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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. "
T. J. Miller
World
Seriously
Place
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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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Appreciation
Think
Know
" 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. "
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Me
Phone
Man
" 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. "
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Know
Way
" 'Yogi Bear' changed my life in ways that I can't explain because it's not a full feature on me. 'Yogi Bear' - there's everything before 'Yogi Bear,' and there's everything after 'Yogi Bear.' Like a major car accident, or the birth of Christ. "
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My Life
Bear
Me
" I don't sit and write stand-up material; I come up with an idea onstage. "
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Sit
Write
Up
" 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. "
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Own
Myself
Me
" Every time I could possibly be doing stand up, I am. "
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I Am
Stand
Up
" I like hip-hop, but I don't like concerts. There's, like, sweat on people's backs. "
T. J. Miller
People
Concerts
Hip-Hop
" 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. "
T. J. Miller
Remember
Meaning
Trying
" I feel like I've forcefully been thrust into the tech world, and I've enjoyed every minute of it. "
T. J. Miller
I Feel Like
Feel
Like
" We're not a nation divided: we're a nation broken, and anything broken can be fixed. "
T. J. Miller
Broken
Anything
Fixed
" It's always fun to agree to be in a movie when you have no idea what it's actually going to be! "
T. J. Miller
Idea
Going
Fun
" I told the Mucinex people, 'You picked me because I always sound sick'. They were like, 'Well, it doesn't hurt'. "
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People
Me
Hurt
" I love Denver. "
T. J. Miller
Love
I Love
Denver
" I do comedy to give people an ephemeral escape from the tragedy that permeates everyday life. "
T. J. Miller
Escape
Tragedy
People
" I think I'm just a comedian who's a pretty good con man, and I don't see that changing any time soon. "
T. J. Miller
Time
Man
Pretty
" Mike Judge is my Jonathan Swift, and I say that because I don't know any other satirists. But the problem with satire is that it's so easily misinterpreted. "
T. J. Miller
Other
Say
Satire
" I actually prefer Twitter as a medium, and I also got into Periscope for a second, but I'm still trying to figure out what to do with it. I can't figure out if the only important thing about it is the live broadcast, or if it's an interesting kind of way to log what you do. "
T. J. Miller
Interesting
Kind
Live
" To become the best comedian, I must be well-rounded. "
T. J. Miller
Best
Well-Rounded
Become
" I think it is very important to be a method actor. "
T. J. Miller
Method
I Think
Important
" 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. "
T. J. Miller
Done
Bad
People
" I don't prepare for anything very well. I am not a good actor. I don't read scripts. "
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Actor
I Am
Prepare
" 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
" 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
" There's nothing I would love more than to host an awards show where I'm nominated for an award - that is so funny to me. "
T. J. Miller
Nothing
Award
Awards
" To be honest, I would never have imagined myself acting on a sitcom that I didn't write. "
T. J. Miller
Myself
Write
Never
" J. P. Morgan. He was kind of a douche. "
T. J. Miller
Kind
He
Morgan
" 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
" 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