John Mulaney Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
All it takes is one drink to mess with the way you drive - it clouds your judgment and slows your reflexes. Don't take any chances. It just isn't worth it.
-
I think of novels in architectural terms. You have to enter at the gate, and this gate must be constructed in such a way that the reader has immediate confidence in the strength of the building.
-
How can something that's 95% water be so divisive? Alone among vegetables, the poor, innocent stick of celery elicits the most vicious attacks.
-
It's ironic that the growth of Scottish nationalism has precipitated in the English the sort of hand-wringing the Scots have always done over who they are.
-
While studying at Barcelona, Ignatius was in doubt whether, after completing his studies, he should enter some Religious Order, or go from place to place, according to his custom. He decided to enter upon the religious life.
-
I think it's natural for a creative to be sensitive. If I'm in the studio and I write something, I think it's the greatest thing in the world; it's like my baby. I just made something out of thin air that exists now in a tangible form. It's the biggest thrill in my life.
-
Usually, I just don't care what I look like. If it's cold, I'm, like, putting on whatever I have to to be warm.
-
When I first started doing comedy years ago, I used to be the biggest Michael Richards fan. I used to love this dude. He was on a TV show called 'Fridays,' and man, he was tall and lanky - and I was tall and lanky. I love physical comedy, and he was a physical comedian, and I said, 'Man, I love this guy.'
-
There's not one major greatest influence on my career. It would be film and great artists and great imagineers - Jim Henson, Walt Disney, Charlie Chaplin, people who understand the joy of the imagination.
-
Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life.
-
I don't think a lot of actors talk about it, but there's usually a process where you essentially purge yourself of the character that you played prior to the movie. That's the first thing. You want to do it.
-
I am attracted to intelligence, a witty sense of humor, an adventurous outlook on life and spiritual awareness about one's self and the world.
-
The only thing I've settled in my mind is that I want to forgive, and forgiveness comes with forgetting.
-
I would say that the woman's ability to multi-task and to be maternal in instinct, it fosters a different approach to the character that makes sense as an actor.
-
There are as many perfections as there are imperfect men. And while to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to the claims of conformity no man may yield and remain free at all.
-
It's quite beyond my powers at my age, and yet I want to succeed in expressing what I feel.
-
Time spent arguing with the faithful is, oddly enough, almost never wasted.
-
When I was younger, I just wanted to be a singer.
-
It is a total treat to get to work with James Cromwell.
-
I’m left doing all the unskilled labor myself, which is exactly when you realize there’s nothing unskilled about labor.
-
We are pleased with the state of predictions and we touched on matters of increasing bilateral trade in both countries Malaysia and Maldives, as well as, looked at opportunities for Malaysian companies to continue participating in the development of Maldives.
-
I get 'The New Yorker,' and I'm usually about three issues behind. But I do catch up. The problem is that it always seems like homework, but then you start reading it and go, 'Why am I not doing this all the time? These are such great stories!' But, yeah, that stack gets so big and dense.
-
I don't make plans anymore. So I'm not living minute to minute.
