Richard Lewis

“I never wanted to do observational humor because I never wanted to tell people what they were seeing.”

“My act is always a work in progress. I pray I have a bad day before a show.”

“I love being famous. It validates that I have something to say.”

“I read somewhere that when I go on stage, people realize that they're not me and they feel better. When I walk off the stage, people know who I really am. I'm not saying it's great comedy, cool comedy or better comedy - but that's what I do, and I do it first for myself.”

“I'm psyched-up when I do radio. I can reach hundreds of thousands of people in a market. And way psyched-up when I'm on television. For people not to take it seriously is foolish.”