Brad Garrett

“Standup is really the only thing in the entertainment business that you do totally alone.”

“I was very, very large as a kid and never athletic, and my home life was a little upside down and I never felt comfortable.”

“There is the real person I am, and there is the stage persona.”

“Actually, I have my own charity that I started that helps supplement families with terminal children.”

“People who are bipolar, they kind of latch onto things that are fanatical sometimes.”

“Men and women are like cats and dogs. I've learned more about myself from women. My comedy is based on this.”

“I'm a large, bombastic type of windbag.”

“I love strong women, not only in life but in craft.”

“I'm totally, totally into old Vegas.”

“There's a black man inside of me just trying to make bail.”

“My act is a little raunchy. When people come to my club, I have to warn them it isn't Robert from 'Raymond.'”

“I am so fascinated and taken by the Golden Knights.”

“It's all I have left in my life, caffeine and a poodle.”

“Broadway was without doubt the hardest I ever worked in my life and the highest highs I've ever had as an actor. The unadulterated fear was on a level that was hard to explain.”

“You can give a guy a funny line, but you can't make him say it funny.”

“It's fun to play people who are flawed.”

“I'm the type of guy that feels pressure when I have to order dinner. I'm just that type of guy but that's my fuel. I work well with pressure.”

“I come from the world of improv; I love any show or any vehicle that gives me an opportunity to be in the moment.”

“We don't take care of our teachers and our cops and our firemen. They should be at the top of our list.”

“I became a stand-up because that was my survival.”