Top 45 Josh Blue Quotes

Ever see a guy with cerebral palsy run through a speed ladder? I mean, that is funny.

Denver is home to me. It’s my everything. It’s where my children are, where my lady lives, where I have my house.

I’m a real street-ball player. I like to do silly tricks and show off.

I’ve always been a huge fan of Chris Rock.

People have preconceived ideas about disability. When people tell me that I can’t do something, it just makes me go ‘Oh, yeah? Watch this.’ I kind of like a little adversity.

Every time I tell a joke it’s different somehow.

I can’t draw a straight line.

I feel like every person has a disability in some way. Whether you’re dyslexic or Republican or whatever.

My show is not all about the cerebral palsy, but it definitely comes from that point of view. I tried to do my show from a Southern belle point of view, but that didn’t work quite right.

My goal was always to sell out theaters. When it happens you never expect it to be like it is, but you know it feels right.

My biggest influence is Chris Rock. His physicality is like a caged tiger – pacing the stage – how he walks back and forth.

As a disabled person, I feel like a lot of times we don’t get to be heard.

Regarding having Cerebral Palsy, I know realistically that I can’t go up there on stage and ignore it.

Soccer is the international language. If you bring a soccer ball with you to any other country, you can make friends instantly.

I’d love to see a sitcom about someone with cerebral palsy.

If you don’t experience something first hand, you’ll never know.

I do hour-long shows all over the country almost every day.

I like to be good at what I do. It’s frustrating when I’m not. But if I get an idea in my head, you better not try to stop me, because that is just going to push me harder.

I’ve always been a horrible public speaker. If I had to give a presentation, I would cry.

I want people to think I’m funny, and to make them laugh.

I memorize stuff that I know works, and then 25 percent is just feeding off the audience and going where they want to go. Sometimes things flop. That’s where the jokes come in.

I’m a much better comedian than I am a soccer player.

No matter how good of an actor I am, I can’t un-act having cerebral palsy.

I have the common sense to know that my disability is what makes me stand out. But I don’t want to be thought of as just ‘the comic with cerebral palsy.’

I have no ill intent toward anyone.

Sometimes I feel like I’m lucky that I can just laugh about it because I know a lot of disabled people who don’t because it hurts them. And you leave my show with a different perspective on disability, whether you realize it or not – maybe not better, but a different one!

It’s just so weird that some people recognize me from TV and then other people say, ‘Get away from me, you drunk!’

I worked at the zoo for three months, and I got to be very close with the 400 pound gorilla. And I was one of three people in the world that could touch him.

My thing is I’m not very P.C., but I’m tactful. I try not to offend anyone.

At a very young age, I realized that with my disability, I could cry or laugh.

As I get older and mature and see the world, I think it’s really rewarding to have people take inspiration – I hate the ‘I’ word – but I think a lot of disabled people really thank me for putting disability out there in a positive way.

I don’t think I’d know I had cerebral palsy if other people didn’t tell me.

I have to deal with people in weird ways. I was walking down the street and this woman walks up to me and she goes, ‘You know, I think it’s so inspirational that you’re out.’ I was like, ‘I’m on my way to the liquor store. Are you inspired?’

I started out not doing jokes about my disability. I just talked about my life. But I’ve found that if I don’t broach the subject, people are kind of like, ‘C’mon, talk about it.’ They want to hear about it.

When you’re a dad, there’s a ton of material there with your family.

My jokes are pretty over the top sometimes.

I would go to open-mic nights and realize that I was not near as bad as half the people.

I’m a laugh junkie!

The more exposure any big comic with a disability gets will open more doors for the rest of us and help change people’s attitudes.

I come out and say what needs to be said but in a manner that makes people feel comfortable.

Now that people know who I am, I don’t really have to talk as much about the disability stuff.

The thing about my comedy is that I’m so comfortable with my disability that you don’t have a right to be uncomfortable.

It’s hard enough for disabled people to get acting jobs without able-bodied people taking them. As an actor, I know that I’m not going to be stealing any able-bodied roles from any able-bodied people.

If I can make someone laugh while sending a message, that’s the best lesson.

Whether you know it or not, when you leave one of my shows, you have a different understanding of disabilities and what disability is.