Editing Colin Quinn (section)

==Early life==
Quinn was born on June 6, 1959, in the [[Park Slope, Brooklyn|Park Slope]] neighborhood of [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]], where he was raised, the son of teachers.<ref name="filmref">{{cite web | url= http://www.filmreference.com/film/65/Colin-Quinn.html | title=Colin Quinn Biography (1959-)| publisher=FilmReference.com | access-date= June 11, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.askmen.com/celebs/interview_60/99b_colin_quinn_interview.html| title= Colin Quinn...Irish Comic Standing| publisher= (interview) AskMen.com| date= n.d.| page= 2| access-date= June 11, 2015| quote= I grew up in Brooklyn, mixed area...| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170409122937/http://www.askmen.com/celebs/interview_60/99b_colin_quinn_interview.html| archive-date= April 9, 2017| url-status= dead}}</ref><!--He graduated from [[John Dewey High School]].--> He is of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent. Quinn's paternal grandparents arrived from [[Belfast]] around 1920.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/irish-american-stand-up-colin-quinn-appears-in-jerry-seinfieldss-new-one-man-show-96485429-237700321.html|title=Irish American stand up Colin Quinn's one man show will take New York by storm|date=June 16, 2010|website=IrishCentral.com}}</ref> He attended [[Stony Brook University]], in [[Stony Brook, New York|Stony Brook]], [[Long Island]], but did not graduate.<ref>{{cite news | url =http://www.danspapers.com/2011/06/colin-quinn-talks-with-dans/ | title= Colin Quinn Talks With Dan's! | date=June 2, 2011 | first= David| last= Rattiner| work= [[Dan's Papers]] | publisher= Manhattan Media LLC | location = [[Southampton, New York]] | quote =  In college I stayed on Long Island and went to Stony Brook University. ... I only lasted there a few years, but I never graduated.}}</ref> He stopped drinking in the early 1980s after several bad experiences with alcohol, including blackouts and arrests.<ref>Quinn interview, AskMen.com, [http://www.askmen.com/toys/interview_60/99_colin_quinn_interview.html p. 1]</ref>