A biography for Bobcat Goldthwaithasn’t been written yet.
“I've always been battling this perception people have of me, this character. It follows me around. 'Bubba the Bear' shows up when I'm checking into a hotel, when I'm on a plane. I can't get upset with people if they're only aware of a small part of my body of work. But inside I do.”
“I was in punk bands when I was a kid, and then I would do stand-up in between bands - which wasn't any different from my singing.”
“Be it in the movies I make or on stage, I think it's a trap to keep doing the same thing over and over again.”
“My movies are always about the kooks and the outsiders.”
“I'm always dealing with this sadness. I don't want to be Morrissey or anything, but it is a thing I deal with it. Every day, when I wake up, I have to make a decision to fight this depression. That sounds horrible but I'm fine with it; it's who I am; it's my life. I try not to let it cripple me.”
“I had a standup act, and I ended up turning it into something that was really watered down and accessible. Something that went from scary and threatening to something that was almost to the point of being corny.”
“In the past, the movies I've made are perceived as dark, but a lot of comedies are way darker.”
“Listen, you ignorant hillbillies, Lynyrd Skynyrd's dead. They're dead, they're dead, they're dead. The South's not risin' again. The slaves have been emancipated.”
“If I ever got to do television, I would be interested in doing different kinds of characters and stories, and television doesn't lend itself to that.”
“The environment on the sets of the movies I make, it's usually all friends and people that know each other, because no one's getting rich or making money, so it's always about, hopefully, that everyone's on the same page.”
“I'm not into comedies that are joke-driven.”
“The movies I make don't take place in reality.”
“I started doing stand-up when I was 15 and doing Letterman when I was 20. So I've been doing stand-up comedy and clubs for over 30 years. That's a long time.”
“I try not to stick to any one thing, you know. That's always been important to me.”
“When I was at my most outrageous and destructive, I alienated almost everybody.”
“I'm kind of a dummy. I make movies and not realize until afterwards, 'Oh, I'm the protagonist.'”
“My heroes, growing up, were people like Andy Kaufman and Groucho Marx and people that very rarely drop the persona.”
“When Will.I.Am punched Perez Hilton, I immediately purchased a bunch of their music.”
“I continue to do standup because there's a connection with a live audience - there are skills that you do learn as a standup comedian that help you on a set.”