Scott Thompson quotes

Comedy is actually very macho driven. (Scott Thompson)
I guess chemistry is just another word for love. View quote
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When I was younger I wanted to be a big movie star who'd get to be funny on talk shows and then I wanted to retire and write science fiction. View quote
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A lot of gay men are in delusion if they think they're super macho. View quote
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I'm not a wilting flower. I'm honest, so I pick a lot of fights. I've burned a lot of bridges. View quote
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I'm a total nerd. I love fantasy. View quote
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I'm not really cool, or dashing, or any of those things. View quote
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Art is about the edges and the sharp corners and those places are not conducive to activism, which is about putting on a gloss. View quote
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This world is filled with five billion people with five billion different ways of looking at things. View quote
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Americans know as much about Canada as straight people do about gays. Americans arrive at the border with skis in July, and straight people think that being gay is just a phase. A very long phase. View quote
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Canadian comedians are generally more well-rounded... They have to do a lot more. In order to have a career in this country, you have to do everything. And in the States you can narrow-cast, you can be just a sitcom performer or a stand-up comedian or a sketch performer. (Scott Thompson)
I think the Canadian sense of humor is dryer than America's and juicier than Britain's. I think it's a cross between the two of them, really. View quote
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I think Canadian humor is a little less broad than American humor. View quote
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Activism isn't about holding your faults up to the light. That's what comedy is about, it's about saying, 'Look at this person who is so flawed and frail and damaged. And we're all this frail and damaged so let's laugh at it.' View quote
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My cancer continues to make for all kind of hilarity. View quote
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I believe the things that happened to me as a child scarred me terribly, and I wish somebody would have helped me with some of the things that happened. View quote
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Fathers should start teaching the boys how to punch. View quote
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When I found out I had cancer, I just said one thing: 'I want to hold on to life' and that changed everything for me. View quote
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People don't listen when you lecture. No one wants to be talked down to or scolded. View quote
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Well I think comedy everywhere has lost a bit of its bite. In Canada, I can't argue with the quality, but it feels like it's gotten a little safe. View quote
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In France, everyone speaks French 'cause they think it's cool. Gives 'em, gives 'em an excuse to smoke. (Scott Thompson)
In Canadian comedy, you'll almost never see guns. If you bring a gun into a scene, it's like, 'Whoa! Wow, how are we going to deal with that!' Guns in an American comedy are a given. Violence in America is used in a much more cavalier way. View quote
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If comedy duos don't like each other, it just won't work. View quote
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I've pretty much given up on the orange. I really have. I just don't even bother. It's just either sour, or woody, or the skin's too thick. It's very nice when you come across the perfect orange, because it's really a beautiful experience. But the stakes are too high. View quote
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I first got into fruit when I was a teenager, when my life was changing in every way. The first time I had a mango, at like 18, I was like, 'Where has this been my whole life? View quote
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Scott Thompson

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Photo: Canadian Film Centre, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: Canadian Comedian
Born: June 12, 1959
Quotes count: 25