Brad Garrett Quotes

We don't take care of our teachers and our cops and our firemen. They should be at the top of our list.

There's a black man inside of me just trying to make bail.

It's like whether you're in a huge movie or you've just recorded an incredible album you've got to do the next thing, and that's part of being an artist.

It's fun to play people who are flawed.

It's all I have left in my life, caffeine and a poodle.

I'm the type of guy that feels pressure when I have to order dinner. I'm just that type of guy but that's my fuel. I work well with pressure.

I was very, very large as a kid and never athletic, and my home life was a little upside down and I never felt comfortable.

I think I'm better wired for television. I love variety as far as a project. I'm easily bored and the schedule of a television show, it just keeps you going.

I think as any artist you always want to grow; you always want to get better.

I feel very, very grateful. I'm a lucky guy, you need a lot of luck, and then when the cameras roll, you have to have this group of writers, directors, and actors that just gel, and it seems to literally be happening more and more.

I come from the world of improv; I love any show or any vehicle that gives me an opportunity to be in the moment.

I believe it's a real tedious hostage negotiation to have a marriage be what it is.

Humor is healing.

But I believe that there are marriages where you can have your pool table and she can have her scrapbooking room or garden or whatever it is. But when everyone has what they want, it's not funny. There's no conflict.

Broadway was without doubt the hardest I ever worked in my life and the highest highs I've ever had as an actor. The unadulterated fear was on a level that was hard to explain.

Actually, I have my own charity that I started that helps supplement families with terminal children.

I love strong women, not only in life but in craft.

My whole life, I've been telling jokes.

I would probably be a teacher if I weren't a comedian.

I think we love watching people that are flawed because we're all flawed.

You take away all the other luxuries in life, and if you can make someone smile and laugh, you have given the most special gift: happiness.