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Howie Mandel
Comedian
About the author
The success of any stand-up act comes out of life experience.
Howie Mandel,
Comedian
#Life
#Success
#Experience
#Act
I was totally involved in Bobby's World from the time we started the idea to sitting with the artists on how he would look, to the script meetings, the music, the lyrics, the songs.
Howie Mandel,
Comedian
#Songs
#Time
#World
#Idea
#Artists
#Meetings
#Music
I've been chased. I've been pushed. I've been screamed at. I've been verbally abused. I've been afraid for my safety. But I did it all in the name of entertainment.
Howie Mandel,
Comedian
#Name
#Safety
#Entertainment
If I'm a game show host, will someone buy a ticket to see me do standup? To do a dramatic role in a movie?
Howie Mandel,
Comedian
#Will
It's really not that hard. If I do a Tonight Show, it's six or seven minutes. If I do a concert, it's 90 minutes. If I do an interview, that's 15 minutes. So by the end of the day I've done three hours worth of work.
Howie Mandel,
Comedian
#Work
#Day
#End
#Worth
My point of reference is life, in everything that I do.
Howie Mandel,
Comedian
#Life
You can go home with a lot of money with absolutely no skill.
Howie Mandel,
Comedian
#Home
#Money
#Skill
People who annoy people are the luckiest people in the world.
Howie Mandel,
Comedian
#People
#World
Everything runs its course. We had told a lot of stories that happened in our life. My kid was getting older, and we were running out of stories to tell.
Howie Mandel,
Comedian
#Life
#Running
There were 84 original episodes. It was rated No. 1 and No. 2 on the Fox Children's Network. We figured it was time to make it available to people who have never watched it.
Howie Mandel,
Comedian
#Time
#People
#Children
#Network
There's no skill. You can be a rock and move into another cash bracket.
Howie Mandel,
Comedian
#Skill
We sat down and told stories that happened to us in our childhood, to our children. They were all basically based on the truth. These stories were funny and poignant to us. They just took off. These are all stories from my life.
Howie Mandel,
Comedian
#Life
#Children
#Truth
#Childhood
#Funny
We were a very small circle of writers. Everybody brought to the table their own life experience.
Howie Mandel,
Comedian
#Life
#Experience
#Writers
You release these things, and if they fly then you have more.
Howie Mandel,
Comedian
I am beloved by millions.
Howie Mandel,
Comedian