Backfired Quotes

I think there's a form of honesty, because I used to be very honest with the press, and then it backfired on me, and I understood it.

If I've inadvertently become some sort of role model for failed comedians, then it's really backfired very badly on me.

I think that President Obama is beginning to realize that a lot of his plans have backfired.

You know what? I did a lot of things that were deliberate, and they all backfired. I was trying desperately to become Will Ferrell or Adam Sandler, and it did not work for me. I took a lot of leaps that I shouldn't have, traditionally speaking. I paid the price for that. I was not as hire-able for a while. But then I just gave all that up.

I mean, I didn't - I should have demanded attention of the boss maybe, or something like that that might have backfired. This I would just take as it came.