“When you go to standup, there seems to be a common denominator of some form of need or want for validation from the audience that maybe you were lacking as a kid.” WantNeedsSeemsKidsFormCommonAudienceComedianLackingValidationCommon Denominator Author:Ray Romano
“Why can't I love him (a 2 yr old nephew) from afar? That's how I want to love him - through pictures and folklore.” WantFolkloreI Love HimAfarNephew Author:Ray Romano
“I'm now unemployed. It's a weird feeling with no work, but at least there's still golf. Standup comedy is like my core, it's what I do. But I want to be a pro golfer. It's a love/hate relationship with golf. I can come away feeling so serene, and yet, it's the thing that I can let get to me to throw a club and say curses that don't even exist. I'm obsessed with something that won't let me master it. I don't know. I need therapy.” KnowsWantNeedsStillsI CanFeelingsHateComedyMastersLet MeGolfClubsCoreTherapyCurseObsessedGolfersLove HateSereneUnemployedLove Hate RelationshipLove And Hate RelationshipWeird Feeling Author:Ray Romano
“I put myself on tape and the cool thing was that Martin Scorsese had never heard of me. He had never seen [Everybody Loves Raymond]. I was just an unknown actor to him. I don't want to sound conceited, like he has to know who I am, but that seemed a little odd. He's a film genius. He doesn't watch sitcoms.” KnowsWantLittlesFilmActorsSoundWatchesHeardGeniusWho I AmOddTapeSitcomConceitedCool ThingsScorseseEverybody Loves Raymond Author:Ray Romano
“I don't know if you want to see the Everybody Loves Raymond guy in a nude scene.” IfsKnowsWantGuySceneEverybody Loves Raymond Author:Ray Romano
“I have the show because I'm insecure. It's my insecurity that makes me want to be a comic, that makes me need the audience.” WantNeedsShowsAudienceComicInsecurityInsecure Author:Ray Romano
“I don't want to say work is who I am, but some people feel more centered and more whole when they're producing and creating.” PeopleWantFeelsWholeCreatingWho I Am Author:Ray Romano
“You don't want to shock them and do something totally opposite, but you also want to play a different character.” WantDifferentPlayCharacterOppositesShockDifferent Characters Author:Ray Romano
“I don't want to be a spokesman for family values, but that's the way my standup is perceived.” WayWantValuesFamily Values Author:Ray Romano
“I just don't want to play the same guy again over and over.” WantPlayGuyKitschCurveballsGrouches Author:Ray Romano
“For the sake of your marriage, get a king-size bed. And if you really want to stay married, get two.” IfsWantTwoFunnyMarriageSuccessfulKingsBedMarriedSakeSizeSuccessful Marriage Book:Everything and a Kite Source: Everything and a Kite
