Hank Azaria Quotes

"You know those award shows. The cliche is that it's an honor just to be nominated, but that happens to be true. Whoever wins it in the end, I don't know, sometimes it feels arbitrary. Sometimes it feels like it's deserving."

"I've been doing silly voices since I was a child."

"Guys will definitely settle for women who get the joke. But a woman who can make you laugh? It's not high on a guy's must list. Perhaps it should be."

"There's no experience like on-the-job training."

"Being funny with a funny voice is more my comfort zone, a broader character that I try to humanize, a kind of silly or wacky persona that I try to fill in."

"When you mimic everyone, sometimes authority figures really don't appreciate it which is not an original story. And pretty much every comedian has some tale of that."

"Godzilla's a monster for the '90s. He's been working out."

"Just watching Jack Lemmon made me want to get into this business."

"The 'Family Ties' role was the first of many gay roles that I've ended up playing. I remember that I made them laugh, and it made me feel good, 'cause it really cracked them up."

"I was 16 and did a play at school. I was a rather good student... And then I did a play when I was 16 and completely lost all my concentration for academics."

"Women are, in general, less shallow visually. If their man gains 10, 20 pounds, they don't care as much. But I've been with women over the years when my weight fluctuated, and they're definitely more interested physically when I am in really great shape."

"My ultimate is Peter Sellers - his ability to go broad and somehow humanize that and be hilarious at the same time. He was just relatable, real at the same time as insane. I find Ricky Gervais absolutely hilarious. Steve Martin is another hero of mine - he's a genius."

"I've done literally 100, 150 different characters. Some of them have only appeared for a line or three. But the point is, every sound I can make has been harvested."

"You can't be funny for funny's sake. You try to get as outrageous situation as you can but it always has to be believable and based in real character motivations and what people would really do."

"The craft Emmys are kind of the kids' table at Thanksgiving. You're not really invited to the big dance. It's still really, really exciting, and the statue still counts."

"I love acting, but I want to explore other things."

"I don't really remember much about the '60s at all. You know, 1970 is the first year I remember pretty well."

"The Iraq War. No one took to the streets over it. It certainly would have been appropriate. If anybody even hinted we should... you were called un-American and not supporting the troops."

"When I was young in L.A. and I couldn't get into clubs or restaurants, I would call imitating celebrities and get a table, and it would work often. I was either Stallone or Mickey Rourke: 'This is Sly. I may be late, but my buddy Hank will be there early.'"

"You know, I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor."

"I had kind of sworn off network TV a while ago."

"When you're on a series that's been cancelled, there's a little bit of a stink on you."

"When you do well in a movie that's seen as really great, you're revitalized for six weeks."

"I bartended for a catering company for two or three years."

"I'm very happy I get to keep working - it's an insanely fortunate thing."

"I wore a thong and a bra and a wig. Those things hurt. I mean, thongs? Like, they dig in. It takes a tough man to be a woman."

"I joke that my niche in Hollywood has been naked foreigners."

"Women are, in general, less shallow visually. If their man gains 10, 20 pounds, they don't care as much."

"I ask for a lot of advice from different fathers - all kinds of dads."

"I've done literally 100, 150 different characters."