The #MeToo movement is insanely serious, and there's no comedy to be mined out of that. Joel McHale More Quotes by Joel McHale More Quotes From Joel McHale I don't really know. I think the first test is when you're very little and you fart, and you laugh at it and so do your friends and family. I knew before I was funny I was very annoying so I have that covered. I think it was because I was not very good in school I used humor as a defense mechanism. When I started doing plays and stuff at school I decided that I was going to keep doing it until someone tells me to stop and get a real job. Joel McHale realjobsschool Hours is an understatement. I honestly don't know how the director and editor decide each week what actually makes it on the air. There's of course director and cast commentary on each episode on the DVD. We had a blast recording that. Joel McHale dvdseditorsair I don't know how (producer) Dan Harmon put that together but he did. Everyone gets along and we all babysit Chevy Chase (laughs) and it all works out. Plus we are given a lot of freedom to riff off each other and compliment each other's comedic style. The group is so talented, whether it be Donald Glover or Allison Brie and now Jim Rash who plays the Dean is finally a full member of the cast - oh my gosh, he is so funny. I call him Rumplestiltskin; he can spin comedy out of anything. I am in such a blessed situation - if only more people would watch it. Joel McHale blessedplaylaughing Yes, believe me I am black and blue. Plus I just finished a Seth MacFarlane movie called Ted and I can't believe the cast I got to work with there [Mila Kunis, Mark Wahlberg]. I feel like I am winning some kind of contest to trick people into working with me. Joel McHale winningbluebelieve It's pretty difficult to promote something the week after Christmas and the week before New Year's. Joel McHale weeknew-yearyears I love the challenge of an entire year has gone by and how has that affected the character you're playing. Joel McHale challengescharacteryears Five-hundred years ago people were saying in manuscripts, "Can you believe these kids today?" They were saying that same phrase everyone says now. No one can believe the youth and what they're doing and how culture is going and how it might fall apart. Joel McHale believekidsfall What would be a perfect day for me? I'd like to fly the Millennium Falcon to a small café outside of Vienna, and there's a PlayStation 3 or an XBox set up there. The family is there, and there would be brand new Star Wars Lego sets so my seven-year-old and four-year-old would be the happiest people on earth. My wife could get a massage and manicure/pedicure. Oh, and pork is being fed to us all day. Joel McHale wifeperfectwar So that was cool and that’s as far as it went with him, but when he left, things changed and they definitely had a different feeling, the next administration, the president said to my face, ‘Don’t make fun of the Kardashians. We don’t want you to make fun of the Kardashians anymore.’ So I was like, ‘oh this show is doomed,’ because that’s why the show worked, because we would make fun of ourselves. It’s like when Letterman made fun of GE in the’80s. You have to bite the hand that feeds you. Joel McHale latest-headlines The editors and the creators of 'The Bachelor' and 'The Bachelorette,' they are so good at casting and at finding these young, beautiful lunatics to go on the show. Joel McHale findinggoodgobeautiful 'Big Brother,' I can't believe people watch. It's just people whispering to each other for hours and then some silly challenge like, who can pull the most stones out of a stuffed alligator, with some product tie-in. Joel McHale challengebrotherbelievepeople Netflix is just wonderful. Joel McHale justnetflixwonderful E! didn't like it when we'd make fun of clips from ESPN - they'd be like, 'That's sports! That's not our audience!' Joel McHale likeaudiencefunsports All I care about is making jokes that are funny and making people laugh. Joel McHale laughcarefunnypeople My children do not know what it's like to flip around channels. They either go to Netflix, Apple TV, or they pull up YouTube, and they can watch their shows. Joel McHale youtubeknownetflixchildren When I started 'The Soup' back in 2004, I was so anxious because I can't really read, and I had to read teleprompter. Joel McHale startedbecausebacksoup I always excelled in sports, so I knew I had advantages there. That really gave me, like, confidence and self-esteem. Joel McHale mealwaysconfidencesports I knew I was good at sports, and I knew I loved acting and performing, so I really dove into that, and school always became secondary. Joel McHale lovedgoodsportsschool On 'The Soup,' we were never a political show. Joel McHale showneverpoliticalsoup I don't feel any pressure to joke about #MeToo - in fact, I'd say you shouldn't, because it's a great movement that is exposing some really awful behavior and hopefully changing the culture. Joel McHale feelgreatyouculture
