Top 44 Scott Rogowsky Quotes

I never considered game show host as a career, but it’s fun because I get to inject some of my comedy into it.

I wear my Judaism on my sleeve – and my face for that matter.

I believe the best way to celebrate the holidays is to spread cheer and joy to others.

I think what HQ Trivia’s done is taken the old-school idea of a trivia show – a quiz show – which has been around since the dawn of television, even radio, and made it a participatory event versus a spectator sport.

There are so few jobs for comedians on networks, that taxi TV and elevator TV and all this stuff are what I and every other comedian now are gunning for.

This is what I spend money on, dried fruit.

This is the evolution of television. It just keeps evolving from three networks, four cable networks, satellite. Now there’s Internet channels and the phone.

I’m sort of an old soul, and ‘You Bet Your Life’ with Groucho Marx is the best game show of all time, in my opinion.

I am the host with the challah French toast.

I actually noticed how much I love my Sonicare because my friend got me a Quip, which I’ll take with me when I’m traveling, but is not as great a toothbrush.

I love following my friend Tony Zaret on Instagram. He’s a super funny comedian who makes these parodies of memes, and Instagram skits.

Adnan Virk and I work so well together, he’s got the terrific background from hosting ‘Baseball Tonight.’

All my life, I’ve been obsessed with baseball.

I brought my personality to HQ. I injected my DNA into this thing. They gave me a blank slate to work with.

I’m waiting for the Times Square characters to start dressing as me.

I am a very bad sleeper. There are lots of times when I’m trying to fall asleep at someone’s place, and if they don’t have blackout curtains, I am waking up with any amount of sunlight.

When it comes to being Jewish, I can’t help myself.

I’ve had my fair share of tweets, DMs, emails, Facebook Messages and friends trying to set me up with friends.

HQ kind of hearkens back to that old method of watching live television, when you couldn’t DVR it.

People on Twitter are saying I should replace Alex Trebek. Never honestly considered that, but… he’s got a fantastic job.

I feel like HQ has been a force for good and it’s brought together this amazing community.

HQ Trivia is the most Jewish app since JSwipe.

When people see me in public, they’re usually like, ‘Whoa, you’re a real person.’ It’s as if they’re seeing Pinocchio or a cartoon character come to life.

I’m no Robert Christgau or Chuck Klosterman, but I would say that Landlady is like if Harry Nilsson was produced by Brian Eno. Or, if David Byrne fronted Wilco. Those are my two hoity-toity musical epigrams.

In 2008, I started a sports talk show called ’12 Angry Mascots.’

I auditioned for ‘HQ’ and got it. I decided to stay in New York and ride this ‘HQ’ thing out. That was a good decision.

I’d been doing standup since college.

People think I have elfish ears.

I know a little bit about a lot of things. I don’t go very deep in any one field, except maybe ’90s baseball.

I grew up as a Food Emporium and Waldbaum’s and A&P kid, and Trader Joe’s came with their own line of products that all seem healthy, even though they probably aren’t. That said, I do love the dried fruit because it’s made without the sulfates and the sulfur dioxides and preservatives and is totally delicious.

I’ve added up all the hours of zzz’s I’ve missed in my lifetime, and it turns out I’m running on a rather substantial deficit.

The Internet was supposed to bring people together, but it’s created big divisions.

My background is in comedy.

It’s impossible for me to sleep late. I generally wake up around 9, 9:30. I wish I could get a solid nine hours; it’s always around six.

I would love to see the first people to get married from HQ. Maybe they’ll meet in the chat and name their first child Scott.

I still consider myself a New Yorker before all other nouns.

I’m a podcast guy!

I’ve never thought of myself as a good-looking guy, necessarily.

I am an old comic trapped in young comic’s body.

It’s nice to hear from fans directly.

My favorite elements of ‘Start Talkin” were those man-on-the-street pieces. I love shooting those. I was born in Manhattan, have lived in or around New York my entire life, and I feel like I’m in my element when doing those pieces.

If I’m in the shower sometimes I’ll blurt out some lyrics to whatever song’s in my head that day. It’s a lot of Migos and Drake.

I was 20 years old and I said, ‘Okay, if I can’t get on TV by 25 then I’ll consider another career.’ You have to give yourself these arbitrary deadlines just to keep yourself focused and on track.

I wouldn’t follow me on Instagram.