What are the two biggest things online? Selfies and emojis. We’re combining them. Instead of sending some character that means nothing with a hat – what if it was your face doing something? Me-moji. – Howie Mandel
If you come to any of my live shows, you’ll see, it’s very frenetic. I have the attention span of a gnat. – Howie Mandel
I think the solution to making this world better is if we would just be healthy, mentally. – Howie Mandel
There were 84 original episodes. It was rated No. 1 and No. 2 on the Fox Children’s Network. We figured it was time to make it available to people who have never watched it. – Howie Mandel
Stand-up comedy is a sickness. Who wouldn’t want a room full of people laughing and screaming at you just because of who you are? Nothing is as good, except maybe having a baby. – Howie Mandel
In the mid-1970s, there was this huge boom of stand-up comedy throughout North America. I went to see a show at a club called Yuk-Yuks, in Toronto, and I was just fascinated. I ended up coming back for amateur hour on a Monday at midnight and got up there without any thought as to what might come of it. – Howie Mandel
I was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) as an adult, but I don’t remember a time when I didn’t have them. Back in the 1960s, when I was growing up, my symptoms didn’t have a name, and you didn’t go to the doctor to find out. – Howie Mandel
Everything runs its course. We had told a lot of stories that happened in our life. My kid was getting older, and we were running out of stories to tell. – Howie Mandel
I think the thrust of any child is to try to fit in and be part of it. And I can’t tell you how many times my humor, you know, what I thought was humor ended up making me the outsider. Like I’d be, I go, ‘It’s a joke.’ And they’d go, ‘Well, what was funny?’ And they just thought I was insane. – Howie Mandel
We were a very small circle of writers. Everybody brought to the table their own life experience. – Howie Mandel
I go to therapy a lot. And I’m – I’m open about that, and I try to get the help so that I – so that I can cope and – and make my way in life and with my family. – Howie Mandel
Part of my humor is the fact that I love coming out of left field. I don’t want people to expect what is going to happen next. – Howie Mandel
There isn’t anybody out there who doesn’t have a mental health issue, whether it’s depression, anxiety, or how to cope with relationships. Having OCD is not an embarrassment anymore – for me. Just know that there is help and your life could be better if you go out and seek the help. – Howie Mandel
We sat down and told stories that happened to us in our childhood, to our children. They were all basically based on the truth. These stories were funny and poignant to us. They just took off. These are all stories from my life. – Howie Mandel
The biggest void that people can have in their lives is a sense of humor. Spending your life with someone who doesn’t have that wouldn’t be palatable. – Howie Mandel
One of the great pleasures of having children is spending one-on-one time with them. Sadly, I could do that for only a few minutes at a time. I’d never say that ADD/ADHD is a gift or a blessing. And if someone says it is a gift, I’d love to return it. – Howie Mandel
I have thoughts – obtrusive thoughts and rituals that have to – it’s like a broken re – a skipping record. And if these thoughts or these triggers happen to me through maybe shaking a hand or just a thought or just – then I can’t get past it and move on with my life. – Howie Mandel
Regardless of what I do, whether I write a book or whether I act or whether I host, I’ll always do stand-up comedy because those moments, that’s what I crave. If I do something funny, and I hear a crowd laugh in that moment, we’re all sharing the exact same experience and the exact same feeling. – Howie Mandel
I love voice-acting – I can go to work without wearing pants. Although I did wear pants during Gremlins. But it’s always more comfortable to work without. And if you notice, I relate to Gizmo in that way because he also works without pants. I have furry little legs, too. – Howie Mandel