Chris Hardwick Quotes About Comedy

Quotes about: Comedy

• With stand-up, there's a little bit of an exaggerated reality because things have to be manipulated to create comedy, to create jokes.

  Chris Hardwick

  Reality, Littles, Comedy

  Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. April 12, 2012.

• Both my parents recognized early on that I wanted to do something in comedy, and they were really supportive. They're the ones who bought me Steve Martin records and let me watch R-rated comedies long before they probably should have.

  Chris Hardwick

  Should Have, Long, Parent

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

• Steve Martin said that philosophy is good for comedy because it screws up your thinking just enough, and I agree with that. Being forced to see life's metadata is good training for looking for interesting angles on a topic.

  Chris Hardwick

  Philosophy, Thinking, Interesting

• Comedy has sort of been my life-long obsession. I literally obsessed over comedy. I really didn't play sports - for me it was just comedy, computers and chess club; those were my big things.

  Chris Hardwick

  Sports, Play, Long

• The goal of almost every comic is to find a comedy voice - a specific point of view that an audience can latch onto.

  Chris Hardwick

  Views, Voice, Goal

  "Crafting a joke: the arc of an act" by Chris Hardwick, www.wired.com. May 24, 2010.

• American television constantly tries to co-op British comedy and create their own version of it. Most of the time it doesn't work; obviously, in the case of 'The Office,' it did. But a lot of times, it doesn't really work.

  Chris Hardwick

  Office, Trying, Television

  "Chris Hardwick Reveals Details of BBC America Deal, How Nerdist Podcast Will Be Adapted for TV (Q&A)". Interview with Philiana Ng, www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 25, 2011.

• Some people learn comedy, and some people just are comedy.

  Chris Hardwick

  People, Comedy

• As a comedy nerd, I get a lot out of the podcast because I'm genuinely interested in the people I'm talking to.

  Chris Hardwick

  Talking, People, Nerd

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I do podcasts for the same reasons I do stand-up comedy. I love it, and I don't care if anybody else gets it.

  Chris Hardwick

  Care, Comedy, Reason

  "Chris Hardwick, the King of All Things Nerdist and Host of @Midnight, Drops 20Q Science". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.playboy.com. October 8, 2014.

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