Andy Kindler Quotes

I came out to L.A. in '78 to be a musician. I didn't get into comedy until the mid-Eighties.

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• I am trying to do comedy on every single medium. I consider myself a public servant.

  

  T. J. Miller
  • Comedy
  • Public
  • Servant

• In married life three is company and two none.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Life
  • Company
  • Married

• 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.

  

  T. J. Miller
  • Different
  • Comedy
  • Loved

• I wanted to be less well-known in comedy.

  

  Eddie Izzard
  • Comedy
  • Less
  • Well Known

• There's an audience out there for all these different types of things. Whether it's comedy, motion-picture drama, family movie or a cool, cutting-edge indie, it's nice to know that I can span all those different genres.

  

  Ralph Macchio
  • Different
  • Family
  • Movie

• There were two things I used to do to seduce girls: jokes and music. Since I'm not a great pianist, jokes were my thing.

  

  Gad Elmaleh
  • Great
  • Music
  • Two

• God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny.

  

  Garrison Keillor
  • God
  • Bad
  • Funny

• Female hysteria is a subject I'm very fond of. I always try to bring it in somewhere. For me, it is the finest part of the line between comedy and tragedy.

  

  Rachel Cusk
  • Me
  • Comedy
  • Tragedy

• You know, I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor.

  

  Hank Azaria
  • Up
  • Growing
  • Comedy

• Good luck happens to people who work hard for it. Sometimes people just fall into the honey pot, but I've consistently strived to create whatever good fortune I can get in my life - and consistently strive just as hard not to screw it up once I have it!

  

  Patrick Duffy
  • People
  • Life
  • Up

• Hollywood constantly wants to label you and type you into a certain category, 'Oh he's a comedy guy,' or the weirdo character guy or the villain.

  

  Sam Rockwell
  • Character
  • Guy
  • Comedy

• 'Community' is a comedy show, and one of the characters happens to be a Christian. I do think they have been very careful to make sure everyone is the butt of the joke for various reasons.

  

  Yvette Nicole Brown
  • Think
  • Community
  • Comedy

• People ask me whether I see 'Star Wars' as a comedy or a tragedy, but it's really neither - it's partly a history, like 'Henry V,' and partly a fantasy, like 'The Tempest.'

  

  Ian Doescher
  • People
  • History
  • Comedy

• I did skit comedy online for many years, beginning around 2001. Around 2006 I started watching a lot of food television and got re-interested in food. I come from a very food-obsessed family. But I also wanted to do my own thing, which was the comedy.

  

  Nadia Giosia
  • Family
  • Food
  • Comedy

• The book is called 'Thanks for Nothing' and it's really the story of how I got into comedy and traces back every strand in my life that is relevant to that story. It's kind of an autobiography but isn't, as it stops about 25 years ago. It goes right up to the first time I do stand up.

  

  Jack Dee
  • Life
  • Up
  • Time

• In school, I was playing old men and women, babies, Russian people, and all sorts of weird parts - a lot of comedy - and that's sort of like home to me.

  

  Taylor Schilling
  • People
  • Men
  • Women

• I'd like to classify my life as a romantic comedy. Unfortunately I feel it's probably more like a TV reality show.

  

  Uma Thurman
  • Life
  • Reality
  • Comedy

• You know all those young people watching Comedy Central love 'Frasier.'

  

  Abbi Jacobson
  • People
  • Know
  • Comedy

• I loved doing 'Pennies from Heaven.' Because you have to understand that I'd been doing comedy for 15 to 20 years, and suddenly along came the opportunity to do this beautiful film. It was so emotional to me. I loved it. I don't think it was a good career move, but I have no regrets about doing it.

  

  Steve Martin
  • Beautiful
  • Opportunity
  • Comedy

• I like comedy that's very specific and isn't afraid to lose people through its specificity.

  

  Josh Gondelman
  • Comedy
  • Afraid
  • Specificity

• Colgate is the epitome of having it both ways. Academically, it ranks in the top twenty schools in the country, but it is also a famous party school.

  

  Jay Chandrasekhar
  • Country
  • School
  • Party

• I think the theme that I was attracted to in 'Beautiful Creatures' was you claim yourself. In my opinion, I think that's a really valid idea and I'm glad that that's our foundation.

  

  Alice Englert
  • Beautiful
  • Opinion

• Incredibly, almost every hotel I ever played in Vegas was blown up shortly afterward: The Dunes, The Sands, The Landmark, The Aladdin, The Frontier, The Hacienda, The Stardust - all were imploded.

  

  Elayne Boosler
  • Up
  • Vegas
  • Hotel

• I came out to L.A. in '78 to be a musician. I didn't get into comedy until the mid-Eighties.

  

  Andy Kindler
  • Comedy