“Being a harsh, dirty comic, the last person on earth I ever expected t...” — Jim Norton Quote

“Being a harsh, dirty comic, the last person on earth I ever expected to help my career was Jay Leno. I had always thought of performing on 'The Tonight Show' as an unachievable goal, because I bought into the myth that only squeaky clean, family-friendly material would be welcome there.”

“You can't apologize for who you are on a stage, you can reveal who you are but don't apologize because that's begging the audience to turn on you.”

“I'm afraid if I start to enjoy life, the rug will be yanked out from beneath me.”

“I still have to say that I did 'Dirty Pretty Things' 11 years ago. That was a very sudden shift in my life and my relationship to my work, and it didn't feel it was impossible to make a film like that.”

“Feminism was a dirty word for a while.”

“I didn't have indoor plumbing. I'd go to school dirty. I didn't have lunches.”