David Alan Basche quotes

I hate to admit this, but before we had a baby I was kind of weirded out by breastfeeding. It looked strange, and I was always like, 'Look away! Ignore it, ignore the boobs in the room, move along, nothing to see here!' (David Alan Basche)

I love telling stories, telling jokes, making people laugh. I've got no plans to stop doing it.

David Alan Basche

I love comedy because I can laugh at myself. I don't take myself too seriously.

David Alan Basche

You have to be careful what you say in front of comedy writers because they will absolutely make fun of it in the next episode.

David Alan Basche

A fan once stopped me outside a theatre and gave me as a gift a signed photograph of Sir Laurence Olivier. It was strange, but nice, too.

David Alan Basche

Stop running around, stop trying to return every email in your inbox immediately, stop cramming too much stuff into too few hours in the day. Sit down, shut up, and most importantly, be glad.

David Alan Basche

I'm a huge fan of 'The Odd Couple,' yes, and any comparisons to Tony Randall and or Jack Lemmon are completely welcome. I kind of try to channel those guys, and then add my own neuroses, too.

David Alan Basche

I do have a chore schedule - in my mind. I don't tell anyone I have it, but it's in my mind.

David Alan Basche

I have to admit: I have been known to be obsessively neat and like things arranged 'just so.'

David Alan Basche

I'm grateful for my health, glad I'm making people laugh, glad my wife still likes me after a lotta years, grateful my daughter is growing, glad I don't take myself too seriously, glad L.A. has Astro Burger, grateful to be coming home to Harlem soon. It's a gratitude list. It works.

David Alan Basche

I watched Mark Rylance in the Broadway revival of 'La Bete,' and it knocked my socks off. The complete commitment, passion, and unbridled enjoyment in every moment of what he was doing was overwhelming. (David Alan Basche)