--- title: "17 Shows Quotes By Louis C. K" description: "17 Shows quotes by Louis C. K. Plus more from Louis C. K and more Shows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ce/louis-c-k-1150_head_sometimes-i-try-to-take-a-nap-before-sho_2249688.png" --- > [Sometimes I try to take a nap before shows. That clears my head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/sometimes-i-try-to-take-a-nap-before-shows-that-clears-my-head/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ce/louis-c-k-1150_head_sometimes-i-try-to-take-a-nap-before-sho_2249688.png) > [The only road to doing good shows, is doing bad shows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/the-only-road-to-doing-good-shows-is-doing-bad-shows/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31a/louis-c-k-1150_doing-good_the-only-road-to-doing-good-shows-is-doi_843378.png) > [I love stand-up more than anything, and I'm so happy to have found a way to use it in the show.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/i-love-stand-up-more-than-anything-and-i-m-so-happy-to-have-found-a/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6d/louis-c-k-1150_comedy_i-love-stand-up-more-than-anything-and-i_2024405.png) > [Either I'll never get rich from the show but remain intensely proud of the work and stand behind every second of it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/either-i-ll-never-get-rich-from-the-show-but-remain-intensely-proud/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b8/louis-c-k-1150_behinds_either-i-ll-never-get-rich-from-the-show_2688201.png) > [I've always got the road. Stand-up makes you so autonomous and self-sufficient that it really helps with that part of show business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/i-ve-always-got-the-road-stand-up-makes-you-so-autonomous-and-self/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/162/louis-c-k-1150_autonomous_i-ve-always-got-the-road-stand-up-makes_808970.png) > [The only road to good shows is bad ones. Just go start having a bad time, and if you don't give up,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/the-only-road-to-good-shows-is-bad-ones-just-go-start-having-a-bad/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a4/louis-c-k-1150_bad-time_the-only-road-to-good-shows-is-bad-ones_1121633.png) > [When I was a kid there was a show called 'Holmes & Yo-Yo' about a robot cop. I LOVED that show and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/when-i-was-a-kid-there-was-a-show-called-holmes-yo-yo-about-a-robot/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33c/louis-c-k-1150_cop_when-i-was-a-kid-there-was-a-show-called_620410.png) > [You have to do a show as honestly as you can. But you also can't afford skepticism, because it's preparing for failure,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/you-have-to-do-a-show-as-honestly-as-you-can-but-you-also-can-t/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e68/louis-c-k-1150_doubt_you-have-to-do-a-show-as-honestly-as-you_2443587.png) > [Don't text or twitter during the show. Just live your life. Don't keep telling people what you're doing. Just, because also -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/don-t-text-or-twitter-during-the-show-just-live-your-life-don-t-keep/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/437/louis-c-k-1150_bigs_don-t-text-or-twitter-during-the-show-ju_2709865.png) > [There's two kinds of press that you get when you put out a TV show: The reviews, and the people that just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/there-s-two-kinds-of-press-that-you-get-when-you-put-out-a-tv-show/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb1/louis-c-k-1150_journalism_there-s-two-kinds-of-press-that-you-get_2312471.png) > [I did a show in New Jersey in the auditorium of a technical high school ... Technical high school, that's where dreams…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/i-did-a-show-in-new-jersey-in-the-auditorium-of-a-technical-high/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f9/louis-c-k-1150_auditoriums_i-did-a-show-in-new-jersey-in-the-audito_322753.png) > [Well, I think “likability” is an overused word. I don’t watch people 'cause I like them; I watch them because they’re compelling.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/well-i-think-likability-is-an-overused-word-i-don-t-watch-people/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/361/louis-c-k-1150_causes_well-i-think-likability-is-an-overused-w_2616861.png) > [To me, there's a huge difference between criticism and reviewing. I really love reading good criticism of television and film. To me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/to-me-there-s-a-huge-difference-between-criticism-and-reviewing-i/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/908/louis-c-k-1150_compare_to-me-there-s-a-huge-difference-between_1968116.jpg) > [Rob McElhenney who runs 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.' That show absolutely kills me and I am stunned by the consistency of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/rob-mcelhenney-who-runs-it-s-always-sunny-in-philadelphia-that-show/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2db/louis-c-k-1150_always-sunny_rob-mcelhenney-who-runs-it-s-always-sunn_1397121.png) > [Sometimes I just want to tell a story regardless of whether it fits what the show is saying. I’ve been in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/sometimes-i-just-want-to-tell-a-story-regardless-of-whether-it-fits/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b07/louis-c-k-1150_black_sometimes-i-just-want-to-tell-a-story-re_293339.jpg) > [There’s a need to perfect things in a writers’ room, and that can take a lot of fun out of a show…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/there-s-a-need-to-perfect-things-in-a-writers-room-and-that-can-take/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8df/louis-c-k-1150_congress_there-s-a-need-to-perfect-things-in-a-wr_2960440.png) > [My show is sort of a short-film anthology, and I'm able to tell little stories that don't necessarily carry a whole episode…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/my-show-is-sort-of-a-short-film-anthology-and-i-m-able-to-tell-little/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db9/louis-c-k-1150_able_my-show-is-sort-of-a-short-film-antholog_688523.png) ## Other authors on Shows ## More by Louis C. K > [Technically, I've learned that having good legs and wind is good for being on stage. You have to be in shape and have endurance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/technically-i-ve-learned-that-having-good-legs-and-wind-is-good-for/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) > [I think I'm past any window where I'm suddenly going to become surprisingly ripped so that people go, 'Oh, my God, what happened to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/i-think-i-m-past-any-window-where-i-m-suddenly-going-to-become/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) > [I can feel how an audience is reacting when I'm on a stage, but when you are on stage, your perception is distorted. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/i-can-feel-how-an-audience-is-reacting-when-i-m-on-a-stage-but-when/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) > [“You need to develop the ability to just be yourself and not be doing something, that's what the phones are taking away. The ability…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/you-need-to-develop-the-ability-to-just-be-yourself-and-not-be-doing/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) > [I know what it's like to have a bunch of material that's working that you don't care about. You want to die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/i-know-what-it-s-like-to-have-a-bunch-of-material-that-s-working-that/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) > [I just love learning. I think learning is how you live. The verb of my life is learning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/i-just-love-learning-i-think-learning-is-how-you-live-the-verb-of-my/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) > [There's been a lot of simple vilification of right-wing people. It's really easy to say, 'Well, you're Christian, you're anti-this and that, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/there-s-been-a-lot-of-simple-vilification-of-right-wing-people-it-s/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) > [“A woman saying yes to a date with a man is literally insane and ill-advised, and the whole species' existence counts on them doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/a-woman-saying-yes-to-a-date-with-a-man-is-literally-insane-and-ill/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) > [When your kid is being selfish or greedy and you want to help them not be that way, you have to find a way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/when-your-kid-is-being-selfish-or-greedy-and-you-want-to-help-them/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) > [You have to be really tenacious. You have to keep at it. There are many roads to get there. If you can get yourself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/you-have-to-be-really-tenacious-you-have-to-keep-at-it-there-are-many/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) > [When I take my kids out for dinner or lunch, people smile at us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/when-i-take-my-kids-out-for-dinner-or-lunch-people-smile-at-us/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) > [I'd love to have a shitty job. I couldn't hold any down. Standup was the only thing I could stick with. I'm an idiot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/i-d-love-to-have-a-shitty-job-i-couldn-t-hold-any-down-standup-was/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) > [There's no way you ask Sean Penn a question and then, you're gonna be HUGE !](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/there-s-no-way-you-ask-sean-penn-a-question-and-then-you-re-gonna-be/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) > [If you had a jetpack you'd be like I have the shittiest jetpack. Who's your service provider on your jetpack? Did they make the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/if-you-had-a-jetpack-you-d-be-like-i-have-the-shittiest-jetpack-who-s/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) > [I spend enough time onscreen looking hangdog and depressed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-c-k/i-spend-enough-time-onscreen-looking-hangdog-and-depressed/) [Louis C. K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-c-k/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/shows/louis-c-k/#itemlist", "name": "17 Shows Quotes By Louis C. K", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sometimes I try to take a nap before shows. That clears my head.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Louis C. 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