Nick Kroll Quotes

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• Don't watch Kroll Show if you don't have a Nielsen box. I honestly don't care. Feel free to DVR it and not watch it because…
• Contrary to widespread belief, I do know something about science.
• I found, especially with stand-up, that if a premise works, you can make the joke work. If a premise doesn't work, you can't force it…
• I think my goal was just to do comedy, honestly. It still is. Whatever form that took or takes, it doesn't matter.
• I would be psyched to get a phone call from Al Sharpton. I need to find out who does his hair. It's beautiful. It's a…
• My friends and family always thought I was pretty funny, but I don't know if they thought I was get-my-own-show funny.
• My thinking is, if we're setting out to make comedy in which nothing is off limits, then everybody is fair game.
• Oftentimes the shows that don't work help you get it right.
• The one place I've seen something really come together is in editing. Sometimes you can save pieces in a way that you're really shocked.
• A comedian is sort of like a wild animal. It really just depends on where you catch them. Sometimes they want to cuddle up, and…
• Anyone you give a ton of money to is going to go slightly crazy. I don't think comedians are particularly special in that regard; they…
• For me, I was literally trying to stay afloat. I never actually thought I would get my own sketch show. So the idea that one…
• I came to New York and started doing stand-up and improv, and started auditioning for commercials and voiceovers and stuff. My first job was on…
• I feel incredibly lucky at this moment in my career to get paid to do basically exactly what I always wanted to do. I appreciate…
• In general in comedy, there are fewer people making a ton of money and a lot more people making a living. For me, the goal…
• In high school, I went to a place called the Mountain School. It's on a farm in Vermont, and I read Emerson and Thoreau and…
• My friends, we all improvise together usually. So we write what I think is a good script but always leave a lot of room to…
• One of the worst things about being an actor, besides people being nice to you and getting free stuff all the time - but really,…
• Really, I just love doing comedy. Any form it takes is great, as long as I can keep doing it, you know? If I can…
• There's just a feeling, when you're just an actor - I have great admiration for people who are just actors. I don't understand it, the…

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