Top 29 Quotes & Sayings by Bobby Lee

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actor Bobby Lee.

Last updated on April 14, 2025.

Robert Lee Jr. is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster. From 2001 to 2009, Lee was a cast member on MADtv, and he co-starred in the ABC single-camera sitcom series Splitting Up Together alongside Jenna Fischer and Oliver Hudson between 2018 and 2019. Lee has also appeared in the films Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004), Pineapple Express (2008), and The Dictator (2012). He recently had a guest appearance as the cynical, burned-out Dr. Kang on FX on Hulu's TV comedy series Reservation Dogs.

American - Actor | Born: September 17, 1972

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When 'MADtv' got cancelled, I didn't work at all - for three years.

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Stand-up is the only thing I have complete control over. There's something to be said for that.

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I never wanted to be road comic.

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When I found stand-up, it was like finding home.

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You gotta understand, there are two different kinds of Asians - the kind who are good at school, obey their parents, go to college - that kind of stuff. And then you have my family - me, my brother, all of my cousins - we're just wretched people.

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I like Columbus, Ohio, because it's Pleasantville for real. They have the nicest white people I have ever met, and I mean that!

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I have many favorite vacation destinations, but my favorite destination is Maui.

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I know I can get laughs anywhere, in front of any crowd, if I'm given the chance.

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Shopping in Thailand is super cheap and generally high quality. Bangkok is also safe. If you see anybody wearing camouflage holding a machete, don't be scared. They sell coconuts.

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I guess I am in handsome - in certain parts of the world. If I was, like, in Mongolia, living on a mountain and in my village, I could be the hottest guy. In L.A., I'm... average?

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Koreans are hilarious.

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I think people just think I am crazy because they see me doing stand-up, but I am generally not. I am very sad. I'm one of those guys that lights candles and listens to Rachmaninoff.

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I'm hoping that, over the years, people will come back to 'MADtv' and think it isn't that bad. We had some really talented people on there.

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I think I am against stereotype. Generally, Asian guys are more quiet - they study and have a good work ethic. Generally, I have none of those things.

Bobby Lee

I'm in this business, man, and I honestly don't know anything about show business at all. I don't know how it works.

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I love Dallas, Austin and Houston. Why? Because some of the best comedians, like Bill Hicks and Sam Kinison, started their careers in Texas, and because the crowds there are comedy-educated.

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With Bitcoin hard-coded to be limited, it’s like a collectible.

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A lot of people that are in the disease of drinking and using can be caught up on the denial aspect of it. I don't have a problem with that. I am very sensitive. I can just feel when things are getting out of control and I go, 'Oh, you have to deal with this. Because you can die.' I've always sort of had that.

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It's not that comedy has changed in terms of what's funny. For me, it's changed in that sometimes I don't feel my finger is on the pulse.

Bobby Lee

People think I am crazy because they see me doing stand-up, but I am generally not. I am very sad. I'm one of those guys that lights candles and listens to Rachmaninoff.

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As I get older, I don't think the world is becoming that funny. Comedy is changing a bit.

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Generally, I am just myself, a crazy John Belushi type. But I'm not comparing myself to him. I think I am against stereotype. Generally Asian guys are more quiet - they study and have a good work ethic. Generally, I have none of those things.

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I went to Tokyo three years ago. It was a job, though. I did an ad campaign for IBM, so they flew me out there to take pictures of me. It was IBM Global. It went to Australia, France, London, all over the world. But I think the ad campaign was a failure, because of me.

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Texas is the crossroads of the world. Everything here is big.

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Two things, generally, for me, is what life is about. And they're not funny. Living in the moment, is one. And No. 2 is getting out of yourself and helping other people. Because all of my suffering stems from thinking from myself.

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People treat you like s*** when you're a doorman or a busboy. I licked envelopes for eight hours a day for this management company and cried half the time I was there while the managers were on the phone working.

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I'm one of those people that will walk into a bar, and if I wasn't a comic - because some people know who I am - I would just blend in.

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For a while last summer I was depressed because nothing was happening. It got to the point where people like me were getting films, so I decided to focus on stand-up. It kind of saved my life. I hate to be that dramatic, but I got a girlfriend and refocused my life on being more real and living a regular life rather than pursuing this other false goal of television and movie stardom.

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I guess I am handsome - in certain parts of the world. If I was, like, in Mongolia, living on a mountain and in my village, I could be the hottest guy. In L.A., I'm ... average?

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Top 29 Quotes & Sayings by Bobby Lee

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