David Cross
David Cross is an American comedian, actor, and television producer born on April 4, 1964, in Roswell, Georgia, whose work spans performance, writing, and production across stage, screen, and television.
Cross attended North Atlanta High School before going on to study at Emerson College. Over the course of his career he has worked across a considerable range of disciplines, functioning as an actor, stage actor, voice actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer, television producer, television presenter, journalist, and singer. That breadth of involvement across the entertainment and media landscape marks him as a figure whose professional activity resists easy categorization. His work in television earned him a Primetime Emmy Award, a recognition that reflects his sustained engagement with the medium both in front of and behind the camera.
Cross has worked consistently in English-language productions, and his output moves between comedy performance and more structurally oriented roles such as producing and directing. The comedian's sensibility runs through much of what he has pursued publicly, whether in live stage work, voice acting, or on-screen appearances, and his career demonstrates a pattern of working across formats rather than settling into a single mode.
Quotes by David Cross
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I’d be curious to find out, but I don’t think people in the entertainment industry are proportionally more or less serious politically than anyone in the landscaping industry.
There’s quite an overlap between musicians – especially drummers – who have an affection and a proclivity towards comedy and comedians who fantasize about being in a band. And a lot of comics play instruments.
I like pot, I enjoy pot, I like to smoke it. But, the one thing I don’t like about pot is the subculture it’s spawned. I think it’s embarrassing and really juvenile and uncreative.
I think I’d be a really good dad. So perhaps I’m doing society a disservice by not having as many kids as possible.
Occasionally I’ll watch Fox News for as long as I can tolerate it, or CNN. I’ll watch until I get infuriated, but you got to know what they’re talking about and what they’re not talking about.
I work a lot and I like to get out and work but the work I do to make the other work work I’m not very good at.
Because you’ve been on dates where y’know, you forget to open your eyes and wear pants and speak English.
It’s not that I don’t have kids for some personal reason outside of, I just haven’t had kids. And I haven’t met someone who wanted to, as far as I know. And perhaps I’m attracted to women who aren’t ready to make that commitment just yet.