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" I consider everybody who takes themselves seriously to be a little bit off. And Silicon Valley seems to be the most effusive about how important their contributions are to society. "
T. J. Miller
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" It's much better to wreak havoc on a show and be a maniac than promote myself. Plugs and anecdotes aren't really in line with my beliefs. Besides, if someone sees me on a morning show and thinks, 'That's not funny; this guy is crazy,' then I don't want them to come to the show anyway. "
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" Some people in Silicon Valley are as bad as the 'Koch Brothers', you know? Don't be mistaken. For every some of those, though, you get people who come up with something like 'Leafly', which does what 'Yelp' has done, but in a much more specific way, and it's important because it's the dawn of this new era. "
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" There's sketch, improv, writing, acting, music, and badminton. Those are the seven forms of comedy. But I do like the idea of being an auteur in the sense of writing and being in your own stuff. "
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" I think I'm just a comedian who's a pretty good con man, and I don't see that changing any time soon. "
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" My face is oblong. But the best grooming is confidence. "
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" I love writing but not crazy meticulous/prepared enough to be a director. I'd work as a gaffer on something. "
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" I like hip-hop, but I don't like concerts. There's, like, sweat on people's backs. "
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" I don't know how much the economy has changed since Jonathan Swift's 'A Modest Proposal.' "
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" I always like to have a buffer between me and journalism in general. Not just a reporter, but journalism. "
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" 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. "
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" Effective satire has to be almost identical to the subject that it is skewering. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I have perfectly symmetrical ankles. "
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" We're not a nation divided: we're a nation broken, and anything broken can be fixed. "
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" I do comedy to give people an ephemeral escape from the tragedy that permeates everyday life. "
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" To be honest, I would never have imagined myself acting on a sitcom that I didn't write. "
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" I feel like I've forcefully been thrust into the tech world, and I've enjoyed every minute of it. "
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" Hosting is a thankless job. "
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" Always remember: My general theme is 'There is no message.' There never has been. Stop trying to find the message or the meaning in everything. That's. My. Theme. "
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" It doesn't matter to me if I'm in love with my performance, so I watch all of my performances to understand and learn from them and figure out what's working and what's not. And I see the movies that I'm in in the theater a lot. "
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" Every time I could possibly be doing stand up, I am. "
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" Slowly but surely, I went through different phases of fame, and each rises you further into isolation and alienation. "
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" I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates. "
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" 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. "
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" If you're a psychologist, you can instrumentally change peoples lives for the better. But you can only do that for about 300 people to maybe a thousand people - if you're really prolific and you're working really hard. "
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" I try to be an ethical, moral person and a nice person, and I like to have that reflected in my comedy. I'm not a mean comedian, and I don't think that my comedy is mean. I think that for the most part, it's more focused on the diversity that we all handle and try to provide a distraction from the disaster of modern living. "
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" I don't prepare for anything very well. I am not a good actor. I don't read scripts. "
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" People dream their whole lives of their Oscar speech; I dreamt my whole life of hosting the Oscars. "
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