“As they strapped the oxygen mask to my face, I lifted it up and said, 'Don't trim my hair too short in the back.’ It's a cliche, but there's a very thin line between comedy and tragedy. I know that line in my professional life. I'm not so sure I know it in my personal life.”— Garry Shandling, nytimes.comTagged: comedy, Tragedy
“There are people who seek truth, and there are people who manipulate truth for their own good. That's the conflict in life. That's the conflict in Hollywood.”— Garry Shandling, nytimes.comTagged: Truth, Hollywood
“I am afraid of many things, but I force myself to do them. I went to Magic Mountain, and I looked at the bungee jump and I thought, This is the devil's work. I did think for a moment, I should do it, it will make me more courageous. But no. There's a line. The roller coasters scare me, too. As does…”— Garry Shandling, nytimes.comTagged: Magic Mountain, Dating
“Nobody can write better jokes putting me down than me. I know how to destroy myself. I’m good at it.”— Garry Shandling, nytimes.comTagged: comedy, Jokes, Self-deprecation