Brian Posehn Professions : ActorBorn : July 6, 1966 Browse All Authors Top 49 quotes by Brian Posehn I was just surprised when my wife told me we were having a baby. I was like, Wow, that's awesome. You're going to make a great single mom. Brian Posehn wifemombaby My friends are trying to get me to go out on blind dates. Big 'NO' to that because all my friends are a bunch of lying geeks. They're always like, 'Brian, you're really gonna dig this girl. She's got Traci Lords' eyes, Michelle Pfeiffer's nose, Kim Basinger's lips.' Yeah, they always forget to tell me she's also got Charlie Brown's head. Brian Posehn girleyelying Metal is easily my favorite thing - Exodus and Anthrax and Megadeth - so it just kind of organically came through in the standup act. Brian Posehn favorites-thingsmy-favoritekind Turns out, theres not a lot of information about pickles on the Internet. Brian Posehn picklesinternetinformation Once I could drive, I spent all my time in the city going to metal shows. I missed the first couple of Metallica shows because I was lame. By the time I got into them, they were playing places like the Kabuki. Brian Posehn lamecouplecities Always been a big heavy metal fan. I remember being 15 saying, Dude I'm going to love heavy metal forever. Heavy metal til I'm 60. I'm 35 now. I think I'm going to give it one more year. Brian Posehn metal-fansyearsthinking I was such a weird kid. The really hardcore stuff like Venom - I was totally aware of them, and I listened to some of it - but they actually frightened me. Brian Posehn hardcorestuffkids I got into Kiss before I got into anybody. The first thing I heard was Detroit Rock City. I heard it in the school library, where I lived. Brian Posehn rockskissingschool I just felt like I'd rather listen to even the worst metal song more than most current pop music. Brian Posehn listenworstmusicsong I love writing. It's one of my favorite jobs. Of the things I get to do, I love sitting in a room and coming up with ideas, and I love going home and pounding them out. Brian Posehn going-homehomeloveideas I have tried to be more relatable, but I won't be relatable to everybody. Brian Posehn triedmoreeverybody I wasn't even aware that there are different styles of taxidermy, traditional and rogue. I wound up really liking the rogue stuff the most, just because it is more artistic and people can go anywhere with it. That stuff I really liked. Honestly, I would have liked to buy some of those pieces. Brian Posehn just-becausesomegopeople What I think makes people nerds is just being obsessive. I think that's what nerdiness really is - its people who don't just passively like something, they get passionate about whatever they like. Brian Posehn somethinglikethinkpeople I used to own a stuffed piranha, but I haven't seen it in years. I don't even know what happened to it. Maybe my wife didn't want it to make the move from the last house to this one. Brian Posehn ownknowwifehouse Juvenile stuff has always made me laugh. It's what I know. Brian Posehn laughknowmealways One thing about writing 'The Sarah Silverman Program' was the concern that I don't give myself the best story, you know what I mean? Brian Posehn storybestmyselfyou A lot of the traditional sitcom stuff I did - I think I could have gone that route when I was younger as a staff writer, and I just didn't want to. Brian Posehn justthinkgonewant I didn't want to write sketch comedy after 'Mr. Show.' I felt like, after 'Mr. Show', why would you want to go work at any of the other places that existed then? Brian Posehn sketchyoucomedywork You don't hear Metallica complaining about Pearl Jam. Brian Posehn hearaboutyoucomplaining I tried playing the drums, and I could play 'Boys Don't Cry' by The Cure. Brian Posehn triedplayingcryplay Similar Authors Ian Mckellen actor Adhir Kalyan actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje actor Bert Lahr actor Alan Arkin actor Alan Alda actorAll Authors
