About Carrot Top: Scott Thompson is an American stand-up comedian, actor, director, producer, writer, and singer, best known for his bright red hair, prop comedy, and self-deprecating humor.
I was the class clown at school, but at home, my family wasn't very funny.
I have a home in Orlando. That's kind of my default 'getaway' city.
I do go through a mini depression because one minute there are people yelling and screaming for me on stage and the next I'm at home and it's dead quiet. So it takes a while to come down.
My manager has a car payment, so I work every night.
It's weird, I never wish anything bad upon anybody, except two or three old girlfriends.
I've always wanted to do a segment on a talk show. Jay Leno has been such a good friend, and if he would allow me, I'd have to get it all together, but I'd like to go on 'The Tonight Show' and do a set with no props. Or come out with a trunk and neve...
Almost every day, someone asks if I ever flat iron my hair. I say, 'No, because I'm afraid it wouldn't look good and wouldn't come back curly.'
Me in drag is kind of scary, actually. It's frightening. I actually look pretty good.
I had a Neighborhood Crime Watch sign in my dorm wall in college. People would come in and laugh at it. 'Where did you get it?' 'I took it. How good is their Neighborhood Crime Watch if they can't even watch their sign?'
So I try not to look too far into the future because I think that everything happens and will happen for a reason.
I always think everyone else is funnier than me. I look at other comedians and I say, 'I wish I was that good.' People think I'm funny, and I say, 'I'm not.'
I've experienced plenty of times when something I think is funny doesn't do very well. And there are times when something I don't think is funny makes the audience laugh so hard.
In movies, you don't get reactions: Live, when you do a joke, you know in a second whether it's good or bad. But in a movie, since no one is allowed to laugh or do anything, when you're done with a scene, you're left asking, 'Was that funny?'
I love to shop, especially in retro stores. I have about a million pairs of old-school sports shoes like Adidas, so that's probably my biggest vice.
I'd love to be animated. I've always wanted to jump off of a bridge and not be hurt, like Bugs Bunny.
Carrot Top is a nickname that people call me and I thought that it was more marketable.
I always thought marketing in general was an interesting kind of thing. I always liked commercials and billboards.
I never looked at Gallagher like he was a threat to me.
I think the more you do this and the more comfortable you become on stage, you start speaking more and becoming more of a character in yourself.
I think, over the years, I've kind of evolved.
