Top 13 Quotes & Sayings by Joe Piscopo

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American comedian Joe Piscopo.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Joe Piscopo

Joseph Charles John Piscopo is an American actor, comedian and radio talk show host. He was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1984, where he played a variety of recurring characters. His film roles include Danny Vermin in Johnny Dangerously (1984), Moe Dickstein in Wise Guys (1986), Doug Bigelow in Dead Heat (1988) and Kelly Stone in Sidekicks (1992).

I starred in Dr. Pepper commercials and Buick ads.
If I disagree with someone, I let them have their say and move on. I don't want to be the one to lecture.
I graduated from Jones College, man, in Jacksonville, Florida, baby! I couldn't get in anywhere else, man. I was the worst student ever. I couldn't get in anywhere else. My father insisted I go to college, so I graduated, made the dean's list and everything.
I am that 'everyman' in that I have made every mistake you can make in your career and in your personal life. But I am a survivor. — © Joe Piscopo
I am that 'everyman' in that I have made every mistake you can make in your career and in your personal life. But I am a survivor.
I worked in Trenton, and then I got sidetracked into comedy and then onto 'SNL.' And then into being a live performer - what I do now; virtually that's what I am: I'm a live entertainer.
I stay in Jersey - it's home, man. It's home. And I think that's the foundation of the true strength of the communities where we live in America.
If I had the gift of Jerry Seinfeld, of Bill Cosby, of Lewis Black, these instinctively brilliant comic minds, then you go that route! But you gotta know your limitations. I'm more of an actor, more of a process guy. I did Tom Snyder, just as Danny Aykroyd did on 'SNL.' I did it in the club.
I'm a dedicated father - a hopeless, dedicated father. I mean, I am dork dad. I am just - I love my children. I have kids - you know, Joey's 30-something, and then I have all the way down to 4 years old, believe it or not. At my age, five kids.
I'll tell ya this: I come from an educated family. My father was an attorney representing blue collar workers, and my uncle was a chemical engineer... on my mom's side, all my uncles were engineers - all ten of them.
All I ever wanted to do was bit parts on Broadway. I have more than achieved any goal that I aspired to.
I remember Steve Kaufman as the artist on Saturday Night Live doing the Pop Art portraits for the show.
The nerds are running the world now.
Some people in Hollywood think I'm nuts with this bodybuilding stuff. They'll say, 'You're getting too big. You'll hurt your career.' But they don't understandthat high that comes from a workout, the challenge, and the personal victory.
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