T. J. Miller Quotes
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I'm a student of comedy in general, so I've always loved Billy Crystal. But I'm a different type of showman. I'm a clown and a jester.
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We're not a nation divided: we're a nation broken, and anything broken can be fixed.
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Russell Brand is lovely, even though he's a weirdo.
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I don't get along much with myself.
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I don't know how much the economy has changed since Jonathan Swift's 'A Modest Proposal.'
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I drink a fair amount of ramen noodles.
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Always farm fresh eggs, never store bought.
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Slowly but surely, I went through different phases of fame, and each rises you further into isolation and alienation.
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I have a tough time with stand-up because I am an improviser. I can riff; I can do crowd work, so I don't prepare.
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I love mispronunciations. I love when people mispronounce things.
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My father always said I have a face for radio, and 'Cloverfield' was one of my finest pieces of work.
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I like hip-hop, but I don't like concerts. There's, like, sweat on people's backs.
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When you get into a car, and there's trash, or it's dirty, or one of the hubcaps is off, you're like, 'Come on, dude.' Every woman likes the confidence and self-respect that says, 'I get oil changes. I look after my vehicle.' That's what I recommend: Act like you don't care, but take care of your body.
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Keep your elbows soft. Keep your elbows looking fine.
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Listen to my voice - I sound like I'm permanently congested.
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To become the best comedian, I must be well-rounded.
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Every time I could possibly be doing stand up, I am.
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If you're a psychologist, you can instrumentally change peoples lives for the better. But you can only do that for about 300 people to maybe a thousand people - if you're really prolific and you're working really hard.
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I always like to have a buffer between me and journalism in general. Not just a reporter, but journalism.
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I acted in high school and studied at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford for one summer. I minored in theater, and I was always acting growing up and stuff, but really, I was just more interested in the comedy of it all. So for me, it's always comedy, and then acting is just one medium of comedy.
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I don't believe in alcohol. It's a sort of a medicinal necessity for the human condition, none of that stuff. I'm not a gambling man.
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I am trying to do comedy on every single medium. I consider myself a public servant.
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I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.
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I can't stand Snapchat, but that will be extinct before it is relevant.