T. J. Miller Quotes
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'Guardians of the Galaxy' is tongue-in-cheek and has a sense of humor about itself. But it's nothing like 'Deadpool.' 'Deadpool' is this super-bizarre thing. The best thing about it is that it's R-rated.
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I love writing but not crazy meticulous/prepared enough to be a director. I'd work as a gaffer on something.
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I think I'm just a comedian who's a pretty good con man, and I don't see that changing any time soon.
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Everybody asks me what it was like to be in my underwear for my network television debut.
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My face is oblong. But the best grooming is confidence.
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I do believe that in the future there will be a movie called 'Deadpool vs. Wolverine'.
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My name's Todd but I changed it in the first grade because there was another kid named Todd and I didn't understand that that was possible.
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To be honest, I would never have imagined myself acting on a sitcom that I didn't write.
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By the very nature of satire or parody, you have to love and respect your target and respect it enough to understand every aspect of it, so you can more effectively make fun of it.
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'Silicon Valley' is a great show. It might be the best comedy on television. And if the Academy feels I have stood out to the point of deserving an award, I won't pawn it.
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Effective satire has to be almost identical to the subject that it is skewering.
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When you spend such a large portion of your life working - and it's not fun, and you're worried about getting sued or fired for saying the wrong thing or for acting crazy at a work party - then what has work done to America? That's the impetus to have a huge office Christmas party.
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Mike Judge usually receives underwhelming acclaim for his movies when they come out; it takes a while for people to catch up.
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It is good to connect to someone who reminds you that you have some real authenticity.
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I'm not, like, an action-hero guy.
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I wouldn't want to be Superman. Batman would be cool. But the one I've always wanted to play is the Joker. There is a maniacal and dangerous side to me.
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I don't know that I would host the Golden Globes or the Emmys because I don't think they have the appreciation for irreverence that the Critics Choice does.
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Is it possible to have negative self-awareness?
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Comedy gives you a shot of euphoria that distracts you from everything that's awful.
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I like when people don't know what to expect.
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Mike Judge is my Jonathan Swift, and I say that because I don't know any other satirists. But the problem with satire is that it's so easily misinterpreted.
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Yogi Bear was a real moment in my life. Post-Yogi Bear: don't drink as much. Pre-Yogi Bear: like to drink much.
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If you're a comedian, you can change peoples lives for the better in much smaller increments - not their entire life, but for 15 minutes or a half hour.
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I do like the idea of being an auteur in the sense of writing and being in your own stuff.