Top 66 Dan Levy Quotes

My mom asked me one day at lunch in a very lovely and respectful way. I was finally comfortable enough to say yes, I was gay, and it really was never talked about again.

I will never have the willpower to completely swear off pizza or a good summer sale, but I’m working on realizing the difference between the occasional craving and the compulsion to mindlessly consume as a feeble means of self-medication.

When I feel like treating myself, I’ll either turn to food or clothes. Bad food. Expensive clothes. Ironically, I’m usually rewarding myself for a solid week of healthy eating or a nice paycheque.

The Canadian audience is very critical, particularly of their own content.

It’s quite common for a television show to start off as one thing and end up as something completely different. There are so many cooks in the kitchen – the network, the studio.

Growing up, my height was faithfully tracked from infancy to my late teens on the door frame of my mom’s office – the only place in my family’s home in Toronto where writing on the walls was encouraged.

I like to refer to my small social circle as ’boutique.’ And much like the hotels of the same ilk, my friends are all unique, high quality, and serve me good food. But more than that, they teach me things about the world and about myself that I couldn’t learn anywhere else.

‘Simply the Best’ has always been one of my favourite songs and a song that I’ve always thought was far deeper than what you imagine it to be at first listen. I found the lyrics to be really, oddly beautiful, considering you rarely stop and think about them.

Anxiety is my kryptonite.

I’ve grown up around some incredibly funny people, which has been a blessing and curse because now I’ve been completely spoiled in terms of what I find funny.

Shopping for guys in Toronto is a really tough thing because there’s not a huge market for it.

Entertainment seems to be the only arena where children who pursue the work of their parents, which is an inherently natural thing to do, is met with a lot of skepticism.

It’s important to tell queer stories and to show queer relationships in a very normal setting.

Personally, what scares me most is the thoughtlessness the Internet can perpetuate.

I think because there is the constant looming threat of nepotism and judgment, I really tried to separate what I was doing at MTV, my auditions, anything I was doing creatively, from my family.

I’ve never really loved mean comedy.

Thinking back, the majority of the conflicts I’ve had in my life have been a result of offering up my two unwelcome cents, crossing that line between constructive truth-telling and preaching.

I was such a bad red-carpet host.

I hated working red carpets, I hated the whole celebrity interview process. I just realized I’d rather be the person somebody wanted to ask questions to than the person asking the questions.

There was a time in my life when people called me ‘Denim Dan.’ I didn’t like it. And fortunately for my self-esteem, it didn’t stick for very long. I was 12, and I was given the name by my classmates after I showed up to the first day of school in – wait for it – triple denim.

Sometimes circumstance blinds us at first from seeing people for who they really are.

Ironically, fashion trends, be it denim or polka dots, have a tendency to perpetuate the contrary.

A little confidence can make the simplest of T-shirts look like a million bucks.

I was raised before the advent of DVD players in cars and iPads at the dinner table.

I never pictured L.A. as a hub for amazing food, which I learned quite quickly is sheer naivete. The restaurants here are insane.

Does Catherine O’Hara deserve an Emmy? Absolutely.

Don’t get me wrong: I’m a sucker for weddings. I’ll get misty-eyed watching the union of two perfect strangers. But in some cases – and I need to stress some cases – I feel like we’re getting blindsided by the spectacle of it all.

My parents have always had this philosophy that overindulging your children is one of the worst things you could do as a parent. It’s something that was hammered into my head growing up. And while my mom and dad are not professional authorities on parenting, I can confirm from experience that they had a point.

I’d rather create something that gives people a very strong reaction than create a show that someone looks at and says, ‘Hmm. Fine.’

Quite simply, my friends inspire me to strive.

Lauryn Hill quietly released ‘Lose Myself’ as part of the ‘Surf’s Up’ motion picture soundtrack – shocking, I know. It’s not only one of the best summer tracks you’ll add to your catalogue: it’s also one of the most honest and heartfelt songs she’s has ever written.

I know that in writer’s rooms across North America, there are still conversations about how much is too much when it comes to intimacy between, in my case, two men. That’s an insane conversation to be having.

A lot of queer characters get painted with either a caricature brush, or they’re used to teach, in a way.

The fact that I like to buy inessential things to make myself feel better is neither a secret nor something I’m particularly proud of. And I know I’m not alone.

I’ve been a lover of fashion my whole life.

I’m clueless when it comes to flowers.

I remember, before I started high school, I was really intrigued by the Buddy Holly/James Dean style of glasses. This was a long, long time before they were sold at every Urban Outfitters.

Masculinity involves feminine qualities, and femininity involves masculine qualities.

The truth is, we are a culture built on a reward system, and our instinctive pursuit of pleasure can often lead us astray. We will rationalize anything into an excuse to indulge in whatever it is that makes us feel temporarily satiated.

I’m good with furniture, very bad with plants.

In many ways, the Internet is about diversification, and yet, in the wrong hands, the digital world can use those very examples to reinforce the narrowest of perspectives.

I wasn’t necessarily aware of what my dad did, but I was aware that wherever we’d go, there would be attention. I was never comfortable with it.

I remember quite clearly a time when I knew exactly what I wanted to do with my life. I was six, I was worry-free, and I aspired to be an actor-slash-pizza maker. To me, the decision was simple; that is what would make me happy.

I grew up with my dad sitting us down at the holidays and putting on ‘The Honeymooners.’

Comedy is not easy to begin with, but comedy that also dances with drama – it’s so hard.

Wise people, my parents.

I had always been scared of the unknown, and I think it had a lot to do with a lack of self-confidence (and wearing thick, dark-rimmed glasses before they were considered cool).

You often forget, because you’re so inside it, that television has power.

I’ve read about actors trying to prevent their kids from getting into it, and I think that’s from what they themselves experienced in the industry.

It is important that we realize that words have meanings far beyond the dictionary definition.

So often, I think shows get into these grooves where they know the characters hit, and they just write for it over and over and over again.

I’ve never really learned anything when I feel like it’s being forced down my throat.

To edit someone from your life must be a properly evaluated decision. After all, the act of distancing yourself is difficult and, if executed improperly, could prove even more troublesome than if you were to have done nothing at all. The key is to create the distance gradually – a ‘fade out’ as I like to call it.

No one does cool, catchy pop music like Robyn, and ‘Hang With Me’ is a testament to that.

I love food, and I’m a foodie; I try to hit as many restaurants as I can.

When I was working at MTV, people would e-mail me asking where I bought my frames, and I always felt a little uneasy telling a teenager to go out and pick up a $400 pair of glasses.

What skills I lacked in, say, math or science, I like to think I made up for in my ability to read people and situations with great clarity. I therefore considered myself as a sort of valued soothsayer when it came to dispensing opinions to my friends about their life choices or relationships.

In my head, I’m a purist that doesn’t require anything but a group of good friends and a bottle of wine. In reality, I’m co-dependent on my iPhone and fully conscious of the fact that my attention span is corroding.

The sole forms of social interaction I was aware of as a kid involved a jungle gym and a sticker book. It was only in high school that ICQ – a prehistoric form of instant messaging – was first incorporated into my cultural vocabulary.

I went to private school and then chose to go to public school because I didn’t like the private school experience; I didn’t like that vibe.

The secret life of women is to men what the universe is to NASA – unimaginably infinite and completely undiscoverable.

My mother was in labour for two full days before having me on a sunny August afternoon. She went into labour on the 7th, and I chose to make my big entrance on the 9th.

After getting the job at MTV, the challenge was, ‘How do I start my career as a television host without people holding my dad’s career over my head?’ It’s a very easy thing for people to look to my dad and say, ‘Well, he got his job because of this.’

I often liken my love life to the pathetic fallacy found in a Bronte novel: a long and winding road tented by storm clouds and rain. Kidding.