If you want to be a stand-up comedian or an artist, you move to New York. T. J. Miller More Quotes by T. J. Miller More Quotes From T. J. Miller I'm so absolutely pro-Denver. I wrote a fake hip-hop song about Denver. I've been claiming Denver. Part of the joke of the song is nobody was really claiming Denver - no rappers, no comedians. T. J. Miller jokenobodyfakesong By the very nature of satire or parody, you have to love and respect your target and respect it enough to understand every aspect of it, so you can more effectively make fun of it. T. J. Miller yourespectnaturelove Comedy gives you a shot of euphoria that distracts you from everything that's awful. T. J. Miller shoteverythingyoucomedy If you're a comedian, you can change peoples lives for the better in much smaller increments - not their entire life, but for 15 minutes or a half hour. T. J. Miller betteryouchangelife I find Denver's hipster scene to be fully unique. T. J. Miller finddenversceneunique Stand-up and sketch and improv - that's the most direct contact you can have with somebody, making them laugh. I like that. I like the intimacy. T. J. Miller laughsketchlikeyou Effective satire has to be almost identical to the subject that it is skewering. T. J. Miller effectivealmostsubjectsatire Slowly but surely, I went through different phases of fame, and each rises you further into isolation and alienation. T. J. Miller youisolationdifferentfame My face is oblong. But the best grooming is confidence. T. J. Miller facebestgroomingconfidence There's sketch, improv, writing, acting, music, and badminton. Those are the seven forms of comedy. But I do like the idea of being an auteur in the sense of writing and being in your own stuff. T. J. Miller sketchcomedymusicwriting I drink a fair amount of ramen noodles. T. J. Miller fairamountnoodlesdrink I wouldn't want to be Superman. Batman would be cool. But the one I've always wanted to play is the Joker. There is a maniacal and dangerous side to me. T. J. Miller jokercoolmedangerous It's okay to take yourself too seriously if you're a serious actor and you've got the scrubs on. And then with me, it's kind of like, well, I'm a comedian, I'm making fun of everybody and everything. And I'm making fun of myself. I'm having fun making fun of and for other people. T. J. Miller yourselfmyselfmeyou Is it possible to have negative self-awareness? T. J. Miller self-awarenesspossiblenegative There's nothing I would love more than to host an awards show where I'm nominated for an award - that is so funny to me. T. J. Miller awardmelovefunny I sound like a chain-smoking drag queen after a hard night of singing 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon'. T. J. Miller queensingingyellownight 'Guardians of the Galaxy' is tongue-in-cheek and has a sense of humor about itself. But it's nothing like 'Deadpool.' 'Deadpool' is this super-bizarre thing. The best thing about it is that it's R-rated. T. J. Miller nothingbestsense-of-humorhumor I'm a Nietzschean scholar. I've read an immense amount about nihilism and existentialism. T. J. Miller readaboutscholarnihilism When you spend such a large portion of your life working - and it's not fun, and you're worried about getting sued or fired for saying the wrong thing or for acting crazy at a work party - then what has work done to America? That's the impetus to have a huge office Christmas party. T. J. Miller youchristmasworklife Artists want to be congratulated because they should be. T. J. Miller artistsbecauseshouldwant
