Brett Gelman Quotes
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I've wanted to be a comedian since I was a kid, and my parents were very supportive of that.
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I think comedy is incredibly discriminated against. It is one of the most enjoyed yet most condescended art forms in the world. It's the same thing with hip-hop.
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I honestly don't see how anyone can view the GOP and the Right as anything but evil.
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The Producers is my favorite movie, and my favorite performances of all time are Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder, and I feel like I strive to be a combination of those two guys.
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We have to laugh at how hard life can be and how screwed up we can be at times.
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It's actually just as cool to be on television as to be in a movie, and nobody's ashamed of this back and forth.
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I love taking on roles that other people have written for me just as much as I take on writing - just not as much of a, Oh, that guy. I want people to start saying, Oh, Brett Gelman's new piece is coming out. That's a Brett Gelman movie. That's a a Brett Gelman show.
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Loss is a part of life, unfortunately, and you've got to just deal with it.
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A lot of times, comedic actors are discriminated against. People just assume they can't do something other than what they do, rather than thinking, 'Oh, wait - doing what they do normally is really hard.
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I love Seinfeld. That was not alternative. You can't get more in mainstream than that.
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I think that liberal straight white men really need to stop patting themselves on the back for what they think they think and actually take a look at their actions.
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There's a certain order to network shows that doesn't exist so much in cable, which is, you know, if you want to change a line you've got to talk to the writer.
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Nobody wants to see a woman on screen who is a wreck. That is pure, unadulterated, systemic misogyny.
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I would say that is the beauty of Adult Swim is that they're always pushing forward from what they've done in the past, and they're always just trying different styles.
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I've always been an actor. I've always approached all my comedy as an actor.
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Gilbert Gottfried, I think, is just the most underappreciated comedian in the world. I think that he doesn't get enough credit for how funny he is.
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Comedy is all about the character. When you're too focused on the gags, the character suffers, and you don't get the laugh. Comedy has to come from the character.
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I have Janicza solely to thank for my growth as an actor because she saw in me something that other people just weren't seeing, and she knew that I could go beyond the normal, funny 'make-em-ups' that I was doing on an improv stage.
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I think that all the Mel Brooks' company of actors is just tremendous. It was a crazy group of genius people. All of them taught me what kind of actor I should be and what was funny.
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I like to challenge the audience. I want people to feel discomfort.
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I'm Jewish, so it's like I'm not totally white. I'm, like, gray.
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I think some people watch Raging Bull, or they watch The Piano Teacher, and I think they're more, maybe, able to process an antihero in a dramatic context, where people more want comedy to take care of them. But that's not really taking care of people. That's just providing escape, which sometimes is necessary.
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I always at least try to come from some sort of human place no matter how ridiculous the character is. That's really awesome. That is more the work that I'm leaning towards doing.
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A crazy action only works if there's a great reaction.