Matt Rife

I'm wildly insecure with my looks.

— Matt Rife

I like dark humor.

— Matt Rife

You don't have to like everybody.

— Matt Rife

I hate flip flops. I hate loafers.

— Matt Rife

I've been incredibly lucky.

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I was so ugly for so long.

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I'd love to box Harry Styles.

— Matt Rife

I'm originally from Columbus, Ohio.

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Until I got my teeth done? No-one would even look at me.

— Matt Rife

Nobody could be meaner than me if I really wanted to be.

— Matt Rife

The bigger the room, the louder you have to project your voice.

— Matt Rife

I have so many insecurities about my physicality, it is insane.

— Matt Rife

Everyone wants to complain about every joke ever told.

— Matt Rife

There's nobody I look up to in stand-up more than Dave Chappelle.

— Matt Rife

People don't want to laugh at physically attractive people.

— Matt Rife

There's no crash course on how to be famous.

— Matt Rife

There's nothing funny about somebody living an easy life, or so you would assume.

— Matt Rife

Even I get tired of my own jokes if you tell them over and over and over again. So, crowd work is…

— Matt Rife

If it wasn't for my grandpa, I'd have absolutely no sense of humor and I never would have gotten my start in…

— Matt Rife

It's wonderful to be able to think about work. But you have to create; you have to still have your personal life.

— Matt Rife

I like being surprised. When some incredibly magical moment happens in crowd work that blows the crowd's mind, it blows my mind.

— Matt Rife

I'm not a jukebox. You can't expect a certain song for me to come and play.

— Matt Rife

I think we're bringing something to Netflix that people haven't really seen before.

— Matt Rife

The majority of my material comes from first-hand experiences, so sometimes it just has to come to me, I can't force it.

— Matt Rife

I almost exclusively performed at Black comedy shows and Black clubs. Black comics always just gave me the opportunity: 'Hey, you want…

— Matt Rife

You can say whatever you want. Now, you have to prepare for repercussions. But at the end of the day, it all…

— Matt Rife

Even if you have success on a platform, like YouTube, Instagram or whatever it may be, it's just not as glorified or…

— Matt Rife

I'm busy 23 hours a day. I sleep terribly. So, that one hour a day at the gym is my hour of…

— Matt Rife

It took getting on TikTok and people having the opportunity to see my comedy to realize like oh, there's actually a lot…

— Matt Rife

I've been guilty of hating people and when I really sat back and thought about it, it was because I was jealous…

— Matt Rife

I know for me, everything that leaves my mouth on stage is purely with the intention of making people laugh. It's never…

— Matt Rife

You don't want to walk on stage and people are looking at your arms rather than listening to your jokes. I think…

— Matt Rife

I don't want to stop working. But yeah, I think there has to be a level of spirituality, and it can be…

— Matt Rife

I was able to buy my mom a house, employ my friends, and accomplish dreams I never thought possible - like selling…

— Matt Rife

I don't think I'm hot at all.

— Matt Rife

Comedy and horror are one degree of separation.

— Matt Rife

I'll never be as funny as a regular Black dude.

— Matt Rife

Other people's perspective of you isn't your responsibility.

— Matt Rife

There's a bunch of really good comedians who I've known for years.

— Matt Rife

I spent the first 22 years of my life building a personality.

— Matt Rife