“I think comedy is a really, really good tool for trying to say something.” ThinkingTryingComedyTools Author:Zach Galifianakis
“I think if you come out to California trying to be an actor, it's pretty hard. There's desperation. A lot of people are desperate, and a lot of people are clueless, including me. It's hard to try to figure it out. I've never told you, but I have head shots that if you saw them... they're so terrible! It's so embarrassing.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingHardActorsSawsFiguresTerribleShotsIncludingCaliforniaDesperateDesperationEmbarrassingClueless Author:Zach Galifianakis
“People are trying to prove things. And I probably have that. I probably do. Probably guilty of it, in a way.” PeopleWayTryingProveGuilty Author:Zach Galifianakis
“I try to write three jokes every day. I don't sit down and write them, it's just things that pop into my head. Then I'll go watch it fail onstage that night.” WritingTryingNightThreeWatchesFailingJokesDown AndPops Author:Zach Galifianakis
“I don't like cursing in movies. I feel like cursing has become the new hackiness. You try to find substitutions for cursing.” FeelsTryingCursingSubstitution Author:Zach Galifianakis
“I just try to keep myself a traditionalist. I liked being an underground comic doing my thing. I want to maintain that. I just do.” WantTryingComic Author:Zach Galifianakis
“People get TV deals by doing something in their grandmother's basement. It is definitely the wave. Everybody is trying to do all that stuff. I mean, the Internet is the only reason that I've gotten work is because I've somehow created a line and people have seen it. And then I've been asked to auditions.” PeopleTryingMeanReasonStuffLinesDealsTvsInternetWaveGrandmotherAuditionsBasements Author:Zach Galifianakis
“When I do stand-up for a long time, I'll get burned out, then I'll get an acting gig. For me, the grass is always greener. I'd like to do a mixture of all of it. My goal is just to do small movies that I've written. That's what I'm trying to do now, just write smaller movies.” WritingTryingLongGoalActingWrittenLong TimeGrassBurnedMixturesGigsGreenerBurned OutGrass Is Always Greener Author:Zach Galifianakis