Top 149 Quotes & Sayings by Drew Carey

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actor Drew Carey.

Last updated on September 17, 2024.

Drew Allison Carey is an American comedian, actor, and game show host. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and making a name for himself in stand-up comedy, he gained stardom in his own sitcom, The Drew Carey Show, and as host of the U.S. version of the improv comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway?, both of which aired on ABC. He then appeared in several films, television series, music videos, a made-for-television film, and a computer game. He has hosted the game show The Price Is Right since October 15, 2007 on CBS.

American - Actor | Born: May 23, 1961

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I love the normalcy of Cleveland. There's regular people there.

Drew Carey

I'm the kind of person that likes what I'm doing when I'm doing it.

Drew Carey

The hardest diet I was ever on was the one when I was fat. You can only wear fat clothes, you don't feel good, your sex life gets damaged, you don't have energy for anything. It's horrible.

Drew Carey

We'll never see national shows with 45 shares again.

Drew Carey

I don't know what people are going to think of my stand-up. If you only know me from 'The Price Is Right' and 'The Drew Carey Show,' then you might be a little bit shocked. I'm a little dirty and a little opinionated but all in fun.

Drew Carey

Liquor prohibition led to the rise of organized crime in America, and drug prohibition has led to the rise of the gang problems we have now.

Drew Carey

I love Las Vegas. I like that Las Vegas has everything. Everything and anything you want to do, you can do in Las Vegas. You can pretty much do it all day and all night if you want to.

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But sports photography isn't something you just pick up overnight. You can't do it once a year for fun and expect to do a good job. And I take pride in what I do.

Drew Carey

I wanted to do a show based on what my life would be like if I had never become a comedian.

Drew Carey

I'm not against ratings per se. I think more information is always good. But I certainly don't think the government has to step in and set guidelines for how shows should be rated.

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Like I said, all comedy is based on exaggeration, big or small, whatever you can get away with.

Drew Carey

When I thought I was retired, I wanted to travel around the world and watch soccer games.

Drew Carey

Vegas is everything that's right with America. You can do whatever you want, 24 hours a day. They've effectively legalized everything there.

Drew Carey

I always thought I was going to die before I was 60.

Drew Carey

I don't miss the economic insecurity, the living paycheck to paycheck.

Drew Carey

I just liked stand-up comedy so much. I used to memorize Bill Cosby albums and other people's albums, George Carlin, Flip Wilson.

Drew Carey

When the show's in production, we work for three weeks at a time and then take a week off.

Drew Carey

People laugh to forget their troubles, and to forget their troubles they like to look at people who aren't doing better than they are.

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If I wasn't a comic or TV star, I really wanted to be a photojournalist.

Drew Carey

I'm a big believer in overcoming and achieving and doing things and not feeling sorry for yourself.

Drew Carey

When I play poker, I don't like losing the pot.

Drew Carey

I do get the comics online I guess but it's such a pain. I'd rather just get them in the paper and read them.

Drew Carey

I'm down to earth; people sense that and they appreciate it.

Drew Carey

The Marines was a fresh start - that is why they shave your head. I wish they would let you change your name.

Drew Carey

Libertarians are essentially what the Republicans were 30 years ago. Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan. They'd all fit more under the Libertarian label than the modern day Republican label.

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The easiest diet is, you know, eat vegetables, eat fresh food. Just a really sensible healthy diet like you read about all the time.

Drew Carey

Even when people are rich and successful on TV shows, there's always some trouble - you have to poke holes in them, throw them out of a job, put a pie in the face.

Drew Carey

Some people don't like competition because it makes them work harder, better.

Drew Carey

What also helps our show is that we never take ourselves seriously.

Drew Carey

Being a celebrity you always get really good seats to sporting events but you never get as good seats as the photographers get. And I really love sports. So one of the scams I have going now is I want to learn sports photography so I can get better seats at a sporting event.

Drew Carey

I see my face in the mirror and go, 'I'm a Halloween costume? That's what they think of me?'

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You know that look women get when they want sex? Me neither.

Drew Carey

When I did Comic Relief, I did it to be on the show; it's a badge of honor as a comedian to do that show.

Drew Carey

I always run in the morning on an empty stomach, and I'll go through a bottle and a half of water. Then I have a protein drink or I eat egg whites.

Drew Carey

The Marines gave me a really strong sense of discipline and a work ethic that kicks in at my job.

Drew Carey

I don't do one show and wish I was doing something else.

Drew Carey

I am happy that I ran the half-marathon, but to me, just running and saying that I finished a race isn't enough for me. I want to run the race as best as I can. Working out for pants size isn't enough. I need a goal or a race to get back on the treadmill every day.

Drew Carey

The first Monopoly game I played with my brothers, I hated losing so much, I just had to beat them.

Drew Carey

Everybody in Hollywood loves symbolic gestures.

Drew Carey

I looked at game show hosting as the bottom of the totem pole, one step away from infomercials. I never watched them myself. However, it's been a lot of fun.

Drew Carey

TV is easier: it's all planned out for you and the audience is there to see a show and they are all pumped up but when you are in a comedy club, you have to be really funny to win them over.

Drew Carey

There's a game called Checkout where there's grocery items and it's how much you think the manufacturer's suggested retail price is and we add up your total, then your total has to be within $2 of the regular total. I don't think I could ever win that game.

Drew Carey

The people of Cleveland hate soccer. But it's my favourite thing and I follow the U.S. men's national team around when they play whenever I can.

Drew Carey

There's no way I can justify my salary level, but I'm learning to live with it.

Drew Carey

As far as your personal goals are and what you actually want to do with your life, it should never have to do with the government. You should never depend on the government for your retirement, your financial security, for anything. If you do, you're screwed.

Drew Carey

Being a celebrity, you always get really good seats to sporting events, but you never get as good seats as the photographers get. And I really love sports.

Drew Carey

Nothing's funny about someone who's successful.

Drew Carey

That's the great thing about having your friends around you. I've known these guys forever. I really enjoy their company just as people. You couldn't ask for a better work environment.

Drew Carey

But I don't want to lose touch with things like eating in Bob's Big Boy.

Drew Carey

I love Las Vegas. I like that Las Vegas has everything. Everything and anything you want to do, you can do in Las Vegas.

Drew Carey

I used to go to the Cleveland Comedy Club all the time. If there was a comic I liked, I'd go see him two or three times that week. Bob Saget was one of those guys.

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Nevada's one of the most conservative states in the Union, but you can do what you want in Vegas and nobody judges you.

Drew Carey

I actually was worried about the pounding, but I actually love running more than working out on the elliptical. Now if I get on the elliptical, I feel like I'm trapped.

Drew Carey

I've always got stuff in my head in case I meet somebody like Steven Spielberg or someone like that, where I can hopefully say something to them that nobody else has ever said and get a laugh out of them.

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Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called everybody, and they meet at the bar.

Drew Carey

Hollywood people are filled with guilt: white guilt, liberal guilt, money guilt. They feel bad that they're so rich, they feel they don't work that much for all that money - and they don't, for the amount of money they make.

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'Green Screen' was a total experiment. I'm glad we did it, but it was just tough on that network to get it going.

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I just try to get people to laugh - I'm not trying to change the world or anything.

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I don't care if my jokes are appropriate for a kid.

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