A lot of people think I'm difficult to work with. It's not like I really want to do that much stuff, so it doesn't really matter. I guess I'm somewhat difficult when it comes to comedy. ~Norm MacDonald
Work People Want
All my life's about is cracking up people and them cracking me up and trying not to think about dying. That doesn't cost very much money. ~Norm MacDonald
Life Money People
Comedy is surprises, so if you're intending to make somebody laugh and they don't laugh, that's funny. ~Norm MacDonald
Funny Laugh You
Compared to politics, I think sports is funnier, because it's inconsequential. And politics can be real important and all that. The more pointless something is, the funnier it is, you know? ~Norm MacDonald
Sports Politics Important
I always told everybody the perfect joke would be where the setup and punch line were identical. ~Norm MacDonald
Perfect Always Joke
I didn't really want to inject myself into anything political. A lot of people were asking me at the time about Jay and Conan, and I hate doing anything serious. ~Norm MacDonald
Time Myself Hate
I don't have any ego about it, but I find there's not a great work ethic in show business. A lot of people are in it to make money, and coming from stand-up, you have to work so hard because almost nothing works, and if you lose the audience for three minutes, you're dead. ~Norm MacDonald
Work Business Money
I don't know anything about politics. I wouldn't put too much into my prediction on politics. ~Norm MacDonald
Politics Know Too Much
I don't like sports where it's like, you watch a guy on a motorcycle flip or something, then another guy does it, it looks exactly the same, and then at the end one guy gets higher points! It seems so arbitrary; I don't know who's ahead ever. ~Norm MacDonald
Sports End Motorcycle
I don't really like politics that much. And I like the order and simplicity of sports. They have an ending. You can argue with your friends about it, but in the end you still like sports. I almost love the fantasy world of sports more than the real world. ~Norm MacDonald
Love Sports Politics
I have always loved Las Vegas. It's a traditional place for lounge comics to perform, and I love that. ~Norm MacDonald
Love Loved Vegas
I love writing - it's the best. But I really hate collaboration. ~Norm MacDonald
Love Best Hate
I miss seeing real comics, Shecky Greene and Buddy Hackett, those types. I like straight stand-up, talking about the Olympics and why I feel obligated to watch them. 'Why am I watching archery at 4 in the afternoon?' ~Norm MacDonald
Real Feel Talking
I never do impressions, but I probably should. People like that stuff. ~Norm MacDonald
People Should Never
I think clever people think that poor people are stupid. ~Norm MacDonald
People Stupid Think
I would love to stay at SNL forever. But you can't stay in the same place. People think you're a loser. ~Norm MacDonald
Love People You
I'm a huge sports fan but have no interest in minutiae. I don't remember who won Super Bowls five years ago or listen to sports talk radio. ~Norm MacDonald
Sports Remember Listen
In math, you could get 100 percent. It was very fair. That's what I liked about math. You could figure it out, and the teacher couldn't have a stupid opinion about it. ~Norm MacDonald
Teacher Stupid Opinion
It's a very odd thing with Hollywood, where you do stand-up, you're good at it, then they go, 'How would you like to be a horrible actor?' Then you say, 'All right, that sounds good. I'll do that.' ~Norm MacDonald
Good You Go
My dad had this thing - everyone in Canada wants to play hockey; that's all they want to do. So when I was a kid, whenever we skated my dad would not let us on the ice without hockey sticks, because of this insane fear we would become figure skaters! ~Norm MacDonald
Fear Dad Want