T. J. Miller Quotes
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I think by now if people hire me, they know I'm going to improvise. I'm an improviser by trade.
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I consider everybody who takes themselves seriously to be a little bit off. And Silicon Valley seems to be the most effusive about how important their contributions are to society.
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I do comedy to give people an ephemeral escape from the tragedy that permeates everyday life.
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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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I can't stand Snapchat, but that will be extinct before it is relevant.
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I think it is very important to be a method actor.
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I know that, as a comedian, I've made great strides because I've worked as hard as a person can work at being at least wildly amusing.
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Probably the only way Woody Allen and I are similar is that he has a lot to say about Nietzsche.
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I listen to 'deep dish house'.
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You just put yourself into your work, and you can do anything you want, depending on how hard you want to work for it.
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Always remember: My general theme is 'There is no message.' There never has been. Stop trying to find the message or the meaning in everything. That's. My. Theme.
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People dream their whole lives of their Oscar speech; I dreamt my whole life of hosting the Oscars.
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Mike Judge is very specific about how people look in his projects, and I think it's because he's an animator.
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Stand-up and sketch and improv - that's the most direct contact you can have with somebody, making them laugh. I like that. I like the intimacy.
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My father is very dry and very quick-witted, and my mother is very silly. It was the perfect combination because I got an education in physical and verbal comedy.
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I know about the tech industry in that I follow what apps are hot and software development. I know my way around different browsers. I know how to restart a computer.
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I have perfectly symmetrical ankles.
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Most things I get hired on, I get hired because I improvise something funny, or they just think I look weird.
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I love Denver.
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I try to be an ethical, moral person and a nice person, and I like to have that reflected in my comedy. I'm not a mean comedian, and I don't think that my comedy is mean. I think that for the most part, it's more focused on the diversity that we all handle and try to provide a distraction from the disaster of modern living.
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Unfortunately, in the race to the most douchebaggery, Silicon Valley is fast in gaining on Hollywood. That race is neck and neck.
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One of the exciting things about an entanglement puzzle is there's no end to it. Once you solve how to take it apart, you have to solve how to put it back together.
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Artists want to be congratulated because they should be.
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A mother will come up to me and say, 'Will you meet my son? He loves you. He watched 'How to Train Your Dragon' a thousand times.'