Neal Brennan

There's nothing worse than trying to be funny and not being funny.

— Neal Brennan

Like, I feel like I'm funny, despite the fact that I keep getting rejected by people less funny than me.

— Neal Brennan

I always say to Blake Griffin that he has a better comedy career than I do.

— Neal Brennan

I know from doing stand-up, I don't want to do a joke that I don't trust.

— Neal Brennan

With most specials, even the best comedians will tell you they could have cut 15 or 20 minutes out of it.

— Neal Brennan

You're supposed to not like the 'Austin Powers' movies because people ruin the catchphrases. 'Austin Powers' is so funny.

— Neal Brennan

I think being honest on TV is pretty rare. So if I can be that, I would like to be.

— Neal Brennan

I needed to be more self-determining, and the most self-determining thing you can do in comedy is stand-up.

— Neal Brennan

I think that [Eddie Murphy's famous "White Like Me"] is probably the first time I thought, "Oh. Being black is different. That…

— Neal Brennan

I would like to do theaters. That's always been a dream. I think that would be a good way to tour. But…

— Neal Brennan

Here's the thing about standup directing: not that hard. As I said on Twitter one day, or maybe it was Instagram -…

— Neal Brennan

[Robert Smigel] is one of the greatest comedy writers in the last 50 years. "TV Funhouse" and Triumph and all those sketches.He's…

— Neal Brennan

With comics it's very close, like, "I don't want to say anything onstage that I wouldn't say offstage." Or vice versa. I…

— Neal Brennan

I'm making fun of midwestern homophobia [in the joke], but I'm still saying faggot. And almost every month as I'm doing that…

— Neal Brennan

Being able to write jokes is great, but you still have to get used to performing them and being on stage -…

— Neal Brennan

My entryway into hip-hop was - my biggest introduction was obviously like, you know, the Def Jam, Run D.M.C., Beastie Boys, like,…

— Neal Brennan

If you're into social justice it's hard not to be on black people's side.

— Neal Brennan

I think anyone can write about anything that they have knowledge of and exposure to.

— Neal Brennan

I'm not dripping with charisma like many of my friends are. But I do have candour, which is close.

— Neal Brennan

The story of '3 Mics' is the story of a guy who wants to be something and is sort of figuring out…

— Neal Brennan

The thing about comedians is, we're generally pretty smart. So, if we can be smart and funny, that is the victory.

— Neal Brennan

I'm not going to say the market is flooded, but there are a lot of people doing comedy.

— Neal Brennan

What I love is getting a new joke, or a premise like a sketch idea or a movie idea. That's the best…

— Neal Brennan

Models never say, "I'm hot." They say, "Look at these clothes." Whereas, with comedy, you have to say, "I'm hot."

— Neal Brennan

With '3 Mics', there's nothing I'm talking about that's too hot button.

— Neal Brennan

I had people think I was brilliant, then 'Half Baked' bricked. They literally look at me like a homeless person.

— Neal Brennan

I just realized at a certain point that no matter how much writing I did, I'm still a gym rat for comedy…

— Neal Brennan

I don't really have a process. I just get agitated or aroused by an idea in the world, and then I want…

— Neal Brennan

I mean, no, I don't think anything is too far; you can make fun of anything.

— Neal Brennan

Even at it's worst, 'Def Jam' was extremely interesting and extremely well performed. And the crowds were amazing.

— Neal Brennan

I think it's naïve to think white people aren't singing along directly!

— Neal Brennan

When you're in a friend circle, you all kind of talk the same way. And it's hard to do on-the-fly radio edits…

— Neal Brennan

There were some things I wanted to talk about. I wanted to talk about depression in public, I wanted to talk about…

— Neal Brennan

Honestly, I've always thought that Charles Barkley is the best guy on TV because he will really tell you what he thinks.…

— Neal Brennan

Black audiences are probably the toughest for me to make laugh. I've gotten pretty good at performing for them, but it's still…

— Neal Brennan

If the word police want to come and get me, they can come and get me. If someone wants to blog about…

— Neal Brennan

You know, like, real paying attention and real observation and deep thought and deep consideration can be a bit, you know, miserable-making.

— Neal Brennan

If I go to the store, I'm not trying to slip in the middle of the aisle so I can talk about…

— Neal Brennan

I think the biggest influence on my stand-up would be Chris Rock, in that I love that Chris is basically an essayist,…

— Neal Brennan

It wasn't so much figuring out my voice comedically, because that was always pretty clear. It was more about performing and being…

— Neal Brennan