Top 29 Quotes & Sayings by Dave Foley

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Canadian comedian Dave Foley.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

David Scott Foley is a Canadian actor, comedian, director, producer and writer. He is known as a co-founder of the comedy group The Kids in the Hall, who have appeared together in a number of television, stage and film productions, most notably the 1988–1995 TV sketch comedy show of the same name, as well as the 1996 film Brain Candy.

Canadian - Comedian | Born: January 4, 1963

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I still do miss the freedom to play any kind of character I wanted to play.

Dave Foley

When I was in school, all our history books were American, so we learned American history, not Canadian history.

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'NewsRadio' was fantastic.

Dave Foley

In a lot of ways, it was a huge relief, not being a member of a troupe, being able to make your own decisions and kind of live your own life.

Dave Foley

The thing that really surprised me about strip malls in California, specifically Los Angeles, is that they have some really fantastic restaurants.

Dave Foley

Really, it's only been since the '70s that Canadians have had any pride in their country.

Dave Foley

I think we carry around the idea of being a Kid in the Hall as part of our identity. It's a big part of how we see ourselves now.

Dave Foley

I like the sitcom, as a structure.

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'High Stakes' was a very bad movie that I was cast in as a lead.

Dave Foley

The important thing to remember is that bugs don't actually talk.

Dave Foley

I never watched 'Harper's Island.'

Dave Foley

There's something about strip malls that just reeks of my childhood.

Dave Foley

I mean, 'Kids In The Hall' is the reason I have any career at all.

Dave Foley

Dick Van Dyke spent most of his time setting everybody else up.

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I met Kevin when I was 19, at a Second City workshop. We were paired up together in the first class I went to. By the end of the class we formed our improv group, and over the next three years we performed leading up to the formation of The Kids in the Hall.

Dave Foley

I think the Internet's been a tremendous tool in terms of breaking down the power structure of information and entertainment, particularly at a time when so much information and entertainment were in the hands of so few people, with multinationals owning everything.

Dave Foley

David Steinberg was the reason the Smothers Brothers got cancelled.

Dave Foley

Canadians still spend so much time discussing what it means to be Canadian.

Dave Foley

NBC is working with a team of astrophysicists to create a new day of the week.

Dave Foley

If somebody came up with a really good idea, everyone would back it. Especially when we did the show, we had a real dedication that, if you were in somebody else's scene, everyone worked their hardest to make that scene good.

Dave Foley

And I met Paul Simms while I was making 'It's Pat', and he later wound up casting me in 'NewsRadio.'

Dave Foley

Stand-up comedy and poverty. Those were my two main endeavors.

Dave Foley

I grew up in the suburbs of Toronto, where everything was in a strip mall.

Dave Foley

I'm the guy with the good attitude towards menstruation.

Dave Foley

If you live in Ohio and you don't wear scarlet and gray now, you're an oddball. And it used to be that you could go around town even in Columbus and see a bunch of people in Michigan shirts ... And that's horrible, isn't it?.

Dave Foley

Isn't the essential pillar of Catholicism papal infallibility? Well, then how can the church ever change its mind about anything unless God gets confused one day? Not all religions claim the direct authority of God speaking to their leader. You know, I'm an atheist, but I'm a Puritan atheist.

Dave Foley

And I met Paul Simms while I was making 'It's Pat', and he later wound up casting me in 'NewsRadio'.

Dave Foley

Well, I've lost my wife. I've lost my job. I've lost 20 MINUTES OF MY LIFE! Damn the decaf.

Dave Foley

It takes so long to put a movie into production and finish it that anyone with a bad idea has time to give it to you before the movie is completed.

Dave Foley