I needed to be more self-determining, and the most self-determining thing you can do in comedy is stand-up. — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
Like, I feel like I'm funny, despite the fact that I keep getting rejected by people less funny than me. — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
With most specials, even the best comedians will tell you they could have cut 15 or 20 minutes out of it. — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
I know from doing stand-up, I don't want to do a joke that I don't trust. — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
I always say to Blake Griffin that he has a better comedy career than I do. — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
I don't think people understand what comedy is supposed to do. We will observe things, we will make fun of things. — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
The victory of the show is in the writing. Coming up with sketches and stand-up bits. The rest is just hitting buttons… — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
Models never say, "I'm hot." They say, "Look at these clothes." Whereas, with comedy, you have to say, "I'm hot." — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
[Robert Smigel] is one of the greatest comedy writers in the last 50 years. "TV Funhouse" and Triumph and all those sketches.He's… — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
There are words that I wouldn't say because they hurt people's feelings. I just happen to be a white guy who writes… — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
The hardest part of comedy is writing the jokes, and the second-hardest part is telling the jokes. To me, everything else is… — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
You know, I liken it to - when you write a joke for somebody else, it's like you - you know, like… — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
I mean, no, I don't think anything is too far; you can make fun of anything. — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
I just realized at a certain point that no matter how much writing I did, I'm still a gym rat for comedy… — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
I'm not going to say the market is flooded, but there are a lot of people doing comedy. — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
It's way more fun to tell jokes for an hour than it is to sit in a room and bash your head… — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
The thing about comedians is, we're generally pretty smart. So, if we can be smart and funny, that is the victory. — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
Comedy's the only job I say where you wake up and you're like 'Can't do it!' — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
But my problem was that I did an hour for Comedy Central and nobody seemed to care. — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
People doing rhymes that are nonsense - nothing can make me laugh like that. — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
What I love is getting a new joke, or a premise like a sketch idea or a movie idea. That's the best… — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
Like, your body has to get used to being in front of people. Like - and you have to be like -… — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
If the word police want to come and get me, they can come and get me. If someone wants to blog about me, fine.… — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
I can always tell the demographic that will probably recognize me - white dudes, sort of skater-y hip hop white dudes, and working class… — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
I think it's naïve to think white people aren't singing along directly! — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
The biggest problem in America is most people believe poor people are poor because they are lazy. — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
I don't think people understand what comedy is supposed to do. We will observe things, we will make fun of things. — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
Models never say, "I'm hot." They say, "Look at these clothes." Whereas, with comedy, you have to say, "I'm hot." — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
[Robert Smigel] is one of the greatest comedy writers in the last 50 years. "TV Funhouse" and Triumph and all those sketches.He's really unique,… — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
I generally don't read articles about myself/'Chappelle's Show,' nor do I read reviews. It's basically playing Russian Roulette. They're not all gonna be positive. — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
My entryway into hip-hop was - my biggest introduction was obviously like, you know, the Def Jam, Run D.M.C., Beastie Boys, like, that conglomerate. — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image
You can say whatever you want, but there's going to be consequences to it. — Neal Brennan Copy Share Image