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" I miss the New York bagel but miss the New York bialy even more. It's a great compromise of bagel feeling with less dough stuffing. "
Nick Kroll
New York
Great
Feeling
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" When I first got to New York, Comedy Central was the only place to go if you weren't on HBO or network. And then FX, Adult Swim, and other sort of ventures came up, and all of a sudden there were other places to go, and I think Comedy Central is making a concerted effort to become a place where smart, funny weirdoes can come and do their stuff. "
Nick Kroll
New York
Effort
Think
" In high school, I went to a place called the Mountain School. It's on a farm in Vermont, and I read Emerson and Thoreau and ran around the woods. Now I go hiking with a bunch of my comedy buddies. We talk about our emotions. I also do a lot of writing on hikes, just to get the blood flowing and the ideas moving. "
Nick Kroll
Writing
Woods
Mountain
" I wish I was a cool guy and could drink coffee black, but I put almond milk and raw cane sugar in it. "
Nick Kroll
Drink
Wish
Cool
" Usually, one of the first things I think about when I'm developing a character is what they're wearing. I mean, it sounds very cheesy and very actor-y, but it really does help me figure it out. "
Nick Kroll
First
Character
Help
" Comedy is so collaborative. You're going to come up with better jokes with people you like joking around with. It just makes sense. "
Nick Kroll
Like
Better
Comedy
" Wikipedia is a strange thing. Whoever gets there first, you know, they decide. Like the picture: You can't choose it! You can't be like, 'You know, I hate that picture of me doing stand-up from 2005 - that doesn't exemplify who I am.' You take it down, and someone puts it back up. "
Nick Kroll
Hate
Me
Picture
" I'm proud of the work that we did, and my hope is that everyone who worked on 'Kroll Show,' it will be a credit that people will be like, 'Oh, you worked on that show? The word on that show was that it was good.' "
Nick Kroll
Hope
Good
Proud
" Meeting someone you admire, and then that person's like, 'I'm a fan of your work' - it's a really neat feeling. "
Nick Kroll
You
Admire
Fan
" I usually need to read emails to actually wake up. I'll read these and Twitter, and my brain will start to get going about what a narcissistic monster I am. I read on Twitter who is talking about me. I'll also start making jokes for the day based on what I read on Twitter. "
Nick Kroll
Wake Up
Me
I Am
" I do a lot of eavesdropping. That's one of the things I miss about New York: just checking people out. "
Nick Kroll
Things
People
Just
" The first movie that I ever said was my favorite movie - and I've said for the longest - is 'The Producers,' Mel Brooks' original 'Producers.' The two lead performances from Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder are both unstoppable performances and then supported by amazing supporting characters throughout. "
Nick Kroll
Lead
Zero
Two
" I found, especially with stand-up, that if a premise works, you can make the joke work. If a premise doesn't work, you can't force it to. "
Nick Kroll
Work
Found
Joke
" Whether it's corporate investigations or comedy, there are certain inherent truths to trying to get what you want while trying to be a decent person doing it. "
Nick Kroll
Person
Trying
Want
" I feel incredibly lucky at this moment in my career to get paid to do basically exactly what I always wanted to do. I appreciate that in general. But you know, like any job, a job is a job, and there are days that are going to be boring, or you have a boss you don't like, or people you work with. "
Nick Kroll
Know
Moment
People
" Fantasy football has changed how I watch football because now every game is interesting start to finish. Even when its the Browns and Lions. "
Nick Kroll
Now
Football
Interesting
" Really, I just love doing comedy. Any form it takes is great, as long as I can keep doing it, you know? If I can do my show and 'The League' while also getting to do other bits, that's awesome. "
Nick Kroll
Know
Doing
Great
" Between podcasts and places like Funny or Die or CollegeHumor, there are so many venues to get the word out. It makes it difficult in that there's a never-ending desire for content, so you have to constantly be turning stuff out, but that makes you better and more prolific in general. "
Nick Kroll
Die
Desire
Content
" Contrary to widespread belief, I do know something about science. "
Nick Kroll
Belief
Know
Science
" I guess there should be somewhere on the Internet that feels like a source of sacred truth. But Wikipedia sure isn't it. "
Nick Kroll
Somewhere
Internet
Like
" I won't share everything, both in my act or in interviews. Some of the people who become the most famous are the most self-revelatory, and I'm like, 'No, it's just not worth it to me.' "
Nick Kroll
Worth
Worth It
Famous
" In, like, seventh or eighth grade every day after school, my friend Andrew and I would watch 'Wayne's World.' And I think it's a great example of a sketch effectively turned into a movie and a story that really works with a good journey. Not easily accomplished, but such a good journey. "
Nick Kroll
Think
Great
Good
" If you talk to most ambitious people, people who are high achievers, they're rarely at peace with what they're doing because they need an engine to keep moving. "
Nick Kroll
Doing
Need
Peace
" I think, in storytelling, people want to see triumph, and so it's usually nice to start with failure and see someone somehow rise above it. People like to see people try. And they like to see people fail for comedy, and they like to see people succeed for the drama and emotion. "
Nick Kroll
Start
Succeed
Failure
" I don't like downtime, and I just am too insecure that I'll not work again if I don't start the ball rolling on the next round of things. Everything takes so long to make and come to fruition. "
Nick Kroll
Everything
Long
Start
" I think a lot of podcasts have a lot of amazing character work. Seth Morris does this amazing character, Boch Duco, which I think is one of the funniest, most well-realized characters that I've ever seen or heard. "
Nick Kroll
Think
Amazing
Character
" I think my goal was just to do comedy, honestly. It still is. Whatever form that took or takes, it doesn't matter. "
Nick Kroll
Matter
Comedy
Goal
" My friends, we all improvise together usually. So we write what I think is a good script but always leave a lot of room to find stuff on the day; and we always do find something. That's the advantage to having actors who are, in their own right, writers. "
Nick Kroll
Think
Friends
Good
" You have to have a first job to learn how to act, do interviews, pose for photo shoots, and negotiate how you'll say lines with writers. My first network show, 'Cavemen,' just happened to be one that was culturally reviled. "
Nick Kroll
Say
Job
Learn
" For me, I was literally trying to stay afloat. I never actually thought I would get my own sketch show. So the idea that one day I would have my own show is pretty wild. But once I got it, I thought, 'Yeah, this is exactly what I always wanted to do.' "
Nick Kroll
Thought
Wild
Me
" I'm a good uncle, but I'm not a great caretaker. I feel oftentimes pretty selfish within the relationships I have with my siblings and, historically, with what I give back versus what I've taken over the years. "
Nick Kroll
Good
Uncle
Selfish