Darrell Hammond

“I perform in the major leagues of what I do. It's incredible.”

“The danger with running for president is sooner or later some sound bite is going hit.”

“I'll get to make a lot of money and do some bad sitcoms.”

“Doctors didn't know what to do with me.”

“I've learned sometimes you just have to take the bad from people.”

“I think I wanted to write a book about the relationship between the victim and perpetrator in which the victim agrees to remain silent.”

“If you're injured, it changes the way you move. If you're injured, it changes the way you talk.”

“I'm not a doctor - so I can't describe flashbacks well - but it is like you're living it again.”

“I have to give the SNL crew props - it cannot have been easy to work with me.”

“I belong to the Democratic Party.”

“When I left my parents' home when I was 19, I went to the University of Florida, and within 24 hours was in the mental health department. And within 20 minutes, I was being told by the director there that they didn't have what I needed there.”

“I'm not sure how a world leader reacts to the work of a clown.”

“Performing with anthrax in the building is not nearly as difficult as performing in a home where you might get stabbed at night.”

“I don't know if I want to be a big star though.”

“Some of the funniest people I know are not screwed up in the head.”

“If I can get a sanitized version of reality, I'll take it.”

“I've become fascinated by the idea that it's really achievable to make two or three small improvements in a week and by the end of the year, it's 150 improvements.”

“I was never in a mental institution for a long time. I was in psych wards.”

“I had a dad you know.”

“I ran into an extraordinary doctor. He got up inside my head and figured out how my brain processed things, what my core values were, what my inner dialogue was.”