Every guy should own one good pair of jeans. Hannibal Buress More Quotes by Hannibal Buress More Quotes From Hannibal Buress If you want to do anything, you got to go do it. Perform a lot, write a lot, make yourself better. Use the Internet, make videos, create content. Hannibal Buress usewantwriting In my hometown of Chicago, I'm kind of a medium deal. Hannibal Buress hometownchicagokind 'SNL' is the first real job I've held for more than a month and a half. Hannibal Buress realhalfjobs There's no room for failure performing [stand-up] for a black audience. If you don't get them right away it's tough winning them back even if you're doing top-notch material. If you didn't win them right when you walked out there, it's tough. Hannibal Buress blackwinningrooms The jokes now, it's just more stories and personal experiences. And just talking about things that really happened. It's just becoming more comfortable as a performer, sharing my opinions on things, or things that've happened to me. That's where it's really going. Hannibal Buress becomingstoriestalking When somebody mangles one of my jokes, that bothers me more than somebody saying that I'm the worst comedian ever. Hannibal Buress comedianworstbother I've been doing stand-up longer than I've been doing anything. It's just learning how to act on camera, trying to get better at that, figuring out how to make my humor translate and bounce off other people. It's not a big challenge, but the main thing is just trying to be on point and be the best I can be on these shows. Hannibal Buress get-betterchallengespeople I can work as a writer, but I wanted to do stand-up. And I knew I could, at worst, work as a stand-up. And I like to travel, and I knew I wanted to do an hour special, so in order to get ready for that, I had to hit the road. Hannibal Buress hoursspecialorder I like smoking at home. I like it to be one of the last things I do that day. I don't wake and bake at all; I couldn't do that. If I'm waking and baking, then I'm staying inside my place the rest of the day. I can't start my day off high. Hannibal Buress days-offsmokinghome I play myself on everything I do. Hannibal Buress play I'd like to get more bit-acting roles. I don't know if my talent would allow for a long dialogue, but I could definitely knock out three lines. Hannibal Buress linesactinglong I've been going up and bombing everywhere. It's great. I love it. It's hilarious. Hannibal Buress bombing I love stand-up. I look at it as a way to always stay productive. I couldn't imagine only being an actor or a writer. Because what the hell do I do when I'm not working? Mope? Hannibal Buress comedianactorsway I feel like comedy is doing well right now because there's so many avenues to be seen. Whether it's through the Internet with social media or web videos and now there's so many networks and TV shows. Hannibal Buress tv-showsvideomedia I think right now there's more TV shows than ever. You've got network, you've got cable, you've got Netflix, you've got Hulu, even Amazon is putting out original content. So there's a lot of opportunities to find fans. You don't have to have a huge audience. You can cater to the people that like your stuff. So there is a boom in comedy and television and stand-up too through podcasting and all the different talk shows. Hannibal Buress tv-showsopportunitythinking I'm not like a super duper sneaker head. I got a couple pairs, but I'm not a "stand in line for sneakers" type of dude. Hannibal Buress sneakerslinescouple I didn't really get into comedy until a couple months before I started doing comedy. Hannibal Buress comedycouplemonths You want to grow where you came up so when you move, you get noticed easier. You can grow in New York but it's better to come here already solid to get your reputation quicker. Hannibal Buress new-yorkwantmoving I smoke occasionally, but it's not a part of my routine. I mean, I don't need it. Hannibal Buress routinemeanneeds When I'm doing shows I don't need much from a city. All I'm looking for is a good meal and a decent spot to have a couple drinks. Hannibal Buress mealscouplecities
