Michael Ian Black Quotes

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• I don't think I was awake for much of my childhood. I did a lot of napping. This might have been a defensive measure against encroaching depression. Until about the age of eleven or twelve, I had zero interests other than trying to steal gumballs from supermarket gumball machines.

  Michael Ian Black

  Depression, Zero, Thinking

  "Michael Ian Black on Parenting, Pop Culture and His Worst Christmas Present Ever". Interview with Sarah Thyre, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 16, 2012.

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• The thing that I think is the most important is taking moments to express your appreciation to your partner. A thank you or a quick kiss can go a long way toward affirming your relationship and commitment to each other. That's not hard to do even when you're juggling insane careers and three kids.

  Michael Ian Black

  Thank You, Appreciation, Kids

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When you're writing something, and you're putting yourself out there, or you're performing and someone comes in and savages that, then of course it feels personal. It doesn't feel like it's just business, because there's no business - it's not like we're conducting business, this anonymous critic and I. It's just that this person is tearing me a new asshole.

  Michael Ian Black

  Writing, Savages, Conducting

  Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. July 16, 2008.

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• It doesn't matter what you're chasing, when you get there you're gonna be like, "Oh, is this all? It kind of sucks."

  Michael Ian Black

  Matter, Kind, Chasing

  "The Best-Laid Plans of Michael Ian Black". Interview with Royal Young, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 27, 2012.

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• Your harshest critic is always going to be yourself. Don't ignore that critic, but don't give it more attention than it deserves.

  Michael Ian Black

  Being Yourself, Giving, Attention

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Internet fame is like regular fame only without all the annoying 'money' and 'power.'

  Michael Ian Black

  Annoying, Internet, Fame

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• Super excited about things I'm going to do; never excited about things I'm actually doing.

  Michael Ian Black

  Excited

  Twitter post from Apr 12, 2012

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• Twitter is about creating whatever persona you want to create and either sticking with it or changing it or evolving it or contradicting it, and I've done all that stuff.

  Michael Ian Black

  Creating, Done, Want

  "Michael Ian Black on the many versions of himself". Interview with Erik Adams, www.avclub.com. October 22, 2013.

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• There is something about the human condition. I don't think dogs are like "If only I was a poodle instead of a golden retriever, I'd be totally happy." Dogs are happy with who they are.

  Michael Ian Black

  Dog, Thinking, Golden Retrievers

  "The Best-Laid Plans of Michael Ian Black". Interview with Royal Young, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 27, 2012.

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• The thing about narcissistic people is that they don't think they're being narcissistic.

  Michael Ian Black

  Thinking, People, Narcissistic

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• I don't chase after things, but I put forward the effort and know the rest of it is out of my hands.

  Michael Ian Black

  Hands, Effort, Knows

  "The Best-Laid Plans Of Michael Ian Black". Interview with Royal Young, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 27, 2012.

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• With stand-up, you can be as freeform as you want to be. You can say what you want, how you want, at any moment without constraint.

  Michael Ian Black

  Want, Moments, Constraints

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I don't necessarily self-identify as a writer, 'cause it implies a certain level of intelligence.

  Michael Ian Black

  Self, Levels, Causes

  "Q+A: The State of Michael Ian Black". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.esquire.com. February 15, 2012.

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• I can be a snarky Asshole, or I can be sort of mentally impaired. It's very hard for me to just be normal human being.

  Michael Ian Black

  Normal, Humans, Hard

  "Michael Ian Black on the many versions of himself". Interview with Erik Adams, www.avclub.com. October 22, 2013.

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• As a game-show host, what I'm thinking and what I'm experiencing doesn't matter. My opinion doesn't matter. So there's a flattened reality to it. It's fun to do. But it's certainly not myself in totality - or even maybe a little bit.

  Michael Ian Black

  Fun, Reality, Thinking

  "Michael Ian Black on the many versions of 'himself'". Interview with Erik Adams, tv.avclub.com. October 22, 2013.

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• I'm not sure what it would mean to have "made it." Made what? Yes, I can make a decent living in show business, so if that's the criteria, then I've made it. But that doesn't feel that important to me. The stuff that matters to me are the new challenges. I know that sounds hokey, but it's true.

  Michael Ian Black

  Mean, Yes I Can, Challenges

  "Michael Ian Black on Parenting, Pop Culture and His Worst Christmas Present Ever". Interview with Sarah Thyre, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 16, 2012.

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• The Atkins' diet is where you eat bacon for six or seven months...and the end result is that you lose weight. Because you're dead.

  Michael Ian Black

  Seven Months, Weight, Six

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• You have to lead, in the case of a game show, a contestant through the architecture of the show. So there's a lot of rules there, literal and implied, that you have to navigate.

  Michael Ian Black

  Games, Architecture, Cases

  "Michael Ian Black on the many versions of 'himself'". Interview with Erik Adams, tv.avclub.com. October 22, 2013.

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• Whatever I write I publish. Because that's where the money is.

  Michael Ian Black

  Writing, Publish

  The Washington Post Interview, www.washingtonpost.com. January 25, 2008.

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• Hosting a game show is so bizarre and uniquely its own thing. Anytime I'm hosting something, I try to bring as much of myself to it as I can, but it's always going to be incomplete.

  Michael Ian Black

  Games, Trying, Bizarre

  "Michael Ian Black on the many versions of 'himself'". Interview with Joe La Puma, www.avclub.com. October 22, 2013.

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• So my reaction to hearing this corny-ass, horrible song ["With Arms Wide Open" by Creed] is violent, uncontrollable, sustained weeping.

  Michael Ian Black

  Song, Fatherhood, Arms

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• I take my coffee like I take my women... strong... black... and proud.

  Michael Ian Black

  Strong Women, Coffee, Black

  "Fictional character: Michael". "Stella", www.imdb.com. (2005 - ).

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• Lordy, lordy, lordy do I love money. It is a character flaw, no doubt, one that springs from a panicked childhood in which I always felt as if our family was only a couple missed child support payments from being tossed onto the pitiless streets of our suburban New Jersey town.

  Michael Ian Black

  Couple, Children, Spring

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The global business climate is likewhatever, dude.

  Michael Ian Black

  Climate, Global Business

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• My absolute favorite growing up was Super Friends. The assemblage of so many mighty heroes in one place was, to me, mind-blowing. It was Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Aquaman, and then sometimes Hawkman and some other, lesser heroes.

  Michael Ian Black

  Growing Up, Hero, Mind Blowing

  "Michael Ian Black on Parenting, Pop Culture and His Worst Christmas Present Ever". Interview with Sarah Thyre, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 16, 2012.

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