Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Randy Rainbow - Page 2

Comedy is able to point out things in ways that more serious people cannot.

The worse things are on the world stage, the more fodder there will always be for comedians. But at the end of the day, I trust in my abilities to make comedy and create art, with or without Donald Trump.

Anyone who does social media, YouTube, Internet content will tell you it can be extremely isolating.

I really wasn't raised with much religion. I mean we practice kind of the basic tradition, but for me it was always more of a cultural thing and that's a part of me and my ancestry that I always loved. I mean, I think that a lot of my humor is 'Jewish humor' at its root. And so culturally I love that part of myself.

I guess to long story short it, I was really just working day jobs when I moved to New York and trying to pay the bills, working in restaurants and as a receptionist, and at one of those reception jobs, I just got so bored, I started a blog, honing my writing skills a little bit.

It was really my grandmother who was the biggest influence because she'd talk back to the celebrities and politicians on TV. She was a combination of Joan Rivers, Elaine Stritch, Betty White, and Bea Arthur rolled into one.

I was never really a traveler.

What I love is that I'm hearing from people on the left and people on the right that I've given them something to laugh at.

I mean, musical theater really informed so much of my life. It just so perfectly brings order to chaos, which is why we love theater.

Sondheim's work especially, and musical theater like that, just spoke to me so much and taught me so many lessons.

I did have a thing for mazes. When I was a kid, I remember drawing little mazes constantly and puzzles. I loved that.

I started out doing musical theater specifically - I thought I would eventually move to New York and audition for stuff, and maybe wind up on Broadway or something. Well, that didn't happen.

I always considered song parody kind of cheap.

I moved to New York in 2003, I was a very young 22-year-old, so I just kind of started finding my way as a human and was working odd jobs here and there.

I always wanted to tour with a band.

Comedy illuminates. And it unifies people, it's not as polarizing as shows with specific political agendas.

I know I'm a success when Jake Tapper messages me on Twitter.

I used to take my little Disney figurines and turn them into stop-motion animation.

As far as inspiration, the most I got from YouTube was that I'm kind of self-taught by watching YouTube tutorials on how to use Adobe After Effects and Final Cut Pro. I just taught myself enough to produce the content that I had in my head.

My father was a textbook narcissist. If he didn't like the narrative he'd start gaslighting you. He threatened the democracy of our family.

Music in general, but really musical theater has always been a real coping mechanism for me.

There's something really powerful about comedy. When the little guy, the comedian, punches up towards the big guy, or Trump, exposing him, calling out the emperor for having no clothes, that's really important.

If I have a passion for anything, it's more the truth than politics, and I think that's what got me interested in comedy in the first place, because the best comedy is the truth. People recognize that.

That's the downside of total creative control: You're isolated and after a while you can lose a little perspective. But I've taught myself not to listen to my own self-doubt.

I was always interested in comedy and pop culture.

I am very proud to be a Jew.

I'm very much a one-man-band.

I was doing YouTube before YouTube was a thing. I was making videos on my camcorder for my friends. I would do parodies of Britney Spears videos and stuff like that.

I think I became a gay comedian out of necessity, because what else am I gonna do with that name? And it has worked out now, but it was a very difficult childhood. It sounds like the hokiest stage name ever.

I did a lot of children's theater in Miami Shores. My base musical theater training happened there.

I celebrate everything. We always had a menorah and a Christmas tree - not for any reason other than we always liked celebrating things.

I'm not a political pundit by any means.

I'm not really that political and I love the idea of a sitcom. But a lot of people want me to become the next Jon Stewart.

Comedy is math, music is math, and editing is, so I think those all work together.

I was always interested in being funny and amusing and creating art and comedy.

I'm not a disciplined person.

As long as there are headlines I'll have material.

Going after people for their politics is not necessarily what I do.

My mom is probably my biggest fan.

My father was Donald Trump, and my mother was Hillary Clinton, and my grandmother was Nancy Pelosi. And I was - I wanna say, Mike Pence, 'cause he's the gayest one.