Josh Blue Quotes

The whole opportunity of being on ‘Last Comic’ gave me the chance to display me being funny on and off stage.

I have no ill intent toward anyone.

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

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

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

Somebody will occasionally give me a line or a tag or something like that. It’s rare that someone will give me a whole joke that I can use.

I don’t do much political stuff because our nation is so divided, we can’t say one thing without the other side automatically assumes that you are pro the other side.

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

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.

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

I think what makes me so appealing is the audience doesn’t expect me to be so ruthless.

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?’

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.

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

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

It’s funny what funny is, because everyone‘s style is so different.

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

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

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

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.

The more I move on stage, the more people are just drawn to the movement. The way that I walk and my gait – it’s very eye catching. And the way my hand hooks and moves on its own – it’s almost hypnotic.

All the traveling means I’m constantly writing and testing new jokes.

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.

It’s a lot of work being daddy, but I love it.

I was walking downtown and the drunk tank stopped and picked me up… I was like, ‘Wait a minute here fellas, there’s a misunderstanding. I’m not drunk. I have cerebral palsy.’ They were like, ‘That’s a pretty big word for a drunk.’

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

I’m a one-take kind of guy.

I’m just living my life the way I want to live it, as opposed to the way people think I should live it.

There’s a lot of preconceived ideas of what disability is, what a disabled person should be like, and I try to throw that in your face.

Like, if you see my show, my jokes are much longer and they’re just like, I’m going with the vibe.

This is all I’ve ever known. I don’t know what it’s like to not walk shaky.

I feel like I’m at the point in my career where I’m ready to be the next big funny movie star.

Obviously, I can’t get away from having a disability, but sometimes when you have a beard and long hair, people can’t figure it out.

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

At Evergreen you can create your own major and your own classes. So I actually studied stand-up comedy.

I always say, my set is like building a brick wall that all the jokes are the bricks but the improv is the mortar. You piece it all together and have a certain flow to it.

I have a half-hour special on Comedy Central, but so many people have half-hour specials now, and it’s not so ‘special.’

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

I feel like when you call me inspirational, it takes away from the success that I’ve actually had. Would you say that to any other comic that just ripped the mic for an hour?

I don’t really take myself too seriously.

I’m definitely pretty edgy.

It’s a hard road to hoe, doing one-nighters. I remember doing VFWs in Madison, Wisconsin. Those were pretty rough shows.

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.

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

That’s my viewpoint; I just tackle the world, whatever comes at me.

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

Honestly, I wish I could bring more of Colorado with me everywhere.

My jokes are pretty over the top sometimes.

I used to do a lot of pratfalls on stage. And I tell you, when a guy with cerebral palsy falls down on stage on purpose – nobody ever knows if it was real or not.

I’d be the only disabled kid in the neighborhood playing football, and we’re playing full contact, and I’d always manage to get open.

When I was growing up, my parents were too cheap to buy a snowblower, so my crippled butt was out clearing the whole driveway every winter. It was hell.

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.

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.