“A friend of mine jokes that I have a painstaking royalty complex. Like maybe I was a duke in a past life.” PastMinesJokesComplexesRoyaltyDukesPast Life Author:Frank Ocean
“In the sixties, the recycling of pop culture turning it into Pop art and camp had its own satirical zest. Now we're into a different kind of recycling. Moviemakers give movies of the past an authority that those movies didn't have; they inflate images that may never have compelled belief, images that were no more than shorthand gestures and they use them not as larger-than-life jokes but as altars.” GivingKindMayArtDifferentUsePastCultureBeliefAuthorityJokesPopsCampsDifferent KindsGesturesSixtyCompelledAltarsPop CultureRecyclingSatiricalZestLarger Than LifePop ArtShorthand Author:Pauline Kael
“I had written for Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman in the past. Jimmy had a different voice, and different priorities. He couldnt be the bad guy in the joke; he couldnt upset people, really.” PeopleDifferentPastGuyVoiceWrittenJokesPrioritiesUpsetBad GuysJimmyDifferent Voices Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“Stand-up life is really hard. At one point, I got so paralyzed I could write five screenplays before I could write three jokes for stand-up. Later, I've finally allowed myself to relax quite a bit, to think I can do it because I've done it in the past. The pressure to come up with the material is the same but the anxiety about whether I can do it is gone.” ThinkingWritingI CanHardDonePastLife IsThreeBitsCan DoGoneFiveMaterialsAnxietyJokesPressureCome UpRelaxScreenplaysI Can Do ItParalyzed Author:Steve Martin
“I don't get any anxiety. I don't because of two reasons. Number one, just breaking through it as a kid and finally getting past it was like okay, nothing's ever going to feel that scary again as that deafening silence of a joke not working. Any joke not working is not as bad as not being able to even try and get on stage.” FeelsTryingTwoReasonKidsAblePastNumbersSilenceStageAnxietyJokesOkayScary Author:Dane Cook