Brett Gelman

I really am not that hairy on my body. It's weird.

— Brett Gelman

I get to live a privileged existence.

— Brett Gelman

I love Brody Stevens. He's one of my favorite stand-ups.

— Brett Gelman

A crazy action only works if there's a great reaction.

— Brett Gelman

I love Adult Swim. They give you so much artistic freedom.

— Brett Gelman

The world is pretty messed up.

— Brett Gelman

I like being strange. I like being hyperbolic and surreal.

— Brett Gelman

I'm not someone who shies away from darkness being funny.

— Brett Gelman

I've wanted to be a comedian since I was a kid, and my parents were very supportive of that.

— Brett Gelman

Talking is not action. Don't just look at what you say. Look at how you socialize.

— Brett Gelman

I'm all for free speech, and I don't need my viewpoint to be the only viewpoint.

— Brett Gelman

Nobody wants to see a woman onscreen who is a wreck. That is pure, unadulterated, systemic misogyny.

— Brett Gelman

I've always been an actor. I've always approached all my comedy as an actor.

— Brett Gelman

As far as making people feel less depressed, that, in and of itself, is a political act.

— Brett Gelman

I look upon 'A Little Bit of Luck' as a very bizarre, happy, surreal memory.

— Brett Gelman

Don't be proud of me. Do something to make yourself proud of yourself.

— Brett Gelman

I always at least try to come from some sort of human place no matter how ridiculous the character is. That's really…

— Brett Gelman

I'm a straight white man - I have options, and I'm not blocked on a consistent basis when I wake up in…

— Brett Gelman

I'm an actor. I've always been an actor. I've always approached all my comedy as an actor. I don't really care about…

— Brett Gelman

What a great way to make some money is just fine somebody $300 if their phone rings in the theatre. That'll make…

— Brett Gelman

Dinner is often a very celebratory environment, a very safe place, a time to reflect and let the day go and enjoy…

— Brett Gelman

Use your imaginations, and use your empathy. If you don't do that, you're limiting yourself as an artist, and you're hurting the…

— Brett Gelman

There's a certain order to network shows that doesn't exist so much in cable, which is, you know, if you want to…

— Brett Gelman

We have to laugh at how hard life can be and how screwed up we can be at times... It's a really…

— Brett Gelman

Every white liberal straight man needs to take action and work at unifying all peoples of our sides and stop making women…

— Brett Gelman

I think some people watch 'Raging Bull,' or they watch 'The Piano Teacher,' and I think they're more, maybe, able to process…

— Brett Gelman

I've definitely had my hard partying moments. I've definitely had the long stretches of time in my personal life where I've felt…

— Brett Gelman

We spend so much of our lives doing math problems on how to feel good. It's such a waste of time. You're…

— Brett Gelman

As someone who is on the more liberal side of things, I personally think this side needs to be a little less…

— Brett Gelman

I love taking on roles that other people have written for me just as much as I take on writing - just…

— Brett Gelman

Even if somebody is maybe a little less qualified, you can bring them in, you can teach them, and it will also…

— Brett Gelman

I'm not a fighter. I don't like to get beat up.

— Brett Gelman

All of my favorite directors are coming from a singular perspective, and I think that's been very lacking in film.

— Brett Gelman

I think that life is very dark at times and there are things that are very funny about that.

— Brett Gelman

I like to challenge the audience. I want people to feel discomfort.

— Brett Gelman

I've always been an actor, even when I was doing improv and my own version of stand up.

— Brett Gelman

One of the things I was taught was how you deal with language. It's important, very important in comedy.

— Brett Gelman

I love 'Seinfeld.' That was not alternative. You can't get more in mainstream than that.

— Brett Gelman

We have to laugh at how hard life can be and how screwed up we can be at times.

— Brett Gelman

Even the people who do great jokes, [it's] always coming out of a very real place.

— Brett Gelman