“The world needs change, change needs an activity. It has to be planted by a thought.” Quote by Nicolas Winding Refn
“The power of art is as powerful as weapons of mass destruction; it's just where war destroys, art inspires. But in order to inspire, you need to react to it. And, if it doesn't penetrate your mind, you can't react to it.” IfsNeedsMindArtWarOrderPowerfulInspireWeaponsMassArt IsDestructionPenetrateWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass Destruction Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“We live in a society right now which is the last phase of the ecosystem in terms of the old entertainment value, or the old entertainment construction, which is we've gone down to this instant gratification, instant numbers, instant understanding, instant. But it's like the exact - it has perfected itself to the instant click, when, in a way, creativity originates as a much more complex beast. So we now have to reinvent a new canvas where we can indulge in it. And that's where the digital revolution creates a whole new ecosystem of entertainment.” WayWholeLastsValuesUnderstandingTermNumbersCreativityGoneRevolutionRight NowComplexesEntertainmentInstantBeastDigitalConstructionPhasesCanvasIndulgeGratificationClicksEcosystemsIndulge InInstant GratificationDigital Revolution Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“I'm really into pandas right now. They're really scratching an itch for me. They're so goddamn cute.” Right NowCutePandas Author:Nick Kroll
“I like an otter. I like a sea lion. I like a walrus. That's my favorite version of a sea creature.” SeaCreaturesMy FavoriteVersionsLionsOttersWalrus Author:Nick Kroll
“My best friend, Andrew Goldberg - and this is genuinely not me trying to cross-promote, but this new Netflix show I'm doing called Big Mouth is about me and my best friend, Andrew Goldberg, from childhood - but there was a year when I went to his house after school every day and we watched Wayne's World and ate Doritos.” WorldTryingYearsShowsBigsSchoolHouseChildhoodMouthsCrossesMy Best FriendWayneAndrewAfter SchoolNetflixDoritos Author:Nick Kroll
“I had PubLIZity, I had Oh, Hello, I had Bobby and Farley - all of these sketches that were really these duo sketches, but the relationship between them is really what catapulted them forward. A lot of that, I think, came from Wayne and Garth, these two similar guys - they're Midwestern metal guys - but in the end, they're quite different because there's an alpha and a beta. And I think that model became very present for me on Kroll Show.” ThinkingTwoDifferentEndsShowsGuyModelsMetalsHelloWayneAlphasBetaDuos Author:Nick Kroll
“I gave the graduation speech at my high school. Not because I was valedictorian but because the grade voted for me to do it. And I gave a slightly contentious speech. I was a little critical of the administration. But for a long time it said on Wikipedia that I took my balls out and exposed myself to the crowd.” LittlesLongSaidSchoolSpeechLong TimeHigh SchoolBallsCrowdsCriticalAdministrationGradesExposedWikipediaContentiousGraduation SpeechValedictorians Author:Nick Kroll
“It's not that weird, but when I was in Peru, I ate a guinea pig. If you're going to eat guinea pig, you call it cuy. Cute word for such a cute little animal that I ate a few times.” IfsLittlesAnimalCutePigsGuineaPeruGuinea Pigs Author:Nick Kroll
“My first concert isn't that cool or ironic. I wish it had been like, "My first concert was the Backstreet Boys," but the first concert I went to, I think, was this band called The Samples.” ThinkingFirstsWishBoysBandConcertsIronicSampleBackstreetBackstreet Boys Author:Nick Kroll