Quotes from Ray Romano

I lived at home till I was 29.

Anna would be just as happy with me if I were a plumber. As a matter of fact, when she married me, I was working at a bank and living at home. I didn't move out until I was 29!

I'm at an age where crying is easier for me now. I like it. I can cry at a poignant commercial; I can cry at a - this is a running joke in my house, but... a good 'Star-Spangled Banner' can make me cry. I'm not kidding.

I go to Hooters for lunch every day. Then for coffee.

I can't complain about my career, that's for sure.

My career has been my craziest adventure.

I married a saint - well, a saint who curses.

I do know its important to keep the romantic spark alive in your marriage. But with four kids, sometimes it's enough just to keep yourself alive.

In stand-up, there's that idea that comedy comes from a dark place, but it's not a rule.

It seems to be a common denominator with a lot of comics, this low self-esteem thing.

Doris Roberts had an energy and a spirit that amazed me. She never stopped. Whether working professionally or with her many charities or just nurturing and mentoring a green young comic trying to make it as an actor, she did everything with such a grand love for life and people, and I will miss her dearly.

I still got my hair, I'm not fat.

Failure-it centers me. Too much success has me thinking, All right, what's goin' on?

Whenever I get down about life going by too quickly, what helps me is a little mantra that I repeat to myself: at least I'm not a fruit fly.

I just go to work, come home. And my wife lets me throw my clothes on the floor, and she doesn't say anything, so I must be making some money.

I have some classes in accounting, but I don't know anything about accounting. I - you know, when my accountant tells me all the things he does, it's a foreign language to me.

The only thing I miss from the sitcom format is that immediate gratification of when you're, if we're talking about comedy, of the live audience.

I am like Hugh Hefner minus anything good about his life.

My favorite band - and Bobby Cannavale and Terry Winter have already made fun of me for this - is Chicago.

After 'Raymond,' there was this big feeling of, 'What do I do next?'

My joke used to be about my father and Peter Boyle: that anything you see Peter Boyle do on TV, my father has done in real life without pants on.

If golf wasn't enjoyable and there wasn't a lot of humor and enjoyment, even though the game is so frustrating, you would wonder why you put yourself through it.

I've always wondered, what am I going to do that's important with these stupid jokes that I tell.

I never want to give up stand-up. Because I still get a thrill out of it.