I was talking and playing pranks and skipping school, failing pretty much every class I took. Tig Notaro More Quotes by Tig Notaro More Quotes From Tig Notaro It feels draining to me. No, I don't care. There's so much stuff that you would not believe I haven't seen, and the other problem that I have, and it's a real problem, is I have to go see a movie in a movie theater at like 11:00 AM or else I'm going to fall asleep, maybe it's my eyes going back and forth and I don't know what it is. Tig Notaro entertainment While I don't know how all this actually happened, I did find it extremely disappointing. Tig Notaro top-news I never gave anyone permission to use anything from my film. Tig Notaro top-news I hesitated to even address any of this, but I think it is only right to defend my work and ideas. Tig Notaro top-news My career has always kind of moved forward and upward. I've never had anything kind of stall out or go in the opposite direction. I've always kind of been moving in the right direction. Tig Notaro direction never always moving I was very into animals and nature, and really obsessed with cats and monkeys. I used to play in the woods, wander off into the woods for hours. I'd bring a clipboard and think that I was doing some work out there, following the trails of raccoons or collecting bird feathers. Tig Notaro cats nature work bird People love to make comedians out to be miserable, dark, twisted people. And I just - I think a lot of people struggle with depression and mental illness and have issues and problems within their family. The mailman has it. Your neighbor has it. It's just that comedians have a microphone. Tig Notaro family depression love people It's important that when you do standup, you do small places like coffee shops and also big places like colleges. It helps you find the little nuances in your set that don't work, and you can shave off the excess. Tig Notaro you coffee important work I didn't like to stop playing for a second to bother with eating or going to the bathroom. I was a really skinny kid, and I remember my mother always telling people, 'I don't know how she's alive. I think she gets all of her nutrients from air pollution.' Tig Notaro eating mother remember people My mother was a very, very funny, outrageous, outspoken person, and she never edited me. Her whole thing in my life was if anybody had a problem with me, tell them to go to hell. Tig Notaro me mother life funny I don't want to take myself too seriously, thinking that I'm always having to be this cathartic, intense and deep person, because I certainly enjoy silliness. Tig Notaro deep myself enjoy thinking I always think about the idea that God never gives you more than you can handle, and just the idea that God would be looking at me and thinking, 'Eh, I think she can handle more.' And the angels thinking, 'What are you doing? You're a lunatic.' And God being like, 'No, no, trust me. She can handle this.' Tig Notaro me you trust god I'm not opposed to talking about airline food. Tig Notaro about airline food talking It attracts all types. But I definitely call the comedy world the land of misfit toys. Looking around the room at my friends, that's what I see. Tig Notaro looking friends comedy world If I'm caught off guard or I'm not in a great mood, or if I'm feeling down or if I'm in my head and somebody comes up to me and I can't match the energy, I just have to think, 'Well, I did my job, which was to do the show or release the album or be in the TV show or write the joke. Beyond that, it's kind of a hit or miss what happens between us.' Tig Notaro feeling job great me My favorite thing to wear from about first to third grade was a blue t-shirt with an iron-on monkey and the caption 'Here Comes Trouble.' Tig Notaro monkey wear t-shirt blue I feel like I am the most hopeful person you could possibly meet. Tig Notaro meet i-am feel you In the past, I played in bands, worked at coffee shops, babysat, and worked as a production assistant. Tig Notaro production in-the-past coffee past As a kid, I loved Paula Poundstone and Richard Pryor. But my mother was a huge influence on my comedy. Tig Notaro loved comedy influence mother It's almost embarrassing how much support I have. I mean, I always tell people I feel like I'm perfectly set up to have cancer. I have great health insurance, I have a savings account. I have work lined up. I have friends and family. I have the best doctors I can get. Tig Notaro best family health work
