Steven Wright

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Steven Wright (1994)

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, humorous and sometimes confusing jokes and one-liners.

Wright brought out a comedy album in 1985 called "I Have a Pony". In 1992 Wright had a recurring role on 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 film Reservoir Dogs .

There are numerous lists of jokes attributed to Wright on the Internet, sometimes of uncertain origin. Wright said:

“Someone showed me a site, and half of it that said I wrote it, I didn't write. Recently, I saw one, and I didn't write any of it. What's disturbing is that with a few of these jokes, I wish I had thought of them. A giant amount of them, I'm embarrassed that people think I thought of them, because some are really bad. "

“Somebody showed me a website, and half of what said I had written it, I hadn't written. I saw one recently and I hadn't written a single one. What bothers me is that some of these jokes made me wish I had written them. With a gigantic amount of them, I am ashamed that people think I wrote them because they are really bad. "

In a 2005 vote for "Comedians Comedian" he was voted into the top 50 by other comedians and comedy experts. He was recently announced as number 23 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 best stand-up comedians of all time.

One-liner

Here is a small selection of Steven Wright's one-liners along with an English original.

  • I would kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.
    • I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.
  • I almost had a fortune-telling girlfriend once, but she left me before we met.
    • I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met.
  • How do you find out that the invisible ink is gone?
    • How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink?
  • Diligence is a lame excuse for a lack of laziness.
    • Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.
  • If it doesn't work the first time, destroy any evidence that you tried.
    • If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.
  • What is another word for thesaurus ?
    • What's another word for Thesaurus?
  • Black holes are everywhere where God divided by zero.
    • Black holes are where God divided by zero.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tasha Robinson: Interview with Steven Wright. AV Club January 29, 2003, archived from the original on April 5, 2009 ; accessed on March 13, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Wright, Steven
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor, writer, and stand-up comedian
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City