I'm not someone who shies away from darkness being funny. — Brett Gelman Being funny Copy Share Image
Don't be proud of me. Do something to make yourself proud of yourself. — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
I love 'Seinfeld.' That was not alternative. You can't get more in mainstream than that. — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
One of the things I was taught was how you deal with language. It's important, very important in comedy. — Brett Gelman Comedy Copy Share Image
I've always been an actor, even when I was doing improv and my own version of stand up. — Brett Gelman Actor Copy Share Image
All of my favorite directors are coming from a singular perspective, and I think that's been very lacking in film. — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
I like to challenge the audience. I want people to feel discomfort. — Brett Gelman Audience Copy Share Image
I think that life is very dark at times and there are things that are very funny about that. — Brett Gelman Comedy Copy Share Image
Talking is not action. Don't just look at what you say. Look at how you socialize. — Brett Gelman Action Copy Share Image
Gilbert Gottfried, I think, is just the most underappreciated comedian in the world. I think that he doesn't get enough credit for… — Brett Gelman Comedian Copy Share Image
Woody Allen - nobody has been a better joke teller than him - and even in his great films, it's always coming… — Brett Gelman Character Copy Share Image
I think that all the Mel Brooks' company of actors is just tremendous. It was a crazy group of genius people. All… — Brett Gelman Actor Copy Share Image
I think it's good news that cable television is so, so supportive of the Louis C.K.s, the Lena Dunhams, the Matthew Weiners,… — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
A lot of times, comedic actors are discriminated against. People just assume they can't do something other than what they do, rather… — Brett Gelman Actors Copy Share Image
'Dinner' is completely scripted. There are some improv elements, but I'm not interested in pranking people. It's more like a play than… — Brett Gelman Dinner Copy Share Image
I think that's something that people don't realize enough about when they get into comedy - it's not just about sitting back… — Brett Gelman Comedy Copy Share Image
I saw 'A Night at the Opera,' this Marx Brothers film, when I was, like, six years old. I just became obsessed,… — Brett Gelman Brothers Copy Share Image
I've definitely had my hard partying moments. I've definitely had the long stretches of time in my personal life where I've felt… — Brett Gelman Desperation Copy Share Image
As someone who is on the more liberal side of things, I personally think this side needs to be a little less… — Brett Gelman Europe Copy Share Image
We spend so much of our lives doing math problems on how to feel good. It's such a waste of time. You're… — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
Every white liberal straight man needs to take action and work at unifying all peoples of our sides and stop making women… — Brett Gelman Action Copy Share Image
I think some people watch 'Raging Bull,' or they watch 'The Piano Teacher,' and I think they're more, maybe, able to process… — Brett Gelman Comedy Copy Share Image
Even if somebody is maybe a little less qualified, you can bring them in, you can teach them, and it will also… — Brett Gelman Different perspective Copy Share Image
I love taking on roles that other people have written for me just as much as I take on writing - just… — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
I've wanted to be a comedian since I was a kid, and my parents were very supportive of that. — Brett Gelman Comedian Copy Share Image
As far as making people feel less depressed, that, in and of itself, is a political act. — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
I look upon 'A Little Bit of Luck' as a very bizarre, happy, surreal memory. — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
I'm all for free speech, and I don't need my viewpoint to be the only viewpoint. — Brett Gelman Communication Copy Share Image
Nobody wants to see a woman onscreen who is a wreck. That is pure, unadulterated, systemic misogyny. — Brett Gelman Misogyny Copy Share Image
I've always been an actor. I've always approached all my comedy as an actor. — Brett Gelman Actor Copy Share Image
Deeper things, heavier things happen to you as you get older and makes you more open. — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
