Top 16 Quotes & Sayings by Mario Cantone

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American comedian Mario Cantone.

Last updated on April 14, 2025.

Mario Cantone is an American comedian, writer, actor, and singer with numerous appearances on Comedy Central including Chappelle's Show. He also played Anthony Marentino in Sex and the City and Terri in Men In Trees (2006-2008). His style is fast-paced and energetic, with much of his humor coming from his impersonations of characters ranging from family members to celebrities to stereotypes.

American - Comedian | Born: December 9, 1959

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I love doing scripted things. What little acting ability I have I am holding on with my hangnails.

Mario Cantone

I hated high school. Ugh. I couldn't wait until it was over so I could sleep in. In college, I made sure all my classes were in the afternoon. I hated getting up in the morning.

Mario Cantone

Who do you think I am, Pete Rose? I don't bet. I come from a long line of compulsive gamblers. Gambling scares me.

Mario Cantone

I knew the full 'Judy Garland Carnegie Hall' double album set at age 2. And then my mother wondered why I was gay. I was like, 'Are you nuts? You would make me get on the table to sing Judy Garland songs and you're upset?'

Mario Cantone

Our black president can't say that he's for gay marriage. That is upsetting to me.

Mario Cantone

I know, it's weird that I've never done a musical. I turned down two of them. 'The Lion King' and 'The Producers.' I turned two of the biggest Broadway musicals down, am I a mess?

Mario Cantone

I like to hold a book. When someone sends me a script, I ask for a hard copy or print one out.

Mario Cantone

I'm crass, contemptuous and crude, obstreperous, obnoxious, rambunctiously raw and rude.

Mario Cantone

Stand-up was like being on a Barbie townhouse stage.

Mario Cantone

I wouldn't live with me, believe me. I'm moody.

Mario Cantone

I love animation, I really do, but I don't do it for the children.

Mario Cantone

Look, you're either loved or hated. Which is a good thing, as Bette Davis used to say.

Mario Cantone

In the '70s, the gay movement was really making strides. Huge strides. And then AIDS came along and slapped a judgment on it all and the Right Wing religious movement was like, 'See. This is why, we told you.' And it pushed back the movement 30 years.

Mario Cantone

I won't do reality. That is done. And I don't want people following me around with a camera 24 hours a day.

Mario Cantone

I mean, the things you think will never happen, you have to confront; those things that come into your life that you thought you never could deal with, you do.

Mario Cantone

Top 16 Quotes & Sayings by Mario Cantone

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