Darrell Hammond

“My mother would beat me, and then she would say, 'I love you.'”

“You don't get over it. You just get used to it.”

“I was told I was a bad person, a bad boy, a bad kid.”

“I was never a class clown. I was the class clown's writer.”

“The secret to a good impression is to be able to do it with a straight face.”

“I need to get some more sleep. It's like I'm my own worst enemy, and I know that.”

“I have a lot of trouble with scripts. I have a lot of trouble with memorizing things.”

“I don't think I'm a good-looking guy. I think I'm a funny-looking guy.”

“There are people who are very highly paid to be entertainers. And there are people who are very highly paid to be artists. And there are very few people who are both.”

“The whole thing about 'Saturday Night Live' is that it's a shambles. And it is. It's a mess.”

“I'm not trying to be a role model. I'm just trying to be a person.”

“The show must go on. That's the first thing you learn.”

“I'm a performer. I'm a professional. I'm a veteran.”