Norm Macdonald

Norman Gene "Norm" Macdonald (17 October 1959 – 14 September 2021) was a Canadian stand-up comedian, writer, producer and actor.

• I would love to stay at SNL forever. But you can't stay in the same place. People think you're a loser.
  • Television Guide, Vol. 45, Triangle Publications (1997)

• My dad died, and my grandfather died, and my great-grandfather died. And the guy before him, I don't know. Probably died. … I come from a long line of death. That's my point. And so I fear it. I fear it a lot.
  • As quoted in "Comedy gold: Norm Macdonald's Me Doing Standup" by Leo Benedictus, The Guardian (6 September 2013)

• Every generation has believed they lived ins the End Time, @NellScovell. It is a product of Man's narcissism. Deeply, we believe that when we die, so then does the world. Which is true. Because when we die, we don't disappear, the world does.
  • Tweet to @NellScovell, Twitter 1:04 AM · (26 July 2019)

• The only thing an old man can tell a young man is that it goes fast, real fast, and if you're not careful, it's too late. Of course, the young man will never understand this truth.
  • Based on a True Story: A Memoir by Norm Macdonald

• You know, with Hitler, the more I learn about that guy the more I don't care for him.
  • Said on The Late Show With David Letterman.^[1]

• Macdonald is currently 49, and looks worryingly like he'll be hailed as one of the greats only in retrospect. Watch him at your earliest convenience, and start making recommendations soon.
  • Leo Benedictus, in "Comedy gold: Norm Macdonald's Me Doing Standup", The Guardian (6 September 2013)

• Norm Macdonald on IMDb