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" 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
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" I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates. "
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" We try and reflect that there's a lot of optimism, there's a lot of positive things that are happening in 'Silicon Valley'. "
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" I do like the idea of being an auteur in the sense of writing and being in your own stuff. "
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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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" I can't stand Snapchat, but that will be extinct before it is relevant. "
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" It is good to connect to someone who reminds you that you have some real authenticity. "
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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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Crazy
" I was the Head Boy of East High School in 1999. I represent 303 - the area code, not the band - Mile High, until I die. I'm 31, a comedian; I juggle, but I don't glove it. I think waxed mustaches run a very thin line between hipster and 1800s barkeep. "
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" It's always fun to agree to be in a movie when you have no idea what it's actually going to be! "
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" I sound like a chain-smoking drag queen after a hard night of singing 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon'. "
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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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" Listen to my voice - I sound like I'm permanently congested. "
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Voice
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Sound
" My father really told me, seriously, if you want something, you can have it, but you may have to work harder than anyone else around you. "
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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. "
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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 don't believe in alcohol. It's a sort of a medicinal necessity for the human condition, none of that stuff. I'm not a gambling man. "
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" Funny is as funny does, and funny puts on a walrus mask and slowly gyrates in a mall food court. I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates. "
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" There is no place for a person like me in a world that only takes itself seriously. Satire is so necessary but fairly ineffective. "
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" I have perfectly symmetrical ankles. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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 know that I would host the Golden Globes or the Emmys because I don't think they have the appreciation for irreverence that the Critics Choice does. "
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" 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. "
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