It's always weird to eat something that is a pet elsewhere. Nick Kroll More Quotes by Nick Kroll More Quotes From Nick Kroll It's the saddest year in movies. We've got "Manchester," "Moonlight," "Chronic," "Jackie" ... it's sad when "American Honey" is the happiest film of the year and it's about runaways aimlessly trying to figure out their lives with no parental figures. Nick Kroll trying honey years No doubt there are people who are our guests [ in Oh, Hello] who are more famous, but to me, Mel Brooks is the most famous person. So that was really cool. Nick Kroll guests doubt people The thing that's the biggest bummer about any live show is a hot, sober room. So if it's during the day and people are a little buzzed, great. Nick Kroll hot littles people They're not so much fans of independent movies are they are of independent theatres. They like small theaters with a vague, septic smell. They're not wild about the newfangled theaters with the assigned seating. Nick Kroll smell independent theatre Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner are the funniest dudes ever, and they have great careers on their own. They made great art in the '90s, and they still have dinner three times a week. Nick Kroll three careers art It's almost worse because you think that you're mature and classic when you're in the newsie cap jazz phase. It's not a great look, a young person trying to seem old and mature and cultured. That's a summarily not-cool look. Nick Kroll trying looks thinking I'm sure there are people who say like, "I was wearing weird emo eyeliner," but there's something pretty embarrassing about the jazz phase. Nick Kroll emo phases people It was easier to know a character's point of view than it was to figure out what your point of view was. Nick Kroll easier views character I think that being on the road and doing more and more stand-up has allowed me to figure out... like, I don't think I'll ever be Bill Hicks, but I think I'm figuring out what my opinion is on things. Nick Kroll hicks bills thinking People want to consume what you're putting out there, and you can create a really strong following of fans and admirers, and people who are invested in your career and your comedy. Nick Kroll careers strong people My best friend, Andrew Goldberg - and this is genuinely not me trying to cross-promote, but this new Netflix show I'm doing called Big Mouth is about me and my best friend, Andrew Goldberg, from childhood - but there was a year when I went to his house after school every day and we watched Wayne's World and ate Doritos. Nick Kroll house years school I gave the graduation speech at my high school. Not because I was valedictorian but because the grade voted for me to do it. And I gave a slightly contentious speech. I was a little critical of the administration. But for a long time it said on Wikipedia that I took my balls out and exposed myself to the crowd. Nick Kroll speech long school Really, more than anything, The 2000 Year Old Man is a huge influence on all of our comedy, but specifically the live version of Oh, Hello. Nick Kroll comedy men years My first concert isn't that cool or ironic. I wish it had been like, "My first concert was the Backstreet Boys," but the first concert I went to, I think, was this band called The Samples. Nick Kroll ironic boys thinking I was going to have Brian La Croix do a cameo on Degrassi. But, unfortunately, the scheduling didn't work out. When I was in Toronto, they weren't shooting. To me, that would've been a pretty crazy meta experience. Nick Kroll toronto work-out crazy Robert Altman made that movie Kansas City about the jazz scene in the city, and we saw that band all together, and that was an amazing show. That's what I got into. I like jazz. Nick Kroll kansas-city cities together Music was not a big deal to me when I was in middle school. And then I slowly became a big jazz fan. Even more than concerts, a lot of my high school time was spent going to jazz clubs in the city. Nick Kroll clubs cities school It's the independent movies. Most of these people never even got a wrap party on their movie. Nick Kroll independent party people For me, the goal wasn't to turn the stand-up special on its head, but to do what I do specifically, and hopefully that reads as something new. Nick Kroll something-new goal special I'm really into pandas right now. They're really scratching an itch for me. They're so goddamn cute. Nick Kroll pandas right-now cute
