Dana Carvey : (4) " I got lucky. I won the San Francisco Stand-Up Comedy Competition in 1977 while I was still at San Francisco State. " - Dana Carvey " The two things that can hurt you are if you need money or if you need fame. Those are the things that can be your Achilles heel. But if you don’t need money and you don’t need fame, then you’re free. " - Dana Carvey " It’s almost like he’s started to sound even more exotic the more people started doing him. I don’t know why, but there’s just something about Al Gore that makes me laugh. " - Dana Carvey " I did a lot of ridiculous television. Between 1980 and ’85 I had no confidence, so I did everything I was told to do. " - Dana Carvey