Mania is fun. I won't lie, it's fun. But it's usually followed by a soul-crushing depression. Chris Gethard More Quotes by Chris Gethard More Quotes From Chris Gethard There's a weird loneliness that comes with being a comedian, especially standup. Even with improvisers, I think there are certain moments of truth where you feel really, really connected to audiences, and that's when you're on stage. I think there's definitely something inside the personality of a person who wants to be a comedian that's looking to connect at all times. That's where the adrenaline rushes in their lives come from. Chris Gethard loneliness personality thinking There's a lot of exhibitionists who want to tell their stories anonymously and there's a whole lot of voyeurs who want to feel like a fly on the wall and hear about people's lives. Chris Gethard wall I think public access television has more to do with my career than anything else in the world. And that's a system that's been around of many decades and is something that people think is so outdated that they don't even think it still exists. Chris Gethard people world thinking I was that kid who did every activity when I was in high school. There wasn't a day that I didn't stay after school to do something. I just had my hands in everything. And I was similarly very, very angry. I was an angry little guy. Chris Gethard kids hands school I'm not good at math. Numbers are a terrifying thing to me. My father is a whiz with money and the stock market, and he tries to explain it to me, and I find it terrifying. Chris Gethard math numbers father The world of entertainment is built for big money. It's not built for small-scale projects that sustain themselves. Chris Gethard projects entertainment world When you try to go back and watch improv on tape, it almost never feels as good as it did when a crowd was laughing at it. Chris Gethard trying laughing watches I think there is a weird loneliness that comes with being a comedian. There is something definitely inside the personality of a person who wants to be a comedian, and (he or she) is looking to connect (to the audience) at all times. Chris Gethard loneliness personality thinking You need an immense amount of luck and perseverance to even be on the playing field for success on a grand scale. Chris Gethard perseverance luck fields There are many hundreds of millions of people who have jobs harder than (mine), and I also remind myself of that every day. No matter how frustrating this can be, I am very lucky that I have been able to cobble together a little life, in which (comedy) is what I do. I am certainly not in danger of getting stuck in a mine anytime soon. Chris Gethard together jobs people The Internet seems like a safe house for the opposite mentality, for cynics and for jerks and for people who want to lash out. And it's a valid thing. It's a valid forum and I'm not going say that they aren't valid feelings. But it's sad. Considering the potential that something like the Internet, that connects so many people, has for good. I think it's sad that it's used so often for nothing but unfounded, overzealous negativity. Chris Gethard opposites people thinking People who get lucky, also tend to be really great looking, which is luck on some level, but it is also just the fact of the matter. Chris Gethard luck facts people I bet I'm the only person in history who went from being the star of a sitcom to the host of a public-access show in less than a year. Chris Gethard host stars years I am scared of horror movies. Chris Gethard i-am movies scared horror Sometimes we get bored and want to shake up our format. It's a luxury we have on public access - no one cares about us. It literally doesn't matter if we fail, so sometimes we try to go really big and out of the box. Chris Gethard luxury bored matter sometimes I'm very happy with my decision to go sober. It's helped my life. It's helped my mental stability. Chris Gethard my-life decision happy life My sadness compels me to hide it so that people won't judge me. Seeking help would have blown my cover. Meanwhile, my mania convinces me that it's making me fun so I'll want to dive further into it. Seeking help would've ruined that good time. Chris Gethard good me time people Public transportation is like a magnifying glass that shows you civilization up close. Chris Gethard glass like you transportation In 2002, I was taking an improv class because, as a white male with glasses who was born between 1978 and 1994, it's legally required that I take at least one improv class in my life. Chris Gethard my-life glasses white life I will never forget what happened on August 14, 2003. I know the exact sequence of where I was for every moment of that evening. It was a tragic day, and it's burned into my memory. Many people might remember that date, vaguely, as the date of the infamous eastern seaboard blackout that plunged all of New York City into darkness. Chris Gethard day moment darkness people
