Nick Swardson Quotes

Being a good comedian is a skill, but it's also a weird thing that only certain people can do. I always equate it to surgeons and how they can just cut people open and operate. Certain people are just wired differently, and I feel like comics are the same way.

Nick Swardson

• Good
• Comedian
• Wired

Once you realize you can make people laugh, it's a superpower. When you're really young, you don't know how to use that power, so I would just say the meanest things I could to get a laugh. I was so awful. I would make fun of kids who didn't deserve to get made fun of. I was just mean, when I was really young. You don't realize that you don't have to be mean to be funny. But, it was something that I was just able to grow into.

Nick Swardson

• Laugh
• Make
• Superpower

The key to comedy is commitment - if you're afraid, you shouldn't be a comedian.

Nick Swardson

• Commitment
• Key
• Comedian

I have no problem doing gay stuff, I really don't care.

Nick Swardson

• Problem
• Care
• Gay

I was always pretty good at adapting to my situations. My act was never that inside, where it was like, "Okay, they're either going to get this or they're not."

Nick Swardson

• Act
• Situations
• Adapting

It's rare that I've read a script where I'm like, "Oh, my god, it's hilarious!" All you want is a good skeleton and good characters. Then, you can go, "Okay, I can bring a lot to this. I can improvise and I can create something out of this."

Nick Swardson

• Create
• Characters
• Script

It's hard to give someone advice when you're an institution. I don't really put a lot of pressure on it - I'm just open to doing stuff that's challenging.

Nick Swardson

• Pressure
• Open
• Challenging

I would eventually like to write and star in my own stuff. I think I have a good comedic sense, so I'd like to follow that road. I don't know what the future holds, but whatever I do, I'll commit.

Nick Swardson

• Write
• Sense
• Follow

Babies are like the smallest, drunkest people you know.

Nick Swardson

• Small
• Drunk
• Babies

I always write and create. I'm never not creating. I'm always creating a show, every year, whether it gets picked up or not. I always sell a pilot or an idea. I like to be in control.

Nick Swardson

• Idea
• Creating
• Pilot