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Ray Romano [1957-0] American

Rank: 103
Actor

Raymond Albert "Ray" Romano is an American actor, stand-up comedian and screenwriter. He is best known for his role on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, for which he received an Emmy Award, and as the voice of "Manny" in the Ice Age film series.

Humor, Attitude, Dad

Quote	Tags	Rank
If my father had hugged me even once, I'd be an accountant right now.	Dad	101
Everyone should have kids. They are the greatest joy in the world. But they are also terrorists. You'll realize this as soon as they're born, and they start using sleep deprivation to break you.		102
Right after 'Raymond' I had a world-is-my-oyster attitude, but I found out I don't like oysters. I had this existential emptiness. 'What is my purpose? Who am I?' I had a big identity crisis.	Attitude	103
The successful golfers - they're like astronauts or pilots. They have that demeanor that they can focus and stay within that one moment and nothing distracts them. That's not me.		104
I still feel like an immature idiot inside, but I look in the mirror and - as a friend of mine once said- this old guy keeps getting in the way.		105
I don't want to be a spokesman for family values, but that's the way my standup is perceived.		106
Whenever I walk off the golf course, I thank God that I'm able to tell a joke. I thank God I'm good at something.		107
If golf wasn't enjoyable and there wasn't a lot of humor and enjoyment, even though the game is so frustrating, you would wonder why you put yourself through it.	Humor	108
The first time I played golf was in Flushing Meadows, Queens, when I was about 16 or 17. They had an 18-hole pitch-and-putt. My buddies and I would hop the fence and sneak on and play.		109
In school, I wasn't a very good student - I was very irresponsible and never did the studying but always liked to get the laugh.		110
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.		111
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.		112
I don't think men talk as much as women, but when we have something on our minds we'll get it out.		113
The best comedy, I feel, comes in a drama because it balances each other out.		114
The comics that are just conversing with you up there and drawing on their own life, yeah, I guess so. I guess some do political humor, some do topical humor, but the ones that I like, the ones that are appealing to me, were guys who were just talking to you about their life.	Humor	115
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.		116
I feel like this is a dream - and I apologize for how I dressed some of you.		117
It seems to be a common denominator with a lot of comics, this low self-esteem thing.		118
I'm always giving myself the Alzheimer's test. My shrink told me to do this. It takes one minute. You name every word that comes to mind that begins with the letter F.		119
I have this mistress: show business.		120
I lived at home till I was 29.		121
I would get my student loans, get money, register and never really go. It was a system I thought would somehow pan out.		122
I'm aging, and the world is seeing it.		123
The only thing I miss from the sitcom format is that immediate gratification of when you're, if we're talking about comedy, of the live audience.		124
I do still get intimidated by certain things.		125
I can't complain about my career, that's for sure.		126
My career has been my craziest adventure.		201
People are going to see both of us and think it's an Abbott and Costello kind of thing. It's not an easy switch. It's not an easy transition from TV to film.		202
If I'm really considering doing film from now on then that is the smart thing to do, or you can go either way. You can just do the same character over and over again and make a different comedy like over and over again.		203
You don't want to shock them and do something totally opposite, but you also want to play a different character.		204
My wife gets all the money I make. I just get an apple and clean clothes every morning.		205
I love standup and I haven't given it up.		206
It's my insecurity that makes me want to be a comic, that makes me need the audience.		207
I've always wondered, what am I going to do that's important with these stupid jokes that I tell.		208
Each day it's like: 'How many more days am I going to feel young and vibrant? I feel young and vibrant now, but I also feel the aches and pains a little bit.		209
I do what I do because I love it.		210
I live in L.A. Now.		211
I still do standup.		212
I like doing film, you know, single-camera.		213
I'm from New York.		214
I married a saint - well, a saint who curses.		215
I just don't want to play the same guy again over and over.		216
I'm a little different from the average dude because I'm on high-def TV now.		217
I was wracked with insecurity.		218
Well, I'm a 14 handicap. Anyone who golfs knows what that means.		219
I still got my hair, I'm not fat.		220
After 'Raymond,' there was this big feeling of, 'What do I do next?'		221
I don't get sick.		222
I want to do well and I want to fit in.		223
You know, a TV show is a slow build.		224
You know, before I would think, my cab driver hates me. Now I think my limo driver hates me.		225
My kids are growing up and it's hard to accept they are their own person and they're independent.		226

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