Quote of the Day: Brian Stack

On Chris Farley:

"In addition to being incredibly hilarious onstage, Chris was often just as funny offstage. For example, if a pretty woman was walking by us in the street, he would sometimes drop down right in front of her and start doing push-ups, saying, '…a hundred and ninety-eight…a hundred and ninety-nine….'

"When we handed out show flyers on State Street, he would often say something really confusing to the person he was handing the flyer to, like 'See more of your family! He would also sometimes stand in the lobby after one of our shows and enthusiastically shout, 'Great job, folks!' to audience members as they were leaving the theatre. Maybe you had to be there to really appreciate all that stuff, but the effortless comic energy he had, and the total commitment he gave to everything were always amazing to see.

"Chris obviously had some personal demons, but he was a wonderful, big-hearted person. I remember when they had a memorial service here in New York for Chris right after he died, I noticed a bunch of old people there. I assumed they were relatives of Chris’s, but it turned out that they were old people that Chris used to visit through the Church every week when he lived in New York. He would just go to lonely old people’s apartments every week to make them laugh, talk with them, bring them some lunch, whatever. He never told anyone about it or publicized it. He just did it because he was a great person. Unfortunately, they don’t put that kind of stuff in the newspapers."

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