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Probably the only way Woody Allen and I are similar is that he has a lot to say about Nietzsche.
I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.
I feel like I've forcefully been thrust into the tech world, and I've enjoyed every minute of it.
People dream their whole lives of their Oscar speech; I dreamt my whole life of hosting the Oscars.
There's sketch, improv, writing, acting, music, and badminton. Those are the seven forms of comedy.
My father always said I have a face for radio, and 'Cloverfield' was one of my finest pieces of work.
I think I'm just a comedian who's a pretty good con man, and I don't see that changing any time soon.
I don't really know how to act that much. I'm quite good at comedy, but it's mostly acting naturally.
Stuff that I write isn't as similar to the stuff that I'm in, but I don't really care. I just do comedy.
Stuff that I write isn't as similar to the stuff that I'm in, but I don't really care, I just do comedy.
I always like to have a buffer between me and journalism in general. Not just a reporter, but journalism.
Hollywood is the only thing more ridiculous than Silicon Valley. There's nowhere else where it's stranger.
I love writing but not crazy meticulous/prepared enough to be a director. I'd work as a gaffer on something.
I'll invent a lie. Ricky Gervais has done anything interesting since 'The Office'. There's a lie right there.
Most things I get hired on, I get hired because I improvise something funny, or they just think I look weird.
Mike Judge is very specific about how people look in his projects, and I think it's because he's an animator.
I think the physical comedy in action sequences is fantastic. Like, '21 Jump Street' did a great job with that.
Yogi Bear was a real moment in my life. Post-Yogi Bear: don't drink as much. Pre-Yogi Bear: like to drink much.
I told the Mucinex people, 'You picked me because I always sound sick'. They were like, 'Well, it doesn't hurt'.
I have a tough time with stand-up because I am an improviser. I can riff; I can do crowd work, so I don't prepare.
Slowly but surely, I went through different phases of fame, and each rises you further into isolation and alienation.
You just put yourself into your work, and you can do anything you want, depending on how hard you want to work for it.
There's nothing I would love more than to host an awards show where I'm nominated for an award - that is so funny to me.
We try and reflect that there's a lot of optimism, there's a lot of positive things that are happening in 'Silicon Valley'.
Mike Judge usually receives underwhelming acclaim for his movies when they come out; it takes a while for people to catch up.
Unfortunately, in the race to the most douchebaggery, Silicon Valley is fast in gaining on Hollywood. That race is neck and neck.
A mother will come up to me and say, 'Will you meet my son? He loves you. He watched 'How to Train Your Dragon' a thousand times.'
There is no place for a person like me in a world that only takes itself seriously. Satire is so necessary but fairly ineffective.
I don't believe in alcohol. It's a sort of a medicinal necessity for the human condition, none of that stuff. I'm not a gambling man.
I know that, as a comedian, I've made great strides because I've worked as hard as a person can work at being at least wildly amusing.
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.
My father really told me, seriously, if you want something, you can have it, but you may have to work harder than anyone else around you.
Yogi Bear - there's everything before Yogi Bear and there's everything after Yogi Bear. Like a major car accident, or the birth of Christ.
My name's Todd but I changed it in the first grade because there was another kid named Todd and I didn't understand that that was possible.
I was in 'Goodwin Games,' which was canceled, and a few other things, so I kind of swore off television unless I was writing or producing it.
I consider myself a fairly ethical individual while I do have a lot of dichotomies within me. We're all victims of our own hypocrisy at times.
It's the comedy that guides me. The acting and all that stuff comes second. It's equally important, but I just try to do that as best as I can.
Stand-up and sketch and improv - that's the most direct contact you can have with somebody, making them laugh. I like that. I like the intimacy.
I wouldn't want to be Superman. Batman would be cool. But the one I've always wanted to play is the Joker. There is a maniacal and dangerous side to me.
If you're a comedian, you can change peoples lives for the better in much smaller increments - not their entire life, but for 15 minutes or a half hour.
I don't know that I would host the Golden Globes or the Emmys because I don't think they have the appreciation for irreverence that the Critics Choice does.
Mike Judge is my Jonathan Swift, and I say that because I don't know any other satirists. But the problem with satire is that it's so easily misinterpreted.
I've stated that it's possible the only reason I'm in show business is that I have such a strange, particular head of hair. That, and I can grow a red beard.
My father is very dry and very quick-witted, and my mother is very silly. It was the perfect combination because I got an education in physical and verbal comedy.
One of the exciting things about an entanglement puzzle is there's no end to it. Once you solve how to take it apart, you have to solve how to put it back together.
I know about the tech industry in that I follow what apps are hot and software development. I know my way around different browsers. I know how to restart a computer.
'Silicon Valley' is a great show. It might be the best comedy on television. And if the Academy feels I have stood out to the point of deserving an award, I won't pawn it.
By the very nature of satire or parody, you have to love and respect your target and respect it enough to understand every aspect of it, so you can more effectively make fun of it.
I consider everybody who takes themselves seriously to be a little bit off. And Silicon Valley seems to be the most effusive about how important their contributions are to society.
I care less about selling tickets and getting Twitter followers than I do about making as many people laugh as I can. I'd rather make people laugh than make them know who T.J. Miller is.