"Comedy is basically self-deprecation." — Hannibal Buress
"Comedy is basically self-deprecation."
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15 Quotes by Hannibal Buress
Hannibal Buress has 15 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- In my hometown of Chicago, I'm kind of a medium deal.
- People like to compare something to something that they know. Even with Chris Rock, they say he's like Richard Pryor…
- I have weird aspirations. Like, I really want to kick a pigeon.
- I never use a napkin on my lap at a restaurant...because I believe in myself.
- We were talking about urban youth. And by urban I mean lives in a city not urban as in black…
- I want to just at least make it weird for you to watch Cosby Show reruns.
- SNL' is the first real job I've held for more than a month and a half.
- I'd like to get more bit-acting roles. I don't know if my talent would allow for a long dialogue, but…
- When people go through something rough in life, they say, "I'm taking it one day at a time." Yes, so…
- My dad named me after Hannibal Barca, the Carthaginian general who attacked Rome. But nobody knows about him.
- I can work as a writer, but I wanted to do stand-up.
- I took an improv class in 2005 in Chicago at ComedySportz, which was short-form, more of a games-based improv. I…
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