Quotes by Michael Showalter

Michael Showalter

A big reason why we were able to and have been able to continue to succeed is that we had a very intense work ethic, right from the beginning. There was a do-or-die attitude toward the work. It wasn’t seen as a little “club.” It was like, “This is your life.” We would spend hours and hours rehearsing and endlessly rewriting. We took it very seriously right off the bat. And we were also extremely critical of each other, which was another thing that was unique. A lot of comedy ensembles have a hard time being critical of each other, because they don’t want to hurt each other’s feelings.

Attitude

Hard Times

Hurt

A lot of my humor centers on the act of telling jokes and I think this can prevent certain audiences from suspending their feeling of disbelief. It might piss a few people off, but I can’t help it.

Feelings

People

Thinking

Cats are unpredictable because they’re wild and domestic at the same time. Watching a cat’s behavior is like a small window into the wild.

Behavior

Cat

Window

For me, Twitter works best as a way of taking pictures of being stuck in traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge. If people really want to read really funny quips about life, parenting, and pop culture, then by all means read Michael Ian Black’s tweets.

Bridges

Brooklyn Bridge

Mean

I am very athletic, actually, and I’m good at most sports. But I was never a successful athlete, because I have a lot of trouble with authority. To be a good athlete, you have to have sort of a military attitude. You have to enjoy being coached, and that was not something I ever liked. But more than that, I don’t like practice, and coaches hate anybody that doesn’t like practice. If you saw me throwing a football, you’d say, “Wow, he knows how to throw a football.” But put me on a field, I’m not gonna stand out.

Attitude

Football

Sports

I calculated that if I wrote five pages a day, which seemed very doable, I would have an 1,800-page first draft when the deadline rolled around. Though completely unwritten, I was very impressed with how long my first draft would be.

Long

Pages

Would Be

I don’t audition for “on-air” commercials – the ones where your face can be seen. I’ve auditioned for voiceover campaigns that I haven’t gotten, but I don’t really want to be seen in a commercial unless it’s a product that I really love. Like, if Adidas asked me, I would do it in a heartbeat. But I did a Reebok commercial, one for Pep Boys, one for Dunkin’ Donuts. I auditioned for commercials, but I really couldn’t stomach it. It just didn’t feel right.

Boys

Heartbeat

Your Face

I don’t personally feel comfortable performing in a comedy club, mainly because as an audience member, I’ve never enjoyed that experience. It feels a little bit theme-park-ish to me, in that it’s a club whose product is comedy. I find that weird. It’s like those specialty chocolate stores, where everything is chocolate. It’s too specific. I like going somewhere that specializes in variety.

Chocolate

Comedy

Performing

I feel like marriage is a sacred institution that should only be between a man and a woman. If a gay couple wants to be married, why can’t they just be satisfied with a civil union? Why do they have to get “married”?

Couple

Gay

Men

I just made a movie. There’s a kind of a banter that some people might recognize as being screwball. There are no cell phones, no DVD playersit’s set in a timeless Brooklyn. Hopefully, it’s a good, old-fashioned movie.

Cells

Dvds

Phones

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Behavior

Book

Boys

Bridges

Brooklyn Bridge

Car

Cat

Cells

Character

Chocolate

Coffee

College

Comedian

Comedy

Confusing

Couple

Cute

Dad

Details

Different

Dvds

Embarrassed

Fake

Fathers Day

Feelings

Football

Frustration

Fun

Gay

Hard Times

Heartbeat

Hurt

Ifs

Long

Love Is

Mean

Memoir

Memories

Men

Mom

Office

Outlets

Pages

People

Performing

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Phones

Rap

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Quotes by Michael Showalter

Michael Showalter

A lot of my humor centers on the act of telling jokes and I think this can prevent certain audiences from suspending their feeling of disbelief. It might piss a few people off, but I can’t help it.

Cats are unpredictable because they’re wild and domestic at the same time. Watching a cat’s behavior is like a small window into the wild.

For me, Twitter works best as a way of taking pictures of being stuck in traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge. If people really want to read really funny quips about life, parenting, and pop culture, then by all means read Michael Ian Black’s tweets.

I calculated that if I wrote five pages a day, which seemed very doable, I would have an 1,800-page first draft when the deadline rolled around. Though completely unwritten, I was very impressed with how long my first draft would be.

I feel like marriage is a sacred institution that should only be between a man and a woman. If a gay couple wants to be married, why can’t they just be satisfied with a civil union? Why do they have to get “married”?

I just made a movie. There’s a kind of a banter that some people might recognize as being screwball. There are no cell phones, no DVD playersit’s set in a timeless Brooklyn. Hopefully, it’s a good, old-fashioned movie.

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