Steven Wright
Steven Wright ( born December 6, 1955 in New York City ) is an American actor, writer and stand- up comedian from Burlington, Massachusetts. He is known for his slow, dry and monotonous expression of ironic, witty and sometimes confusing jokes and one-liners.
Wright brought a 1985 comedy album titled "I Have a Pony". 1992 Wright had a recurring role in the television sitcom " Mad About You ". He later won an Academy Award for his short film "The Appointments of Dennis Jennings ". He also appears as the voice of the radio DJ in the movie " Reservoir Dogs ".
There are many lists on the internet with jokes that are attributed to Wright, sometimes with uncertain origin. Wright said: " Someone showed me an internet site, and half of what said I had written it, I had not written. I recently saw one, and I had not written a single one. What bothers me is that I me with some of these jokes wish I had written them. With a gigantic amount of them, I am ashamed that people think I would have written them because they are really bad. "
In a vote of 2005 to the " comedians comedian " he was voted by other comedians and comedy insiders in the Top 50. Recently, he was given as number 23 on Comedy Central 's known list of the 100 best stand - up comedians of all time.
One-liners
Here is a small selection of Steven Wright's one-liners along with the English original.
- For a Nobel Peace Prize, I would kill them. I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.
- I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met.
- How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink?
- Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.
- What 's another word for Thesaurus?
- Black holes are where God divided by zero.