I spend enough time onscreen looking hangdog and depressed. Louis C. K. More Quotes by Louis C. K. More Quotes From Louis C. K. I think one reason TV has always done well is because there is something comforting where you kind of know what you're going to be taken through. Louis C. K. taken comforting thinking Expensive quality work doesn't cost more - it pays. Louis C. K. quality insightful cost Sometimes I just want to tell a story regardless of whether it fits what the show is saying. I’ve been in a lot of writing rooms where somebody says an idea and everyone’s dying, like laughing so they’re delirious. It’s like a black hole in a good way, everything starts to fall into it, you know what I mean. Louis C. K. writing mean fall Rob McElhenney who runs 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.' That show absolutely kills me and I am stunned by the consistency of greatness it has maintained over what is now a record breaking amount of seasons ... How do you do that for so many years? My 14-year-old daughter and I watch it together and we both laugh crazy hard. Louis C. K. daughter crazy running I wish I could [keep a journal]. I have a lot of journals with one page half written in. I sometimes will write myself a quick email on my Blackberry when I think of something. Louis C. K. wish writing thinking I don't know if you've ever had just five dollars in the bank, but I've found that if that's all you have, you can't get it out. Louis C. K. five dollars found We have white people problems in America. You know what that is? That's when your life is amazing, so you just make stuff up to get worried about. Louis C. K. white america people I have a lot of beliefs, and I live by none of them - that's just the way I am they make me feel good about who I am. Louis C. K. feel-good who-i-am way Being popular with an audience is a very rickety ladder to be on. Louis C. K. being-popular ladders audience When two kids are being completely berserk, and they're naked and throwing food around, sometimes I just let it go because I can see a future where they're going to be dressed, and they're going to be at school. So I kind of let stuff go sometimes. Louis C. K. two kids school There's nothing that beats proving you're funny by making a funny thing, and right now there are huge outlets for that, with You Tube and all the other stuff online. Louis C. K. online funny-things stuff The ability to just sit there. That's being a person. Louis C. K. ability persons I remember the day I saw my hair was thinning. I don't remember caring much. I don't care. It's just hair. It never bothered me much. I was pretty young, too. And it happened and is happening very slowly. I have a feeling dead people get really mad when we complain about losing hair. Louis C. K. caring hair people I do have very deep, fond memories of my family in Mexico City, but I also remember feeling funny for not speaking English - I was basically an immigrant. But I picked up the language fast and soon I knew that I wanted to be a writer. Louis C. K. cities feelings memories There’s a need to perfect things in a writers’ room, and that can take a lot of fun out of a show sometimes. It’s a struggle. It depends on your personality. Some people love working with a writing staff. I had a great writing staff on Lucky Louie, but it sometimes felt like Congress or something. Louis C. K. struggle writing fun here's a huge amount of work that goes into placating a network in regular television. It's literally 70% or 80% of your workload, is showing them the material, getting their notes and presenting it to them and making sure they weigh in. It's a huge amount of work. Louis C. K. placating notes television Everything that people say is testable. Louis C. K. people I could never sit down and write jokes. Louis C. K. down-and jokes writing Perception is created and twisted so quickly. Louis C. K. twisted perception I don't feel those limits when I'm on stage. For some reason, audiences let me get away with things. Remember, it's all comedy. Words. Thoughts. All thoughts are safe and worth exploring. Louis C. K. comedy limits safe
