It's actually just as cool to be on television as to be in a movie, and nobody's ashamed of this back and… — Brett Gelman Ashamed Copy Share Image
I don't hate oatmeal raisin, but it is the worst cookie. Profoundly disappointing. — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
I honestly don't see how anyone can view the GOP and the Right as anything but evil. — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
Loss is a part of life, unfortunately, and you've got to just deal with it. — Brett Gelman Art of life Copy Share Image
I'm not a stranger to depression and desperation. I can be kind of tortured but I do like to have a lot… — Brett Gelman 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
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
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
Use your imaginations, and use your empathy. If you don't do that, you're limiting yourself as an artist, and you're hurting the… — Brett Gelman Art Copy Share Image
There's a certain order to network shows that doesn't exist so much in cable, which is, you know, if you want to… — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
We have to laugh at how hard life can be and how screwed up we can be at times... It's a really… — Brett Gelman Comedy Copy Share Image
What doesn't kill you, if you use it to make yourself stronger, then you will get stronger. But if you let it… — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
We have to laugh at how hard life can be and how screwed up we can be at times. — Brett Gelman Comedy Copy Share Image
Even the people who do great jokes, [it's] always coming out of a very real place. — Brett Gelman Comedy Copy Share Image
I don't see how I ever could have thought that having an all-white crew for a special about race would be OK. — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, stand-up comedy is like acting when the audience are the other characters that I'm acting with. — Brett Gelman Acting Copy Share Image
I'm an actor. I've always been an actor. I've always approached all my comedy as an actor. I don't really care about… — Brett Gelman Actor Copy Share Image
I always at least try to come from some sort of human place no matter how ridiculous the character is. That's really… — Brett Gelman Character Copy Share Image
I'm a straight white man - I have options, and I'm not blocked on a consistent basis when I wake up in… — Brett Gelman Man Copy Share Image
What a great way to make some money is just fine somebody $300 if their phone rings in the theatre. That'll make… — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
Dinner is often a very celebratory environment, a very safe place, a time to reflect and let the day go and enjoy… — Brett Gelman Change Copy Share Image
I'm an actor, and I want to play flawed characters, and I'm a writer that wants to write flawed characters, trying to… — Brett Gelman Actor Copy Share Image
I think that liberal straight white men really need to stop patting themselves on the back for what they think they think… — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
I think the thing that really started setting my career on the course that it's on is when I did '1000 Cats'… — Brett Gelman Career Copy Share Image
I would say that is the beauty of Adult Swim is that they're always pushing forward from what they've done in the… — Brett Gelman Beauty Copy Share Image
Andrew Gurland is so precise and, again, such an amazing writer, but then he's also really honest with himself and what he… — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
I have Janicza solely to thank for my growth as an actor because she saw in me something that other people just… — Brett Gelman Actor Copy Share Image
I love Lars von Trier and Michael Haneke, but if I'm not in the right frame of mind to watch their work,… — Brett Gelman Frame of mind Copy Share Image
Comedy is all about the character. When you're too focused on the gags, the character suffers, and you don't get the laugh.… — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
I'm not someone who shies away from darkness being funny. I think that life is very dark at times, and there are… — Brett Gelman Being funny Copy Share Image
I've definitely seen people get angry or really uncomfortable with stuff I've made in the past. And my stand-up, if you could… — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
I think comedy is incredibly discriminated against. It is one of the most enjoyed yet most condescended art forms in the world.… — Brett Gelman Art Copy Share Image
I'm an obvious example of how everyone is spiraling out of control on the show and just trying to live life the… — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
There are not many people that I respect more than rappers. I'm a huge fan of hip hop. It's incredible, one of… — Brett Gelman Art Copy Share Image
We live in a country whose government and many of its people support white supremacy and disintegration of basic human rights. — Brett Gelman Basic human rights Copy Share Image
'The Producers' is my favorite movie, and my favorite performances of all time are Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder, and I feel… — Brett Gelman Favorite movie Copy Share Image
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