Brett Gelman Professions : Actor Born : October 6, 1976 Browse All Authors Top 33 quotes by Brett Gelman I really am not that hairy on my body. It's weird. Brett Gelman hairy really weird body I'm a straight white man - I have options, and I'm not blocked on a consistent basis when I wake up in the morning because of my race, sex, and orientation. Brett Gelman man wake-up morning sex Use your imaginations, and use your empathy. If you don't do that, you're limiting yourself as an artist, and you're hurting the world. Brett Gelman yourself you empathy world I'm not someone who shies away from darkness being funny. I think that life is very dark at times, and there are things that are very funny about that. Brett Gelman darkness dark life funny I think that liberal straight white men really need to stop patting themselves on the back for what they think they think and actually take a look at their actions. Brett Gelman look think white men I get to live a privileged existence. Brett Gelman live get privileged existence A lot of times, comedic actors are discriminated against. People just assume they can't do something other than what they do, rather than thinking, 'Oh, wait - doing what they do normally is really hard.' Brett Gelman wait doing people thinking Jason Woliner and I have been longtime friends and collaborators. Brett Gelman longtime been jason friends There are not many people that I respect more than rappers. I'm a huge fan of hip hop. It's incredible, one of the most influential things to me. It takes real genius to be able to do well. It's a very deep art form. Brett Gelman me respect people art I'm not a fighter. I don't like to get beat up. Brett Gelman beat get like fighter I'm Jewish, so it's like I'm not totally white. I'm, like, gray. Brett Gelman jewish like gray white Nobody wants to see a woman onscreen who is a wreck. That is pure, unadulterated, systemic misogyny. Brett Gelman woman nobody see pure A crazy action only works if there's a great reaction. Brett Gelman reaction great crazy action Similar Authors Ian Mckellen actor Adhir Kalyan actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje actor Bert Lahr actor Alan Arkin actor Alan Alda actor All Authors