David Cross Quotes


"I'll think of the idea and then I'll write something down, then within that there will be a joke or two which is the original thing which I thought was funny."
- David Cross
(Related: Funny, Thought, Idea, Will)

"There were a number of referendums in '98 that most of the things I voted for passed. That's very satisfying when you feel that most of the country is in step with your views."
- David Cross
(Related: Country)

"The best thing about me is there are no skeletons."
- David Cross
"Sketches have characters, exits, entrances and are vastly different."
- David Cross
"Originally they wanted me to be Buster but I really like the Tobias part."
- David Cross
"Occasionally I'll watch Fox News for as long as I can tolerate it, or CNN. I'll watch until I get infuriated, but you got to know what they're talking about and what they're not talking about."
- David Cross
(Related: News, Talking)

"Nobody is going to be as bad for free thinking, right-minded individuals than George Bush."
- David Cross
(Related: Free thinking, Right)

"My biggest problem is retaining the exact information."
- David Cross
(Related: Information)

"It's not about trying to be funny all the time. It's more of a document that hopefully is funny."
- David Cross
(Related: Funny, Time, Trying)

"In New York there isn't that weird palpable competitive thing where it's friendly but everyone isn't trying to top one another with jokes when you're just hanging around."
- David Cross
(Related: Jokes, Trying)

"You can't just yell jokes at people."
- David Cross
(Related: People, Jokes)

"As for Tenacious D, of course it could work as a full length movie; all it requires is a great writer and great director with an ability to think outside of conventional film comedy."
- David Cross
(Related: Work, Ability, Comedy, Film, Writer)

"I'd be curious to find out, but I don't think people in the entertainment industry are proportionally more or less serious politically than anyone in the landscaping industry."
- David Cross
(Related: People, Entertainment)

"Besides if people really want to support the troops they would vote democrat."
- David Cross
(Related: People, Support, Troops, Vote, Want)

"I also try to think of ways to articulate the joke more economically."
- David Cross
"I don't think HBO would want to do anything in conjunction with Sub Pop but I never asked either."
- David Cross
(Related: Want)

"I hate bumper stickers, you can't sum anything up. All you do is paint yourself in some caricaturist corner."
- David Cross
(Related: Hate)

"I love doing stuff with Todd Barry and Jon Benjamin. We give the stage to good bands and funny people."
- David Cross
(Related: Funny, Love, People)

"I love Tinkle, it's really the most fun I've had in years."
- David Cross
(Related: Love, Fun, Years)

"I remember being a kid and the Vietnam War was huge and looking at Watergate."
- David Cross
(Related: War, Being, Vietnam)

"I went to a bunch of marches in New York and Washington, and you know I believe in the cause, but to march with those people takes a lot of compromise on my end."
- David Cross
(Related: People, Cause, Compromise, End, March, Washington)

"I think people, for the most part, actually want what they think is best."
- David Cross
(Related: People, Want)

"I lived in LA for almost nine years and if I never went back there again it would be fine."
- David Cross
(Related: Years)