporate, Kicked, Kind, Modern

I had auditioned for 'Saturday Night Live' two or three times before and never really saw myself there. I looked up to Belushi and Bill Murray and Aykroyd and I never saw myself as in their world.

Belushi, Night, Three, Times, Two

When people come to see my stand-up, they get a chance to see my characters interact with each other.

Chance, Character, Come, People, See

I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.

Character, Characters, Human, Look, Looks, Matter

I think free speech is probably the coolest thing we have in this country, and again, you can label it hate speech and dismiss it, and then you're allowed to censor it.

Country, Hate, Probably, Think, Thinking

A mom and dad found an S&M magazine under their 10-year-old son's bed, and the dad said, 'Well, we sure can't spank him. '

Bed, Dad, Mom, Said, Son, Spank

I did a lot of ridiculous television. Between 1980 and '85 I had no confidence, so I did everything I was told to do.

Confidence, Everything, No Confidence, Ridiculous, Television

I have no regrets. I wanted to raise the kids and be a present father. When I developed a movie, I was gone for a year. That didn't really work for me. That isn't fair to make these life-forms and then disappear.

Disappear, Father, Gone, Kids, Regret, Work

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.

Five, Murphy, Night, Two, Used, Years

My Obama is getting pretty good. . . I think I'll vote for whoever makes my portrayal easier. It takes time to put together a comic impression. It takes time to recognize the tics. Right now, for instance, I could do a dead- on Paul Ryan and people wouldn't recognize it. Personalities take a while to sin.

Dead, Impression, People, Personality, Thinking

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