I think that the web and its various facets are incredibly useful in just building a fan base and getting your chops better. Nick Kroll More Quotes by Nick Kroll More Quotes From Nick Kroll In general in comedy, there are fewer people making a ton of money and a lot more people making a living. For me, the goal is just being able to make exactly the show I wanted to make. Nick Kroll able goal people The one place I've seen something really come together is in editing. Sometimes you can save pieces in a way that you're really shocked. Nick Kroll pieces editing together I found, especially with stand-up, that if a premise works, you can make the joke work. If a premise doesn't work, you can't force it to. Nick Kroll force ifs found I think my goal was just to do comedy, honestly. It still is. Whatever form that took or takes, it doesn't matter. Nick Kroll goal matter thinking A comedian is sort of like a wild animal. It really just depends on where you catch them. Sometimes they want to cuddle up, and sometimes they'll snap at you. But for me, more often than not, if I'm talking to somebody who makes their living in comedy, it'll be a very thoughtful conversation driven from an emotionally honest place. Nick Kroll thoughtful animal talking My thinking is, if we're setting out to make comedy in which nothing is off limits, then everybody is fair game. Nick Kroll limits games thinking There's just a feeling, when you're just an actor - I have great admiration for people who are just actors. I don't understand it, the idea of waiting to get cast, being at the whim of others. I find it incredibly powerless and frightening, so that's why I've been constantly trying to create my own content. Nick Kroll waiting people ideas I came to New York and started doing stand-up and improv, and started auditioning for commercials and voiceovers and stuff. My first job was on a pilot of that prank show called 'Boiling Points' on MTV. Nick Kroll mtv new-york jobs It's a real democratic time for comedy, and I think my special is a sign for that. You don't have to just be a classic stand-up to get a special, or you don't just have to be on Saturday Night Live to do characters and sketch on TV. The web has allowed me to show that there are different ways to make people laugh, and the special is a combination of those things. Nick Kroll real character night One of the worst things about being an actor, besides people being nice to you and getting free stuff all the time - but really, one of the worst things is not knowing what's coming next. You could shoot a pilot, and they could have you on hold for six months waiting to find out what is going to happen with the show, and you're locked into it. Nick Kroll nice knowing people My friends, we all improvise together usually. So we write what I think is a good script but always leave a lot of room to find stuff on the day; and we always do find something. That's the advantage to having actors who are, in their own right, writers. Nick Kroll together writing thinking In high school, I went to a place called the Mountain School. It's on a farm in Vermont, and I read Emerson and Thoreau and ran around the woods. Now I go hiking with a bunch of my comedy buddies. We talk about our emotions. I also do a lot of writing on hikes, just to get the blood flowing and the ideas moving. Nick Kroll writing school moving You want to be gentle with the people you're working with if you know them. Nick Kroll gentle want people Really, I just love doing comedy. Any form it takes is great, as long as I can keep doing it, you know? If I can do my show and 'The League' while also getting to do other bits, that's awesome. Nick Kroll comedy league long Mel Brooks came to see Oh, Hello in L.A. Mulaney and I had a meeting with him, and we invited him to come to the show, and he saw the Oh, Hello show live in L.A. To me, he's the most famous person. Having him come to our show that was so inspired by both of us loving The Producers and all his movies. Nick Kroll hello inspired saws I think Trump thinks of himself as pretty important, and now rightfully so - because he's the President of the United States. You gotta dream big, and we're all so proud of what the Donald has been able to accomplish... following through on his dreams of taking fast food dumps on a plane. Nick Kroll president dream thinking My first job. I got fired from this MTV prank show, or I didn't make the cut of what ended up being, as we all know, Boiling Points. It was my first professional job and I was bragging. Nick Kroll mtv cutting jobs You think you're going to be on TV a year out of college and you're not. Then you tell people and it's embarrassing. And then it's not a big deal at all. Nick Kroll college years thinking When you're playing something, hopefully, if you're doing your best, you're advocating for your character and you're not trying to think too much. Nick Kroll trying character thinking In real life, you care about other people, but at the end of the day you're like, "I'm acting upon whatever it is that I want or need." Nick Kroll the-end-of-the-day real people
