Starting the podcast was an experiment. I wouldn't say I was very private, but I was probably as private as the average… — Pete Holmes Average Copy Share Image
I went and saw Letterman when I was 15, and that had a profound impact on me. — Pete Holmes Impact Copy Share Image
Good comedy can be liberating, and if I'm doing my job as a comedian, part of the joy for the audience is… — Pete Holmes Comedy Copy Share Image
There's something about a podcast that feels like two people in a closet with the lights off. — Pete Holmes Closet Copy Share Image
Audiences sometimes emit these weird frequencies that make you think you've weirded them out. — Pete Holmes Audiences Copy Share Image
I'm a comedian. Comedians are supposed to be jaded, cynical, angry people. But I'm not: I'm a silly, silly fun boy. — Pete Holmes Angry Copy Share Image
The only Batman that doesn't need parodying is Adam West, but everybody else is fair game. — Pete Holmes Batman Copy Share Image
I didn't like talking about my divorce. I think I viewed that as something that was embarrassing or a failure. — Pete Holmes Divorce Copy Share Image
There's something about taking emotional and career and relationship humiliations, writing them, acting them out again, but then redeeming them in some… — Pete Holmes Acting Copy Share Image
There are elements of comedy that can be competitive and back stab-y, but one of the underreported sides is that we love… — Pete Holmes Comedy Copy Share Image
I felt like I was in a unique position, or I am in a unique position, to show the evangelical world in… — Pete Holmes Evangelical Copy Share Image
Why do we say 'Have a great weekend?' That's just a spell. You're just going - I have no control over your… — Pete Holmes Change Copy Share Image
I'm trying to, with my stand-up and with the podcast, give people these little stupid things to give them happiness. I know… — Pete Holmes Comedy Copy Share Image
Sometimes I liken the comedian's lifestyle a little bit to a firefighter's in the sense that there's a lot of waiting and… — Pete Holmes Comedy Copy Share Image
I needed to let go of the idea of a God who was mad at me for feeling how I was feeling.… — Pete Holmes Experience Copy Share Image
I'll admit that I'm self-centered - all of us are - but I can also be external and giving and listening and… — Pete Holmes Empathetic Copy Share Image
When I look at what's happening with #MeToo, my heart breaks, basically, for everybody involved. — Pete Holmes Basically Copy Share Image
The biggest idea of a good time for me is making the Batman videos that we did. That is my ideal day.… — Pete Holmes Batman Copy Share Image
When you think about a festival from a comedian's perspective, it has to do with who else does it - that's number… — Pete Holmes Comedian Copy Share Image
I thought divorce was for people that threw plates at each other, and I'd have to be an alcoholic or having affairs.… — Pete Holmes Divorce Copy Share Image
The world is so mysterious, and there's so many social interactions where I have no idea what I'm supposed to do -… — Pete Holmes Being Copy Share Image
Yeah, I had a talk show canceled. Okay, let's go back to the list of people who had talk shows canceled. Johnny… — Pete Holmes Go Copy Share Image
I think a lot of pain in people's lives comes from not being open and honest about what they really think, what… — Pete Holmes Being Copy Share Image
There's nothing you can do to increase or decrease the love that God has for you, but there are things you can… — Pete Holmes Awareness Copy Share Image
So we have the story of who we are. I'm a man, and I'm a comedian, and I'm a tall man. I… — Pete Holmes Batman Copy Share Image
When I used to work the road, I remember I used to ask myself in the mirror, literally, like in a movie,… — Pete Holmes Comedian Copy Share Image
Every performer I talk to will, with different words, talk about the sanctity of a good standup show, how it can really… — Pete Holmes Comedy Copy Share Image
I think my mom recognized that I liked people to be happy. I like people to get along. And I like to… — Pete Holmes Catholic Copy Share Image
