Brett Gelman Quotes
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As far as making people feel less depressed, that, in and of itself, is a political act.
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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 love Brody Stevens. He's one of my favorite stand-ups.
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One of the things I was taught was how you deal with language. It's important, very important in comedy.
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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 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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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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Talking is not action. Don't just look at what you say. Look at how you socialize.
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I like to challenge the audience. I want people to feel discomfort.
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I think that's something that people don't realize enough about when they get into comedy - it's not just about sitting back and observing and saying something funny.
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I've definitely had the long stretches of time in my personal life where I've felt an intense loneliness and a desperation to feel something real and to have something that truly meant something in my life.
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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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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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Don't be proud of me. Do something to make yourself proud of yourself.
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I love Adult Swim. They give you so much artistic freedom.
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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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Deeper things, heavier things happen to you as you get older and makes you more open.
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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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All of my favorite directors are coming from a singular perspective, and I think that's been very lacking in film.