Scott Thompson Quotes

Americans know as much about Canada as straight people do about gays. Americans arrive at the border with skis in July, and straight people think that being gay is just a phase. A very long phase.
Scott Thompson

Gay, Long, Straight

A lot of gay men are in delusion if they think they're super macho.
Scott Thompson

Men, Gay, Delusion

I'm a total nerd. I love fantasy.
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Love, Fantasy, Nerd

My theory is that comedy comes from little people.
Scott Thompson

Well I think comedy everywhere has lost a bit of its bite. In Canada, I can't argue with the quality, but it feels like it's gotten a little safe.
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Lost, Comedy, Quality

Activism isn't about holding your faults up to the light. That's what comedy is about, it's about saying, 'Look at this person who is so flawed and frail and damaged. And we're all this frail and damaged so let's laugh at it.'
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Saying, Person, Laugh

Art is about the edges and the sharp corners and those places are not conducive to activism, which is about putting on a gloss.
Scott Thompson

Art, Places, Sharp

Art is difficult.
Scott Thompson

Canadian comedians are generally more well-rounded... They have to do a lot more. In order to have a career in this country, you have to do everything. And in the States you can narrow-cast, you can be just a sitcom performer or a stand-up comedian or a sketch performer.
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Everything, Career, Country

Comedy is actually very macho driven.
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Comedy, Actually, Driven

Fathers should start teaching the boys how to punch.
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Start, Teaching, Fathers

I believe the things that happened to me as a child scarred me terribly, and I wish somebody would have helped me with some of the things that happened.
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Wish, Child, Somebody

I do love jokes.
Scott Thompson

I first got into fruit when I was a teenager, when my life was changing in every way. The first time I had a mango, at like 18, I was like, 'Where has this been my whole life?'
Scott Thompson

Life, Time, Whole

I guess chemistry is just another word for love.
Scott Thompson

Love, Another, Word

I resented that my career wasn't going the way that it was supposed to. And I was angry that I wasn't getting the parts that I wanted.
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Angry, Career, Wanted

I think a case could be made that there's sort of a crisis of masculinity in the West. Particularly with white males.
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Crisis, Made, White

I think Canadian humor is a little less broad than American humor.
Scott Thompson

Humor, American, Less

I think the Canadian sense of humor is dryer than America's and juicier than Britain's. I think it's a cross between the two of them, really.
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Humor, Two, America

I wanted to be a male ballet dancer.
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Wanted, Ballet, Male

I won't play a teenager.
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Play, Won, Teenager

I'm not a wilting flower. I'm honest, so I pick a lot of fights. I've burned a lot of bridges.
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Flower, Honest, Pick

I'm not really cool, or dashing, or any of those things.
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I've pretty much given up on the orange. I really have. I just don't even bother. It's just either sour, or woody, or the skin's too thick. It's very nice when you come across the perfect orange, because it's really a beautiful experience. But the stakes are too high.
Scott Thompson

Experience, Beautiful, Nice

If comedy duos don't like each other, it just won't work.
Scott Thompson

Work, Comedy, Won

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Born: June 12, 1959

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