It's so much harder to make a living off improv. Improv is so rarified and for such a specific audience. Kurt Braunohler More Quotes by Kurt Braunohler More Quotes From Kurt Braunohler I grew up very Catholic. I wanted to be a priest. Kurt Braunohler catholicpriestsgrew-up People have said that to me: They say I have a TV face. Kurt Braunohler tvsfacespeople New York is a place that can grind you down and spit you out. A true New Yorker doesn't get ground down, he gets polished. Kurt Braunohler grinddown-andnew-york I've had a good run of birthdays, and now no one will notice when I die. Kurt Braunohler diesrunning Paint yourself into a corner so that you don't have any other option but to continue forward. Kurt Braunohler cornerspaint I'm just going to keep doing comedy because I don't know what else to do. I have no other applicable skills. Kurt Braunohler comedyskillsknows I put so much energy into with improv. You can only perform it at a place where people are, essentially, taking improv classes so that they just appreciate what's happening. Kurt Braunohler appreciateclasspeople Improv requires your audience to be informed about what improv is. With stand-up, anybody can sit down and watch stand-up and laugh at jokes. Kurt Braunohler down-andlaughingwatches When you're doing improv for seven years, you're an old soul of the improv world. Kurt Braunohler soulworldyears If you're waiting for inspiration, you'll wait until you're dead. Kurt Braunohler inspirationifswaiting Just start writing and you'll find what you want to say. Kurt Braunohler what-you-wantwantwriting I think having a daughter is just terrifying. Women in the world get the short end of the stick all the time in many, many ways, and so it's just terrifying to be like, "Well, this is the world we chose to bring you into. I'm sorry." It's not knowing how to prepare for that. Kurt Braunohler daughtersorrythinking Since I was 14. I grew up surfing. That's all I wanted to do. Kurt Braunohler grewsurfinggrew-up I used to be really snobby about music. I'm not as snobby as I used to be, though. I have this great bit about not getting mad about music anymore. It just happens when you get older. Kurt Braunohler madusedhappens Probably all of my advice is bad advice. Kurt Braunohler bad-adviceadvice So many funny things happen to me everyday I should have a TV show. Kurt Braunohler funny-thingstv-showsshould-have In my new IFC comedy game show, 'Bunk,' we actually use our intern Patrick as a human timer - giving contestants the time it takes for him to wade through a bag of broken glass for a razor blade, to get gum out of his hair, to pick up every strand from a box of spaghetti I spill on the floor, etc, etc. Kurt Braunohler gamebrokenhairtime We are going to do 'Hot Tub' until we die. Every Monday. Then we'll come back and do it as zombies. 'Hot Tub' is very important. What we do is based on our live skills. It's stand-up and sketch and improv; everything we do in 'Hot Tub' is important to our jobs. And every Monday I'm excited to do it. Kurt Braunohler sketchlivediehot It is true that I do not wear shoes as the host of 'Bunk.' I want 'Bunk' to feel like there's a slight possibility that a confident homeless man just wondered into the studio and started hosting a game show. Kurt Braunohler feelgamemanshoes There's this secret Korean taco/cupcake truck I go to. To find it, you have to bring a hard-boiled egg to this deli in Bushwick where they give you the address. Kurt Braunohler findgoyoutruck
