Dana Carvey Net Worth

Dana Carvey's Quotes

• As the Church Lady: "Well, isn't that special?"
• [My characters] all start with rhythms and sounds. Once I hear the voice and get into the rhythm, the attitude and the physicality just come out on their own. Ching Change, the Church Lady and Hans have a meter and pitch that are distinctly their own.
• I used to sneak up to the 8th floor [at NBC] and watch Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo rehearsing Saturday Night Live and could only wonder if I would ever have the chance to be funny. It took me five years to go up the two stories, but it is such a sense of fulfillment to be able to show what I can do on national television.
• When people come to see my stand-up, they get a chance to see my characters interact with each other. I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human. While many comics have a secret persona, I fundamentally want to be myself.

Interesting Facts about Dana Carvey

1. Celebrity impersonations include John McLaughlin, Charles Grodin, Woody Allen, and Johnny Carson.
2. Brother of Brad Carvey.
3. Has two sons, Dex (born 1991) and Thomas (born 1993).
4. Impersonations include George Bush, Jimmy Carter, Ross Perot, and Walter Mondale on Saturday Night Live (1975).
5. Formerly worked as a busboy at a Holiday Inn.
6. Underwent open-heart surgery for a blocked artery in 1997 but had the wrong artery operated on. Later sued for medical malpractice and was awarded 7.5 million dollars. He's had to undergo five operations in total to correct his heart problem.
7. His ancestry is seven sixteenths (7/16ths) Norwegian, with his other roots being English, German, Swedish, and Irish.
8. Also a very talented drummer
9. Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith. Pg. 98-99. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
10. From the same hometown as David Lynch.
11. His older brother Mark Carvey was his assistant on Wayne's World 2 (1993).
12. David Letterman publicly suggested Carvey as his replacement on Late Show with David Letterman (1993) after he left for CBS.
13. Attended Carlmont High School in Belmont, CA.
14. Holds the record for having said "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" most often.
15. Appeared on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (1999) in 2000 and won $32,000 for his charity.
16. Is a fan of the band The Village People.
17. Living in Southern California with wife Paula, he fills his house with grown-up toys, likes to shoot baskets and play guitar and drums.
18. Dana's brother Brad is an engineer and a pioneer in the video production field. He developed "Video Toaster", an inexpensive setup for Hollywood quality video making. The character "Garth" from Wayne's World (1992) is based on Dana's brother.
19. When Carvey was a kid, he was a huge Kirk Douglas fan. Carvey credits him as a role model and eventually a mentor and friend as he had the honor of acting with him in the film "Tough Guys". They became very close afterwards.
20. He appeared on the January 16-22, 1993 cover of "TV Guide" along with fellow SNL alumni Phil Hartman doing their presidential parodies. Carvey did George Bush, Sr. and Hartman did Bill Clinton.