If your dad is anything like mine, then you have no clue what to buy him for Father's Day. The only Father's Day tradition in my family is the annual conversation he and I have where I say, 'Hey, Dad,… — Michael Showalter Copy Share
Given the current state of publishing, I think it helps to have a brand name on the cover of your book. Comedians are proven… — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
I calculated that if I wrote five pages a day, which seemed very doable, I would have an 1,800-page first draft when the deadline… — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
I know more about sports than I know about any other subject, unfortunately. I'm embarrassed to admit that. — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
Will Ferrell is probably the funniest comic actor, certainly of my generation. I am a huge, huge Will Ferrell fan. I'm not a huge comedy buff, truthfully. What I find funny is either something unbelievably stupid, like Dumb And Dumber or Airplane!, where the jokes are just so stupid and pointless, or something like The Office or The Comeback, where… — Michael Showalter Copy Share
If your dad is anything like mine, then you have no clue what to buy him for Father's Day. The only Father's Day tradition in my family is the annual conversation he and I have where I say, 'Hey, Dad, what do you want for Father's Day this year?' and he says, 'Nothing.' Then I ask my mom what I… — Michael Showalter Copy Share
I'm not big on fat jokes. That's a little beneath me. I'm not a huge fan of making a joke - and as I… — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
I just made a movie. There's a kind of a banter that some people might recognize as being screwball. There are no cell phones,… — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
I think narcissists are endlessly watchable. The way they view the world and the way they interact within the world. They have no concept… — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
A lot of my humor centers on the act of telling jokes and I think this can prevent certain audiences from suspending their feeling… — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
“Like I could take a nap at 4:15 p.m. and then I'll wake up twenty minutes later and have absolutely no clue where I am. I'm like, "What era is this? Is it the 1920s? Am I a flapper? Should I go and put on a flapper costume and go flap at a party?" Then I'm like, "Is that what… — Michael Showalter Copy Share
The only Train song I like is the one that I play in my act "Drops Of Jupiter". Sheryl Crow has three or four songs that I like; also Dave Matthews Band. With those particular musicians, it's more that there are a few songs that I like rather than their entire body of work. There are a lot of indie… — Michael Showalter Copy Share
