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" I can't stand Snapchat, but that will be extinct before it is relevant. "
T. J. Miller
Stand
Relevant
Before
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" I'm always so amazed by which performances work really, really well and which ones don't. But I think it's just mostly, 'She's Out Of My League,' so many people saw that movie on DVD and on the plane. Just millions of people saw that movie. That's the reason I'm somewhat famous. "
T. J. Miller
Work
People
Famous
" When you get into a car, and there's trash, or it's dirty, or one of the hubcaps is off, you're like, 'Come on, dude.' Every woman likes the confidence and self-respect that says, 'I get oil changes. I look after my vehicle.' That's what I recommend: Act like you don't care, but take care of your body. "
T. J. Miller
Car
Look
Body
" We try and reflect that there's a lot of optimism, there's a lot of positive things that are happening in 'Silicon Valley'. "
T. J. Miller
Positive
Optimism
Valley
" Everybody asks me what it was like to be in my underwear for my network television debut. "
T. J. Miller
Debut
Like
Me
" I know about the tech industry in that I follow what apps are hot and software development. I know my way around different browsers. I know how to restart a computer. "
T. J. Miller
Follow
Know
Way
" Life is hard. Not great. Kind of tragic. "
T. J. Miller
Life
Hard
Kind
" Stuff that I write isn't as similar to the stuff that I'm in, but I don't really care. I just do comedy. "
T. J. Miller
Comedy
Really
Stuff
" I acted in high school and studied at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford for one summer. I minored in theater, and I was always acting growing up and stuff, but really, I was just more interested in the comedy of it all. So for me, it's always comedy, and then acting is just one medium of comedy. "
T. J. Miller
Me
American
Summer
" I care less about selling tickets and getting Twitter followers than I do about making as many people laugh as I can. I'd rather make people laugh than make them know who T.J. Miller is. "
T. J. Miller
Rather
Care
Laugh
" It's okay to take yourself too seriously if you're a serious actor and you've got the scrubs on. And then with me, it's kind of like, well, I'm a comedian, I'm making fun of everybody and everything. And I'm making fun of myself. I'm having fun making fun of and for other people. "
T. J. Miller
Myself
Having Fun
Yourself
" I'm a stand-up. I'm never worried about getting my next role. That's never distressing to me. "
T. J. Miller
About
Role
Next
" People dream their whole lives of their Oscar speech; I dreamt my whole life of hosting the Oscars. "
T. J. Miller
Life
Dream
Speech
" My father always said I have a face for radio, and 'Cloverfield' was one of my finest pieces of work. "
T. J. Miller
Face
Work
Radio
" Comedy gives you a shot of euphoria that distracts you from everything that's awful. "
T. J. Miller
You
Euphoria
Everything
" I consider myself a fairly ethical individual while I do have a lot of dichotomies within me. We're all victims of our own hypocrisy at times. "
T. J. Miller
Own
Myself
Me
" I don't prepare for anything very well. I am not a good actor. I don't read scripts. "
T. J. Miller
Actor
I Am
Prepare
" I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates. "
T. J. Miller
Stories
Absurdity
Hardest
" I wouldn't want to be Superman. Batman would be cool. But the one I've always wanted to play is the Joker. There is a maniacal and dangerous side to me. "
T. J. Miller
Me
Cool
Dangerous
" I love mispronunciations. I love when people mispronounce things. "
T. J. Miller
Things
People
Love
" I do comedy to give people an ephemeral escape from the tragedy that permeates everyday life. "
T. J. Miller
Escape
Tragedy
People
" I told the Mucinex people, 'You picked me because I always sound sick'. They were like, 'Well, it doesn't hurt'. "
T. J. Miller
People
Me
Hurt
" I feel a strong affinity to Ke$ha and Katy Perry and a lot of these women who are really pushing the girl power femme fatale thing. It's fun, and it's unapologetic, and they tell women they can do whatever they want, and that's true, and that's a message that I want to carry, to tell girls they can do whatever they want. "
T. J. Miller
Power
True
Strong
" Most things I get hired on, I get hired because I improvise something funny, or they just think I look weird. "
T. J. Miller
Look
Funny
Just
" My face is oblong. But the best grooming is confidence. "
T. J. Miller
Grooming
Face
Confidence
" Mucinex were like, 'Would you like to be the Mucinex man? You sound like you're sick right now'. In each spot, they give me a little bit of room to do something strange. And in a world of fractured mediums, where there is no zeitgeist, and you get your comedy from your phone, it's all content. "
T. J. Miller
Me
Phone
Man
" I think it is very important to be a method actor. "
T. J. Miller
Method
I Think
Important
" I do like the idea of being an auteur in the sense of writing and being in your own stuff. "
T. J. Miller
Idea
Writing
Sense
" I would say that awards are for children. Because children need a tangible representation of their achievement. And as adults, you have to settle for the respect and admiration of your peers. "
T. J. Miller
Respect
Children
You
" Effective satire has to be almost identical to the subject that it is skewering. "
T. J. Miller
Almost
Effective
Satire
" There is no place for a person like me in a world that only takes itself seriously. Satire is so necessary but fairly ineffective. "
T. J. Miller
World
Seriously
Place