85 Quotes by John Pinette

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    I could go out and talk about President Clinton... or some issue, but people will be on either side. But everyone eats. It's the international language, like Esperanto.

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    When you're big to the point that you're unhealthy, it's like you see life through a window. You can look at everything going on, but now I can experience it.

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    People have been trained to believe that comedy is the five- and 10-minute segments that you see on TV. But in 10 minutes, you can't really talk about yourself.

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    I walk into a Home Depot and it's like everything in there needs assembly. I start hyperventilating. I need the inhaler.

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    All I'm really doing is talking about going on diets and... just about being a big guy. Why should that be any different from a comic that says, 'I was an alcoholic,' or, 'I was in a bad relationship?'

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    Larger people do not get a lot to play in the theater.

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    I don't think most comics look at their early stuff and think, 'wow... that was great!'

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    I take some ungodly pantyhose size. You've heard of 2X or 3X. I'm something horrible, like a 47X.

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    My philosophy in life is just to laugh as much as possible through the good and the bad - to laugh at the tragedies as well as the triumphs.

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