Top 89 Quotes & Sayings by Josh Blue

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Last updated on November 21, 2024.

Josh Blue is an American comedian. He was voted the Last Comic Standing on NBC's reality show Last Comic Standing during its fourth season, which aired May–August 2006. Blue has cerebral palsy, and much of his self-deprecating humor is centered on this.

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As a disabled person, I feel like a lot of times we don't get to be heard.

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I'm a laugh junkie!

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My biggest influence is Chris Rock. His physicality is like a caged tiger - pacing the stage - how he walks back and forth.

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I would go to open-mic nights and realize that I was not near as bad as half the people.

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I love walking the line. I look very wobbly. Like I'm gonna fall over the line. But I never do.

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I always say, my set is like building a brick wall that all the jokes are the bricks but the improv is the mortar. You piece it all together and have a certain flow to it.

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If you have a good show, you're happy for the night. If you do a bad night, you feel bad until the next show.

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It's hard enough for disabled people to get acting jobs without able-bodied people taking them. As an actor, I know that I'm not going to be stealing any able-bodied roles from any able-bodied people.

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I always dreamed I would be a really good bad guy.

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No matter how good of an actor I am, I can't un-act having cerebral palsy.

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People have preconceived ideas about disability. When people tell me that I can't do something, it just makes me go 'Oh, yeah? Watch this.' I kind of like a little adversity.

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I feel like when you call me inspirational, it takes away from the success that I've actually had. Would you say that to any other comic that just ripped the mic for an hour?

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I come out and say what needs to be said but in a manner that makes people feel comfortable.

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I wasn't doing the comedy thing at all for six months. And it was just eating at my soul.

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It's funny what funny is, because everyone's style is so different.

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As I get older and mature and see the world, I think it's really rewarding to have people take inspiration - I hate the 'I' word - but I think a lot of disabled people really thank me for putting disability out there in a positive way.

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My thing is I'm not very P.C., but I'm tactful. I try not to offend anyone.

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I feel like I'm at the point in my career where I'm ready to be the next big funny movie star.

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It's a lot of work being daddy, but I love it.

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Somebody will occasionally give me a line or a tag or something like that. It's rare that someone will give me a whole joke that I can use.

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When I was growing up, my parents were too cheap to buy a snowblower, so my crippled butt was out clearing the whole driveway every winter. It was hell.

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I enjoy horror movies.

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I have to deal with people in weird ways. I was walking down the street and this woman walks up to me and she goes, 'You know, I think it's so inspirational that you're out.' I was like, 'I'm on my way to the liquor store. Are you inspired?'

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There's a lot of preconceived ideas of what disability is, what a disabled person should be like, and I try to throw that in your face.

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I worked at the zoo for three months, and I got to be very close with the 400 pound gorilla. And I was one of three people in the world that could touch him.

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That's my viewpoint; I just tackle the world, whatever comes at me.

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The way my body works, people are always going to stare at me. It's just human nature.

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I don't think I'd know I had cerebral palsy if other people didn't tell me.

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I've always been a huge fan of Chris Rock.

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Every time I tell a joke it's different somehow.

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Like, if you see my show, my jokes are much longer and they're just like, I'm going with the vibe.

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Sometimes I feel like I'm lucky that I can just laugh about it because I know a lot of disabled people who don't because it hurts them. And you leave my show with a different perspective on disability, whether you realize it or not - maybe not better, but a different one!

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At a very young age, I realized that with my disability, I could cry or laugh.

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Obviously, I can't get away from having a disability, but sometimes when you have a beard and long hair, people can't figure it out.

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It's just so weird that some people recognize me from TV and then other people say, 'Get away from me, you drunk!'

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When I was young, I realized that people were going to stare at me my whole life, so I might as well give them something to stare at.

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My show is not all about the cerebral palsy, but it definitely comes from that point of view. I tried to do my show from a Southern belle point of view, but that didn't work quite right.

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If you don't experience something first hand, you'll never know.

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It's a hard road to hoe, doing one-nighters. I remember doing VFWs in Madison, Wisconsin. Those were pretty rough shows.

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I'm definitely pretty edgy.

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Soccer is an endless source of material. I mean, take my Paralympic teammates. It's a mix of 12 goofy, disabled guys and when we come together, we just laugh at each other.

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I have a small part as an Ace Rental Car guy in a regular feature called 'Ca$h.'

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This is all I've ever known. I don't know what it's like to not walk shaky.

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I have the common sense to know that my disability is what makes me stand out. But I don't want to be thought of as just 'the comic with cerebral palsy.'

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I'm just living my life the way I want to live it, as opposed to the way people think I should live it.

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Whether you know it or not, when you leave one of my shows, you have a different understanding of disabilities and what disability is.

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If I can make someone laugh while sending a message, that's the best lesson.

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All the traveling means I'm constantly writing and testing new jokes.

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I'm a much better comedian than I am a soccer player.

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I really enjoy sculpting, like wood carving, and do artwork.

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I've always had this dream of doing an art gallery thing, and it was just finally, 'All right, let's do it.'

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I think what makes me so appealing is the audience doesn't expect me to be so ruthless.

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I can't draw a straight line.

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I have a half-hour special on Comedy Central, but so many people have half-hour specials now, and it's not so 'special.'

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I like to be good at what I do. It's frustrating when I'm not. But if I get an idea in my head, you better not try to stop me, because that is just going to push me harder.

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Regarding having Cerebral Palsy, I know realistically that I can't go up there on stage and ignore it.

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Ever see a guy with cerebral palsy run through a speed ladder? I mean, that is funny.

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At Evergreen you can create your own major and your own classes. So I actually studied stand-up comedy.

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I have no ill intent toward anyone.

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My goal was always to sell out theaters. When it happens you never expect it to be like it is, but you know it feels right.

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