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" It feels like every day or two, people on Twitter and the Internet are outraged about something. "
Demetri Martin
Internet
Every Day
People
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" I like stand-up. But I'd also like a family and house and a yard. I want to work with a lot of people, have colleagues; and on good film sets, there's people there that work with the same people for years and years. I love that collaborative spirit in that medium. Comedy is a lot more solitary. "
Demetri Martin
Love
People
Work
" And as far as actors go, Peter Sellers is my all-time favorite. "
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Far
Go
Favorite
" Okay, so, when I was a kid, definitely the drawings and the illustration. Then I stopped in sixth grade or so. And then I started again when I was in my twenties. I really didn't progress since then, so the way I draw is the way I drew in sixth grade. "
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Way
Progress
Again
" Let no man's deathbed be a futon. "
Demetri Martin
Deathbed
Man
" I've often liked a girl, made her laugh, and thought she liked me, and then found out that she didn't like me that way. I've definitely done time in the friend zone. "
Demetri Martin
Laugh
Me
Thought
" The worst time to have a heart attack is during a game of charades. "
Demetri Martin
Heart
Time
Worst
" There's a store in my neighborhood called Futon World. I like that name, 'Futon World.' Makes me think of a magical place that gets less and less comfortable over time. "
Demetri Martin
World
Me
Name
" The comedians I liked were Bill Cosby and Steven Wright, like just always as a comedic actor. I always liked Gary Larson, who's really funny for a cartoonist, obviously. "
Demetri Martin
Actor
Like
Funny
" But long story short, I didn't start doing stand-up because I wanted to have a TV show or be an actor or even wanted to write sketch comedy. I got into stand-up because I love stand-up. "
Demetri Martin
Long
Story
Doing
" I love women, but I feel like you can't trust some of them. Some of them are liars, you know? Like I was in the park and I met this girl, she was cute and she had a dog. And I went up to her, we started talking. She told me her dog's name. Then I said, 'Does he bite?' She said, 'No.' And I said, 'Oh yeah? Then how does he eat?' Liar. "
Demetri Martin
Girl
Love
Pet
" Whenever I'm on my computer, I don't type 'lol'. I type 'lqtm' - laugh quietly to myself. It's more honest. "
Demetri Martin
Laugh
More
Computer
" I think, at first blush, the '60s always enticed me. There's something about the '60s, it's not hard to like it. "
Demetri Martin
Hard
Always
Blush
" I didn't do improv in college, I never performed, I didn't do theater either. I was in student government, I was a history major. "
Demetri Martin
Government
College
History
" It's very easy to go through your whole life and never really get anything done or have any real meaningful interactions or relationships. All of a sudden you're dead, and I'm going to say that's got to be a letdown. "
Demetri Martin
Done
Go
Easy
" I got into stand-up because I love stand-up. Specifically in stand-up, I love jokes. I love short, structured ideas and a punch line. "
Demetri Martin
Punch
Line
Short
" I love Steven Wright. I was in high school in the '80s, and there was a lot of stand up on television. "
Demetri Martin
Love
School
Up
" I think that when you get dressed in the morning, sometimes you're really making a decision about your behavior for the day. Like if you put on flipflops, you're saying: 'Hope I don't get chased today.' 'Be nice to people in sneakers.' "
Demetri Martin
Decision
Today
Morning
" I know about Woodstock probably as much as your average person who is over 30, where I'd know Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead. "
Demetri Martin
Average
Grateful
Person
" I am completely attracted to the idea of simplicity, or at least removing things that seem unnecessary when trying to get an idea out there. "
Demetri Martin
I Am
Out
Trying
" People and squirrels are very different. Most people will not argue that. But I find that there is one situation in which they're very similar. And that is: when I am driving towards them in my car. Then they're kind of hard to tell apart - especially if the human is kind of hairy. "
Demetri Martin
Car
Driving
I Am
" I have fun acting, and I want to do more of it, and I want to direct my own movie. "
Demetri Martin
My Own
Acting
Want
" I was a good student when I was a kid, and I did everything I was supposed to do, and I got A's. "
Demetri Martin
Kid
Did
Everything
" I was walking in the park and this guy waved at me. Then he said, 'I'm sorry, I thought you were someone else.' I said, 'I am.' "
Demetri Martin
You
Me
I Am
" If I have to move up in a building, I choose the elevator over the escalator. Because one time I was riding the escalator and I tripped. I fell down the stairs for an hour and a half. "
Demetri Martin
Choose
Building
Time
" I keep a lighter in my back pocket all the time. I'm not a smoker, I just really like certain songs. "
Demetri Martin
Keep
Like
Songs
" I tend to avoid televisions, politics, and places with velvet ropes. "
Demetri Martin
Places
Politics
Velvet
" A lot of people don't like bumper stickers. I don't mind bumper stickers. To me a bumper sticker is a shortcut. It's like a little sign that says 'Hey, let's never hang out.' "
Demetri Martin
Like
Mind
Never
" I think a lot of stuff I find funny is from day dreaming. "
Demetri Martin
Think
Stuff
Dreaming
" My plumbing is all screwed up. Because it turns out, I do not own a garbage disposal. "
Demetri Martin
Garbage
Because
Own
" Nothing wise was ever printed upon an apron. "
Demetri Martin
Printed
Wise
Nothing