With stand-up you meet almost constant rejection. You put yourself out there with your thoughts and your ideas, and you think they're funny, and you hope other people think they're funny too. The only way you're going to find out… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
You can find nice clothes that suit your style at any number of places - Goodwill, Salvation Army, stores like that. They're all over… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
If you pay attention, stand-up can be great improv training ground. But one of the things that helped me the most was doing warm-up… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
If the idea is you're working at a job solely to pay the bills because you have ambitions to do something else, if you're… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
I love to do the stream-of-consciousness thing, because it's exciting for me, and I like to think it's exciting for the audience, too. — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
How has podcasting changed things? A lot of people ask me if I feel I should be more famous. — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
My favorite movie is Lawrence Of Arabia. But that's a long, long movie. So although I've seen it several times, it's not as fun… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
I came from a big family, with not enough attention. It's classic. I wasn't the baby, but was second to last. It's absolutely the… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
You can make me laugh at a thing that I think is horrific. You can make me laugh at a thing that affects me… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
Someone thought that I dropped out of Harvard. I am a college dropout, but I dropped out of Temple University in Philadelphia. — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
It's important for us all to elect people not just on blind party loyalty. We've got to really examine what candidates say and do. — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
More than just a sobering history lesson, 'Angry Birds' is a beautiful game. It's absolutely lovely. — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
![“I came from a big family, with not enough attention. It's classic. I wasn't the baby, but was second to last. It's absolutely the same story that most people have in this [film] business, they're the middle children. I've encountered some people, and it's weird to me, that they were the youngest…” quote by Paul F. Tompkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/74d/paul-f-tompkins-3121_attention_i-came-from-a-big-family-with-not-enough_226143.jpg)
