Nicholas Stoller Quotes
And writing comedy and it really taught me how to kind of like craft jokes, it sounds like weird but really focus on crafting jokes and trying to make the writing really sharp. At the same time I did improv comedy in college, and that helped with understanding the performance aspect of comedy, you know, because it's different when you improv something vs. when you write it and they're both kind of part of my process now.
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I'm trying to work in studio movies, but they won't hire me.
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I took English courses in college, but I don't have an English degree. I have a degree in economics.
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Honor wears different coats to different eyes.
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There's no better satisfaction than writing. I feel that writing is the best and everything else comes with it.
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My arm bones looked like chicken bones.
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You don't want to end up living a horribly narcissistic life, do you? And everything about fame and celebrity sort of suggests that kind of fate.
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And writing comedy and it really taught me how to kind of like craft jokes, it sounds like weird but really focus on crafting jokes and trying to make the writing really sharp. At the same time I did improv comedy in college, and that helped with understanding the performance aspect of comedy, you know, because it's different when you improv something vs. when you write it and they're both kind of part of my process now.
