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My grandmother was a church organist, but we only went on Easter and Christmas Eve sometimes.

Zach Anner

My grandmother was a church organist, but we only went on Easter and Christmas Eve sometimes.

Tags: church, grandmother

Over the years, I've learned that a sense of humor is the only skill that allows you to turn sucking at life into a career.

Zach Anner

Over the years, I've learned that a sense of humor is the only skill that allows you to turn sucking at life into a career.

Tags: life, you, skill

About Author
Zach Anner (born November 17, 1984) is an American comedian, actor, and writer with cerebral palsy who gained worldwide attention with the submission of a video to Oprah Winfrey's "Search for the Next TV Star" competition. He won his own TV show on OWN through Oprah's Your OWN Show: Oprah's Search for the Next TV Star. His wheelchair travel show, Rollin' With Zach, premiered December 12, 2011. Zach recently wrote for and guest-starred on the ABC-TV sitcom Speechless, which is centered on a teenager with cerebral palsy.

My childhood was great because my family has an amazing sense of humor, and it was just all making videos and jokes and doing skits and things.

Zach Anner

My childhood was great because my family has an amazing sense of humor, and it was just all making videos and jokes and doing skits and things.

Tags: family, great, childhood

My parents and my brother instilled in me my sense of humor. That's kind of the way we communicate with each other, and it's always been a way for me to get to know people.

Zach Anner

My parents and my brother instilled in me my sense of humor. That's kind of the way we communicate with each other, and it's always been a way for me to get to know people.

Tags: brother, parents, me

Depending on where my self-confidence was, growing up, I would use humor either to bring people closer, or to keep them away from certain feelings I had.

Zach Anner

Depending on where my self-confidence was, growing up, I would use humor either to bring people closer, or to keep them away from certain feelings I had.

Tags: self confidence, people

Humor disarms people. It opens them up to starting a dialogue about things they wouldn't normally talk about. I don't understand how people who don't have a sense of humor get through life.

Zach Anner

Humor disarms people. It opens them up to starting a dialogue about things they wouldn't normally talk about. I don't understand how people who don't have a sense of humor get through life.

Tags: life, people, sense of humor

Even when something sad or tragic happens, I find a way to look at it in a positive light. People who don't have a sense of humor must be so sad all the time.

Zach Anner

Even when something sad or tragic happens, I find a way to look at it in a positive light. People who don't have a sense of humor must be so sad all the time.

Tags: positive, time, light

It's amazing how many companies aren't really in tune to the needs of different travelers. There's just so many embarrassing situations that you go through when you travel. You have to have a sense of...

Zach Anner

It's amazing how many companies aren't really in tune to the needs of different travelers. There's just so many embarrassing situations that you go through when you travel. You have to have a sense of...

Tags: travel, amazing, you

Over the years, I learned that in my career, unlike in life, sometimes my wheelchair is its own automatic door opener. I was able to win the OWN competition by applying one simple principle: be funny,...

Zach Anner

Over the years, I learned that in my career, unlike in life, sometimes my wheelchair is its own automatic door opener. I was able to win the OWN competition by applying one simple principle: be funny,...

Tags: funny, life, words

When I was five years old, I auditioned for the role of 'Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol.'

Zach Anner

When I was five years old, I auditioned for the role of 'Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol.'

Tags: years, old, role

I'd wanted to be famous for as long as I could remember.

Zach Anner

I'd wanted to be famous for as long as I could remember.

Tags: long, remember, wanted

Religion is something we don't talk about, and it is used by uneducated people as a weapon to divide us as opposed to connect with each other.

Zach Anner

Religion is something we don't talk about, and it is used by uneducated people as a weapon to divide us as opposed to connect with each other.

Tags: people, connect, talk

Spontaneity is what travel is all about.

Zach Anner

Spontaneity is what travel is all about.

Tags: spontaneity, about