Top 30 Judah Friedlander Quotes

Valentine’s Day is definitely one of those days where it’s either awesome or it’s a downer.

Tina Fey is really cool. She‘s so mellow and laid back.

As a comedian, I think you need to keep things real.

In Manhattan, I often do two or three or more shows a night, so I’m always working on new material.

Stand-up comedy is the most relaxing thing I do. If I want to unwind and de-stress, I go out and do stand-up, often several shows in a night.

I became a wrestling fan in college. So, I was more of a wrestling fan as an adult than when I was a little kid.

No, don’t learn at karate schools. They overcharge you for karate uniforms. They make you pay, like, fifty or seventy-five bucks just for a karate uniform, and you don’t wear a uniform in everyday life, so why train in one? Most fights take place outdoors, not inside with perfect lighting and mats.

I’ve been doing stand-up just about every night since I started in 1989. It’s my home base. But I’m into doing comedy in all mediums, platforms and situations.

My shirt and my hat always say ‘World Champion‘ in some language. English, Spanish, Chinese, ‘Star Wars‘ language, which is also known as Aurebesh, mermaid language.

Before I started doing ’30 Rock‘, I did about 25 movies. I’d always been doing stand-up every night, and then I would do, like, two to four movies a year. So I really liked doing that, and I want to get back to that, but because of the time commitment to ’30 Rock’, there’s not much time to do that stuff.

I’m actually banned from the Himalayas, because I’m too good at yoga.

I’m a massive Steven Seagal fan. I know his movies are horrible, but I’ve watched all of them over and over again. I’d want to do a movie with him and Van Damme.

As the World Champion, every day is pretty much like Valentine’s Day for me – as far as hooking up with the ladies.

I’ve done all kinds of movies, but I wanna do some more independent films that are not your run-of-the-mill type movies like ‘American Splendor‘, which I had a big part in, that are really trying to do something unique.

I think I’ve proven with my career that I can play a wide variety of characters. Yet, I still get typecast as the crazy slob guy. That’s how it always works.

I never wanted to be famous.

I watch a movie or a T.V. show or whatever; if it’s good, I like to watch it more than once, and it’s always fun to catch something you didn’t see initially.

It wasn’t like I just woke up and said, ‘Here’s my gimmick; I’ll wear a hat and put something weird on it.’

I actually went to film school, but I didn’t like it. I’m basically self-taught.

I think some people‘s comedy IQ’s aren’t as high as other people’s, so they don’t really know what’s going on. Or they think they know what’s going on, but they don’t really.

You can literally walk into my apartment and sit on a hat; you can step on a hat; you can probably open up the refrigerator and find a hat tucked under some rotten food. I have a lot of hats.

I never got into things to be famous. Sometimes it’s fun, sometimes it’s annoying.

I am the greatest marital artist in the world.

I like hanging out at non-showbizzy places.

I’m not one of those kind of people who does the observational ‘Hey, don’t you hate it when you’re at the grocery store and the line‘s long and the cash register starts taking too long.’ I don’t really do that kind of stuff. I’m heavy on persona, and I do a lot of interacting with the audience.

I do uphill skiing; I don’t do downhill skiing. I think that’s for nerd amateurs.

I don’t consider lacrosse a sport. To me that’s just a frat activity that got out of hand.

I sort of have to self-censor sometimes.

Paul Verhoeven might be my favorite director, and I’m serious.

I’ve been doing stand-up since ’89.