I’ve had shows where, afterwards, people have commented or hoped I would talk more about something in politics or that I would make a joke about Mitch McConnell or something like that. Wyatt Cenac Read Quote
I enjoy ‘Life Aquatic.’ I think that one, from a visual standpoint, is just such a fun, visual movie to look at, whether it’s the shots of the ship cut down the middle, that set where you can see everyone in each of their rooms doing whatever and moving about – something like that, I could watch that on a loop for an hour. Wyatt Cenac Read Quote
Steven Wright can do Steven Wright very well. Not everyone can do Steven Wright’s jokes with the same results. Wyatt Cenac Read Quote
I think hard work is definitely a huge thing, but there is something, if you want to call it luck or whatever – a window of opportunity – that is totally outside of your control, and it’s that thing that will sometimes separate a good career from a great career. Wyatt Cenac Read Quote
There are plenty of people I’ve seen and thought that person is funny, or that person is really talented, and they’ve got something, but maybe the buying public doesn’t see the same thing I see, or the stars don’t align in the right way for them. Wyatt Cenac Read Quote
I know for myself, every now and again on HBO, they’ll show some of the young comedian specials from the ’80s and early ’90s, and it’s just fascinating to watch those comedians – some of whom are people that are world-famous, like Chris Rock or Judd Apatow – to see the jokes that people had, but also, the way everything looked. Wyatt Cenac Read Quote
I wouldn’t consider myself a traditional sitcom actor or someone you’d even think would be in a sitcom. Wyatt Cenac Read Quote
When I worked on ‘The Daily Show,’ we had some puppets made of myself, John Oliver, and Jon Stewart. When I left the show, I stole the puppet. I took what was rightfully mine. Wyatt Cenac Read Quote
When I came up in L.A., a lot of comics produced their own shows, and so if you wanted to have a show in the city, you produced it yourself. Wyatt Cenac Read Quote
