Quotes from Dan Levy

The Canadian audience is very critical, particularly of their own content.

The sole forms of social interaction I was aware of as a kid involved a jungle gym and a sticker book. It was only in high school that ICQ - a prehistoric form of instant messaging - was first incorporated into my cultural vocabulary.

I have no patience for homophobia.

I think I'd always been interested in performing.

There was a time in my life when people called me 'Denim Dan.' I didn't like it. And fortunately for my self-esteem, it didn't stick for very long. I was 12, and I was given the name by my classmates after I showed up to the first day of school in - wait for it - triple denim.

There is a lot men don't know about women. And I'm not just talking about how you manage to leave the bathroom smelling like a tropical rainforest after you shower or how you're able to walk in shoes that rely on nothing more than the support of two five-inch toothpicks.

At the end of the day, I'm from Canada, and so there will never be a time when I'm suddenly not Canadian.

My mother was in labour for two full days before having me on a sunny August afternoon. She went into labour on the 7th, and I chose to make my big entrance on the 9th.

Personally, what scares me most is the thoughtlessness the Internet can perpetuate.

Our phones have created what I like to call SADD - Social Attention Deficit Disorder.

What I loved about 'The Beverly Hillbillies' was that it was about family love and growth and understanding. The riches-to-rags premise is just the wallpaper.

Growing up, my height was faithfully tracked from infancy to my late teens on the door frame of my mom's office - the only place in my family's home in Toronto where writing on the walls was encouraged.

Sometimes circumstance blinds us at first from seeing people for who they really are.

The best TV that I watch, I always feel safe when I'm watching it. And that could be like 'Homeland' or 'The Americans'; by 'safety,' I mean the show knows its parameters.

I'm good with furniture, very bad with plants.

I've never really loved mean comedy.

I had always been scared of the unknown, and I think it had a lot to do with a lack of self-confidence (and wearing thick, dark-rimmed glasses before they were considered cool).

Don't get me wrong: I'm a sucker for weddings. I'll get misty-eyed watching the union of two perfect strangers. But in some cases - and I need to stress some cases - I feel like we're getting blindsided by the spectacle of it all.

When I feel like treating myself, I'll either turn to food or clothes. Bad food. Expensive clothes. Ironically, I'm usually rewarding myself for a solid week of healthy eating or a nice paycheque.

I'll take a carb any day of the week, but if I'm being pressed, then I'm sort of into the standard bagel.

I've always considered myself a master in the art of real talk.

My name is Dan, and I'm a technoholic.

I was raised before the advent of DVD players in cars and iPads at the dinner table.

Comedy is not easy to begin with, but comedy that also dances with drama - it's so hard.