Jon Lovitz Quotes

I agreed with everything he was saying when he ran for president. I was listening to what he said. I go, this guy thinks like me and I agree with him. Now he's changing. All he keeps saying is millionaires and billionaires don't pay their fair share of taxes.
Jon Lovitz

Saying, Everything, Him

Anybody can be going from being broke to being wealthy, as I did.
Jon Lovitz

Anybody, Broke, Wealthy

Apparently, I said what a lot of people are thinking and a lot of people have thanked me.
Jon Lovitz

Thinking, Said, Apparently

At a certain point, if you work really hard and you get good and people like your work, you do deserve the fame - but you shouldn't take it for granted.
Jon Lovitz

Work, Good, Hard

But Opera Man, I go, 'Oh, crap! Why didn't I think of that?' Because I could sing fake opera pretty good.
Jon Lovitz

Good, Fake, Pretty

First of all, this whole idea of this one percent versus the 99 percent, it's a false statistic.There's nobody that is wealthy saying, let's go get the people that aren't. First of all, there's no versus. He's creating a false class warfare in a country where there is no class structure.
Jon Lovitz

Saying, Country, Whole

I didn't take anything from anyone - first of all. Second of all, I opened a comedy club with money that I saved over 25 years. I created jobs.
Jon Lovitz

Money, Comedy, Anyone

I do see your point, but to me, I'm just a mouse compared to the President of the United States.
Jon Lovitz

Point, President, United

I don't want to talk about myself, that's for other people to say, so I'm not saying I was so talented.
Jon Lovitz

Saying, Talk, Talented

I grew up very nice. But after college, my father said you're on you own. So I was dead broke for years. So I know what it's - I lived on 600 dollars a month for six years. I know what it's like to be dead broke. I feel bad for people who are struggling now.
Jon Lovitz

Nice, Bad, Father

I had done plays in high school. It was something I always wanted to do since I was little. I was a drama major at UC-Irvine.
Jon Lovitz

School, Done, Wanted

I like getting up in front of an audience. It's fun when you go to a baseball game and the crowd is cheering you. I can't deny it. And it's very funny, too. Sometimes you're shy; you go somewhere and everyone's looking at you, so you feel a little self-conscious.
Jon Lovitz

Funny, Fun, Game

I really didn't want to leave the show, but I got a chance to do a movie, which meant I would have had to miss two shows, and at the time Lorne had a policy where you can't miss shows, so I left.
Jon Lovitz

Time, Two, Chance

I would love to have a part opposite a great actor - like, say, Pacino or De Niro or Hoffman. And to work with a top director. That's my dream.
Jon Lovitz

Love, Work, Great

I would never tell anyone who to vote for. I'm a different kind of 'liberal' and I think people should be true to themselves. If you're Republican or Democrat, conservative or liberal, you should be true to yourself and be who you are.
Jon Lovitz

Yourself, True, Different

I would say if you are having a tough time in your life, then going to a club and getting laughs, it does make you feel better for that hour and a half show. It gets your mind off of it.
Jon Lovitz

Life, Time, Mind

If I make a dollar and out of every dollar I'm taxed at 50, half, at 50 cents, I have to give, isn't that like enough?
Jon Lovitz

Give, Enough, Half

Instead of making people victims of people who are successful, we should be telling people, 'Look, you are having a hard time, I feel bad for you. Let's look at what you're doing, let's teach you how to succeed. Let's give you the tools to succeed as opposed to turning everybody into victims.
Jon Lovitz

Time, Successful, Bad

It's fun to do something funny and have the director laughing. It makes you feel good.
Jon Lovitz

Funny, Good, Fun

My dad would always say, 'What can you do to make the world a better place?' Well, I can make people laugh.
Jon Lovitz

Dad, Laugh, Place

Some people, they got housing loans, and I think they're responsible for taking a loan they didn't qualify for?
Jon Lovitz

Taking, Loan, Housing

Sometimes the best way to make 'em laugh is to show 'em how you honestly feel.
Jon Lovitz

Best, Laugh, Sometimes

The problem with the economy isn't that people aren't paying their fair share of taxes.
Jon Lovitz

Problem, Fair, Economy

The whole - it's the economy's bad. It's bad for everybody. I have my own comedy club. I opened it three years ago in a horrible economy. I created jobs. And we just started breaking even after a year and a half, barely. For that entire time, I have had to pay the difference of what we owe in rent and taxes and everything out of my own pocket.
Jon Lovitz

Time, Bad, Everything

Woody is the guy who made me want to be a comic. I was in heaven and couldn't stop smiling because he was my idle and 29 years after seeing Take the Money and Run, I was working for him.
Jon Lovitz

Money, Him, Made

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: July 21, 1957

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