Darrell Hammond Quotes

• I don't know if I want to be a big star though.

  Darrell Hammond

  Stars, Want, Bigs

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• I think I wanted to write a book about the relationship between the victim and perpetrator in which the victim agrees to remain silent.

  Darrell Hammond

  Book, Writing, Thinking

  "Darrell Hammond Book: Comedian Reveals Childhood Abuse, Psychiatric Treatment". Interview with Nicki Gostin, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 7, 2011.

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• If I can get a sanitized version of reality, I'll take it.

  Darrell Hammond

  Reality, Ifs, I Can

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• Not everyone can invest their heart into learning something and making it fully realized, and the chances are 9 out of 10 that it's gonna get thrown away.

  Darrell Hammond

  Heart, Chance

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• I'll get to make a lot of money and do some bad sitcoms.

  Darrell Hammond

  Sitcom, Lots Of Money

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• I have to give the SNL crew props - it cannot have been easy to work with me.

  Darrell Hammond

  Giving, Snl, Easy

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• It can't have been fun to live with somebody whose brain was under siege.

  Darrell Hammond

  Fun, Brain, Siege

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• I called my mother up and I said, 'You know, I've been to the best doctors in the world and I've spent almost half a million dollars and they're telling me I have symptoms of a P.O.W. and all I did was grow up in your home.

  Darrell Hammond

  Mother, Growing Up, Home

  "Darrell Hammond Book: Comedian Reveals Childhood Abuse, Psychiatric Treatment". Interview with Nicki Gostin, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 7, 2011.

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• I've learned sometimes you just have to take the bad from people.

  Darrell Hammond

  People, Sometimes, I've Learned

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• College kids, don't be taking examples from me.

  Darrell Hammond

  Kids, College, Example

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• I was diagnosed with everything from schizophrenia to multiple personality disorder.

  Darrell Hammond

  Personality, Schizophrenia, Disorder

  "Darrell Hammond Performed on 'SNL' Same Week He Was Taken From NBC in Straitjacket" by Lindsay Powers, www.hollywoodreporter.com. October 26, 2011.

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• The danger with running for president is sooner or later some sound bite is going hit.

  Darrell Hammond

  Running, President, Sound

  "CNN 25 'They Said What' - Top 25 Soundbites". "CNN Presents" with Tony Harris and Larry King, edition.cnn.com. November 26, 2005.

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• Performing with anthrax in the building is not nearly as difficult as performing in a home where you might get stabbed at night.

  Darrell Hammond

  Home, Night, Might

  "Darrell Hammond Performed on 'SNL' Same Week He Was Taken From NBC in Straitjacket" by Lindsay Powers, www.hollywoodreporter.com. October 26, 2011.

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• Some of the funniest people I know are not screwed up in the head.

  Darrell Hammond

  People, Screwed Up, Knows

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• It's tough to play the right chord on the instrument when there's someone out there who wants to kill you.

  Darrell Hammond

  Play, Want, Tough

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• I'm not sure how a world leader reacts to the work of a clown.

  Darrell Hammond

  Leader, World, Clown

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• I belong to the Democratic Party.

  Darrell Hammond

  Party, Democratic, Democratic Party

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• I was on as many as seven medications at one time, doctors didn't know what to do with me.

  Darrell Hammond

  Doctors, Knows

  "'SNL's' Darrell Hammond reveals dark past of abuse" by Mallory Simon, www.cnn.com. October 25, 2011.

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• Everyone always told me that I had the symptoms of a P.O.W.

  Darrell Hammond

  Symptoms

  "Darrell Hammond Book: Comedian Reveals Childhood Abuse, Psychiatric Treatment". Interview with Nicki Gostin, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 7, 2011.

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• I perform in the major leagues of what I do. It's incredible.

  Darrell Hammond

  League, Major League, Incredibles

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• I was never in a mental institution for a long time. I was in psych wards.

  Darrell Hammond

  Psych, Long, Institutions

  "Darrell Hammond Performed on 'SNL' Same Week He Was Taken From NBC in Straitjacket" by Lindsay Powers, www.hollywoodreporter.com. October 26, 2011.

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• I ran into an extraordinary doctor. He got up inside my head and figured out how my brain processed things, what my core values were, what my inner dialogue was.

  Darrell Hammond

  Doctors, Brain, Dialogue

  "Darrell Hammond Book: Comedian Reveals Childhood Abuse, Psychiatric Treatment". Interview with Nicki Gostin, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 7, 2011.

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• When I left my parents' home when I was 19, I went to the University of Florida, and within 24 hours was in the mental health department. And within 20 minutes, I was being told by the director there that they didn't have what I needed there.

  Darrell Hammond

  Home, Florida, Parent

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• I've become fascinated by the idea that it's really achievable to make two or three small improvements in a week and by the end of the year, it's 150 improvements.

  Darrell Hammond

  Years, Ideas, Two

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• If you're injured, it changes the way you move. If you're injured, it changes the way you talk.

  Darrell Hammond

  Moving, Way, Injured

  "'SNL's' Darrell Hammond Reveals Cutting, Abuse". Interview with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. November, 2011.

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