Eugene Mirman Quotes
For a short period of time, I was like, I have these jokes and if people get them, they get them. And then eventually, I was like, Oh no. It's absolutely my job to convey to people why what I think is funny, is funny. The whole point of standup is to get the audience to understand your weird point of view.
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There isn't much room for an outsider point of view in print any more.
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I will stand up for a girl who is being harassed or bullied for choosing to wear revealing clothes. I will stand up for that!
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Stand-up, by far, is my favorite.
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Popular ideas about AIDS are based on a hypothesis that does not stand up to scientific scrutiny.
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Every film is a puzzle really, from an editorial point of view.
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Fat jokes to me are always, always hilarious, as long as they're done towards yourself.
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I would never do anything to undermine my husband's point of view.
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Most jokes state a bitter truth.
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We actually talked about Adam Sandler during the creation of 'Trolls,' because he does know how to time jokes.
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People have a comic bent or an angularity to their thinking, and those are the people who make jokes. And it's usually people who were in an environment, when they were young, where jokes were at a premium, or at least considered important to a life. My parents always listened to the comedy radio shows, we went to the comedy movies, and my parents appreciated comedy. So kids listen and follow what their parents like.
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If you don't like being attacked for your point of view, you shouldn't be in politics in the first place.
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I'll be the first to admit it, the life I'm leading is basically a joke. I should probably be cooler about it, but I can't fake it, you know?
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The older you get, the funnier fart jokes are.
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You might like it as a joke or because you liked it then, but there isn't a whole new generation discovering Wham!.
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I always hate telling my jokes in print 'cause I always feel like it reads so not funny and people read it and they think, 'Oh, so that's what that guy does in his stand-up? That's terrible.'
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America won't be saved because one or 10 people stand up. It will be saved because millions of us stand up.
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It would be a bitter cosmic joke if we destroy ourselves due to atrophy of the imagination.
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My friends joke that I’m dead until I get onstage. I’m dead right now as you’re speaking to me.
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I like the sound of my voice, doesn't mean it's any good but I like it. The joke is that "all good singers like the sound of their own voice" so we'll go with that.
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I never liked socially conscious rap. I like rap that's physical, that's about a beat and bass and repetition.
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I guess, - a greater number of the 26 or so albums that I've made are known in Europe than they are in America.
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For a short period of time, I was like, I have these jokes and if people get them, they get them. And then eventually, I was like, Oh no. It's absolutely my job to convey to people why what I think is funny, is funny. The whole point of standup is to get the audience to understand your weird point of view.
