Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
I've come to be pretty selective about the type of advocacy that I do, because I kind of feel like it's stronger to just do my work and let it speak for itself.
Zach Anner
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Zach Anner
Age: 39
Born: 1984
Born: November 17
Comedian
Screenwriter
Television Producer
Youtuber
Buffalo
New York
Speak
Come
Feel
Feels
Advocacy
Work
Selective
Kind
Stronger
Like
Type
Pretty
More quotes by Zach Anner
The waiter just flashed me something that said, Chew bubblegum. Every morning, when I was about to go to the Oprah competition, my friend used to say this line in a video game to me: It's time to kick ass and chew bubble gum. There's a strict policy that you can't encourage anyone on a reality show, that would give them an edge.
Zach Anner
You can never walk a mile in someone elses shoes, but you can walk a mile in your own and be proud of it.
Zach Anner
Writing was not my medium. I preferred to do video.
Zach Anner
I thought this should be a travel show, because a lot of people with physical disabilities get discouraged.
Zach Anner
What's great about this hotel [Sheraton Universal Hotel in Universal City, CA] is that I stayed here for a month when I was competing on the Oprah reality show. So it's like coming home.
Zach Anner
When I was a kid, I thought I would be an action-movie hero. I was like, They're gonna be able to CGI my legs by that point. And then I realized that it was probably better if I stayed a little closer to who I actually am rather than trying to be Bruce Willis.
Zach Anner
I used to be an insult comic, and I didn't end up liking the way that I felt about myself.
Zach Anner
Most of my work is comedy it's meant to inspire empathy in people and help them find joy.
Zach Anner
I'm currently doing a Soul Pancake show called Top of the Monday, which is basically a good morning news show. It's just me being silly, telling people about good news that's going on in the world, putting them in the mood to start their week.
Zach Anner
You want the world to be set up for you, but sometimes it just isn't.
Zach Anner
If everything was perfect, it would always be a person-first conversation, but whenever I have the opportunity, I lead with my personality. If they're looking and seeing the disability first or the chair first, I know that I have the ability to change that.
Zach Anner
I just love all the music. My grandma was a church organist for 40 years, and she got me into jazz music and great songwriters, Harold Arlen, George Gershwin, all those folks. I can't do it, but I have a profound respect for it.
Zach Anner
Call yourself and define your relationship to your chair the way you want to, or your disability the way you want to.
Zach Anner
I haven't found anything that I've wanted to say that I couldn't do through either the Internet or the reality shows that I've done.
Zach Anner
I didn't feel like I was putting anything good into the world, even though it was funny. I wanted to do something more positive that would have an impact. So even when I'm doing naked push-ups or whatever, it's astounding to see how people respond to it.
Zach Anner
My friends from the University of Texas. I've had the same friends for over a decade. My brother films a lot he usually edits my Workout Wednesdays. All the people who work on my projects are amazing.
Zach Anner
I feel that religion can be used as a tool to guide your life and help you connect with other people.
Zach Anner
I make funny shows and put a positive message out there, showing people who have body image issues that... you don't have to look a certain way.
Zach Anner
There's a tendency to treat anyone with a physical disability as inspiring. I call it a pedestal of prejudice, in that you're lifting people up to dismiss them. My whole thing is bringing us down to everyone else's level and saying we're all the same. The struggle is the same.
Zach Anner
The biggest disabilities are when you sabotage yourself mentally, those personal demons that get on your shoulder and you can't shake 'em.
Zach Anner