You really have no idea whether or not what you're writing is funny. In stand-up and sketch comedy, you know right away and you can make your changes accordingly. — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
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… — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
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… — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
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… — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
The only Train song I like is the one that I play in my act "Drops Of Jupiter". Sheryl Crow has three or four… — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
