Jay Mohr

Jay Mohr: (on working on Saturday Night Live) All that waiting around for a glimmer of stage time, just getting angry every week...It was just an oppressive, horrible, horrible place to be. I went to work feeling nauseous.

Jay Mohr: What I like about stand-up is, it's truthful. I'm not up there trying to get laid or look cool. I'm up there because I really love it, and it makes people happier.

Jay Mohr: You know how to tell if the teacher is hung over? Movie Day.

Jay Mohr: I wasn't the guy everyone liked. I was the guy that wouldn't shut up.

Jay Mohr: I never minded George Steinbrenner spending obscene amounts of money to put the best product on the field.

Jay Mohr: (about working on "Saturday Night Live") It was fascinating and I wasn't enjoying it, even when it was going well. I watched Nirvana perform, I talked to Kurt Cobain, I talked to Eric (Clapton), I got to work with (Chris) Farley every day. But I was so self-obsessed with survival - survival on the show and then mental health survival and back to survival on the show - I certainly didn't take time to smell the roses.

Jay Mohr: (on playing sports) I'm an animal. I'm the guy you hate. I'm the guy that yells at you for not hitting the cutoff man...stop throwing the ball around.

Jay Mohr: (on working again on television) I'd go back, yeah. I don't care, I got a kid, man-- I'll sell tampons. I mean, there's no selling-out once you get a kid. I got a kid.

Jay Mohr: (on dancing and on being a fan of the NBA team New Jersey Nets) I like to dance. What of it? I'm a man, and when the Nets game's on, you won't find this man dancing ... maybe after, but definitely not during.

Jay Mohr: (Nicole Chamberlain was his ex-wife.) In 1996, I was driving with Nicole. I was so hung over I was seeing double. I actually said it out loud: 'I'm completely powerless over alcohol'.

Jay Mohr: I think I made a mistake once...yeah...it was only once.