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We live in a country whose government and many of its people support white supremacy and disintegration of basic human rights.
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The world is pretty messed up.
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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 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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I like to challenge the audience. I want people to feel discomfort.
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I love Brody Stevens. He's one of my favorite stand-ups.
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I've definitely seen people get angry or really uncomfortable with stuff I've made in the past. And my stand-up, if you could call what I do stand-up, is quite aggressive, too.
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I love Adult Swim. They give you so much artistic freedom.
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We spend so much of our lives doing math problems on how to feel good. It's such a waste of time. You're going to feel how you feel. It's hard to just set up a way that you're going to live your life that is going to be just endlessly happy and healthy. That's impossible.
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Andrew Gurland is so precise and, again, such an amazing writer, but then he's also really honest with himself and what he is seeing.
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What a great way to make some money is just fine somebody $300 if their phone rings in the theatre. That'll make them remember to turn it off.
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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'm an actor, and I want to play flawed characters, and I'm a writer that wants to write flawed characters, trying to let something out and hoping people relate through that or have fun experiencing the story.
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I don't see how I ever could have thought that having an all-white crew for a special about race would be OK.
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Talking is not action. Don't just look at what you say. Look at how you socialize.
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I've always been an actor, even when I was doing improv and my own version of stand up.
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All of my favorite directors are coming from a singular perspective, and I think that's been very lacking in film.
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I'm not a fighter. I don't like to get beat up.
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Deeper things, heavier things happen to you as you get older and makes you more open.
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Don't be proud of me. Do something to make yourself proud of yourself.
Brett Gelman