Chris Hardwick Quotes - Page 5

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• When I was younger, my parents used to say, "Trust us on this. We have more experience than you." And I was like, "Shut up, you don't know anything!" But I was an idiot. They did know more stuff because they'd experienced more things.

  Chris Hardwick

  Parent, Stuff, Idiot

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• If you're going into stand-up, you're hyper-analyzing the world and asking as many questions about a thing as you possibly can so you can figure out the ultimate nature of that thing.

  Chris Hardwick

  Asking, World, Analyzing

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• My mom is a big sports fans. Basketball, football, baseball, whatever. She calls into sports radio shows and gets into shouting matches, that's how intense she is about it.

  Chris Hardwick

  Basketball, Sports, Mom

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• I was very competitive growing up. I can't even play chess anymore because I used to play tournament chess in school. There's too much sense memory of sitting in front of a chess board and getting super intense about it. It's ruined the game for me.

  Chris Hardwick

  Growing Up, Memories, School

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• I'm not fun to bowl with. I take it way too seriously. I have high expectations for myself.

  Chris Hardwick

  Fun, Expectations, Way

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• I feel like so much of why I sort of want to work in television is so that people know to come see me live.

  Chris Hardwick

  People, Television, Want

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• 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

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• I had a personal blog, but why does anyone care that I went shopping for hats?

  Chris Hardwick

  Shopping, Doe, Care

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• I like listening to people talk about things that they love. They get to express things they don't normally get to express.

  Chris Hardwick

  People, Listening

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• I do lots of crowd work in my set, because I enjoy writing material through riffing and conversation.

  Chris Hardwick

  Writing, Crowds, Conversation

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• The difference being that a nerd would wear a D&D shirt because he loves D&D while a hipster would wear a D&D shirt because it's ridiculous that he is wearing a D&D shirt.

  Chris Hardwick

  Hipster, Differences, Nerd

  "Chris Hardwick: Lord of the Nerds". Interview with Peter Heyneman, brightestyoungthings.com. June 17, 2011.

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• I really don't have time "to Twitter," it's not something that should grab your day. That's a big misconception, actually, about the whole service. You don't go out of your way to tweet, you just post when you've got something. Hopefully, not while you're driving. It complements your life more than takes over your life.

  Chris Hardwick

  Hopefully Not, Over You, Way

  "How Nerdist Chris Hardwick Gets Things Done". Interview with Kevin Purdy, lifehacker.com. April 29, 2009.

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

  Chris Hardwick

  People, Comedy

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• I categorize nerds as creative-obsessive. A lot of nerds are creative people who obsess almost unnaturally over the minutiae of things.

  Chris Hardwick

  People, Creative, Nerd

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• If you have laser-like brain it's not always focused on the most productive things. If you want to play Halo: Reach all day, that's fine, but if you want to accomplish some other things, here are some ways to do that using your innate nerd gifts.

  Chris Hardwick

  Play, Nerd, Brain

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I feel like being nerd is not about the superficial quality; it's about how nerds approach life. It's much more emotional and mental than it is you're some fat guy living in your mom's basement, which I think is just a hacky stereotype.

  Chris Hardwick

  Mom, Emotional, Thinking

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• 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.

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• The nerds provide the toys that distract the morons. So the nerds are sort of the new drug-dealers. We're the drug dealers of the 21st century because we provide all the brain candy for the mouth-breathers, for lack of a better word.

  Chris Hardwick

  Drug, Nerd, Brain

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I'm just gonna do a podcast because it's mine, I can control it, I have complete responsibility over it, and no one can touch it.

  Chris Hardwick

  Responsibility, Over It, Mines

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• One of the many reasons why I love stand-up so much is when you're performing, you get instant feedback. You know if stuff is working right away.

  Chris Hardwick

  Stuff, Reason Why, Feedback

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I don't know why people don't want to talk about their numbers. I guess in a sense, there's a bit of performer nudity, a bit of ego nudity when you expose your numbers, I guess because someone's are higher or someone's are lower. I've never really talked about the numbers with anyone, so maybe I'm not supposed to.

  Chris Hardwick

  Numbers, People, Ego

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Every time I finish a record, it's sort of feels like, "I can't believe that I'm hanging out and having a conversation, and people are gonna listen to this." It's an odd thing, but it's really cool.

  Chris Hardwick

  Believe, People, Odd Things

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Twitter is basically text messaging. Twitter is a guy you can always elbow in the side and say, "Hey, look, a guy in a clown suit just threw up!" And I don't have 400-800 words to say about that, I just wanted to say that one thing.

  Chris Hardwick

  Guy, Looks, Hey

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• Stand-up isn't something I just sit down and start writing - it's ideas you come up with in the shower, while you're driving, waiting in line.

  Chris Hardwick

  Writing, Ideas, Waiting In Line

  "How Nerdist Chris Hardwick Gets Things Done". Interview with Kevin Purdy, lifehacker.com. April 29, 2008.

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• As someone who's very nerd-minded, whenever I see a lot of cross-platform stuff when I get bonus material on either side, then it makes me want to dive deeper, sort of like tearing apart the different pieces of the pie.

  Chris Hardwick

  Pie, Nerd, Different

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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