85 Quotes by John Pinette

I have issues with food and weight and I can make that funny. The audience loves it. I have fun with it.

I have no problem joking about who I am.

I never dreamed that I would be part of a Broadway show.

I've been heavy my whole life. I've been up and down, and I can tell you that down is much better.

When I moved from Boston to L.A., I floundered. I definitely did time at the Improv and the Comedy Store, making 20 bucks a night. I learned how to be a starving comic. I was an in-debt comic: I ate well on loan.

At home, I have a healthy regular diet... But on the road, you find yourself at 11 o'clock at night, after a great show at a performing-arts center, and there's nothing open but a pizza place.

I'm a big guy, but I don't do 'I'm so fat that... ' jokes.

In standup, you look for a common ground that people have.

You see, I've always had this thing in that I love to make people laugh, I want to entertain people.