Matt Walsh Quotes

I'm insatiably curious about human nature.

I learned to fall down early in life - I was, like, six - because I realized it was a way to make girls laugh.

I took a psychology class, and I think the study of the mind can help me further my acting ability. It's also taught me about getting into an environment with new people and acting like you've known them forever.

Anyone who devotes time and attention to what makes people tick, to me, is a smart person.

Well, I'm not sure what pop psychology is, but I don't like it.

I really want to understand the mind so I can be more comfortable with the way people are. Being comfortable with people is incredibly important.

Being funny, in some ways, is about being connected to psychology.

I suppose you could say that I majored in men and minored in psychology.

I think I really like psychology because my job is all about getting inside another person's mind and thoughts.

My primary interest has always been about exploring the human psyche and humanity.

I've always tried to come up with funny dancing since I was young, to attract girls' attention for one thing. It's got to be funny. I can't pull it off with serious dances. That's not me.

I majored in psychology, and I still love listening to people's problems.

We're not teaching our students the importance of relationships with other people: how you work with them, what the relational pathology consists of, how you examine your own conscience, how you examine the inner world, how you examine your dreams.

I'm like the master of ceremonies being funny, and then sometimes people you're with, girlfriends and stuff, are like, 'God I wish I had the person on stage to be with all the time.'

I like understanding what's underneath, what's really motivating people. When I was younger, I wanted to be a psychiatrist, so I think it has to do with that.

If we knew more about psychology, we would be better equipped to deal with other people's psychological damage which they might project onto us.

Empathy and social skills are social intelligence, the interpersonal part of emotional intelligence. That's why they look alike.

I find that communication as an actor and person is an important part of who I am. And I'm really drawn into the psychology of those dynamics.

I look at old performance videos now, and it's really funny - I thought I was such a gangster!

I have a deep fascination with human nature, with all its virtues and all its defects.

The constant monitoring of our emotional landscape and personal interactions is a bizarre concept. But it is one that could help many people.

I can do comedy, so people want me to do that, but the other side of comedy is depression. Deep, deep depression is the flip side of comedy. Casting agents don't realize it but in order to be funny you have to have that other side.

I'm nuts and I know it. But so long as I make 'em laugh, they ain't going to lock me up.

My mom is a therapist, and my dad has a doctorate in psychology, and growing up, I felt 'very understood.'

There is a cliche that probably has some anecdotal evidence on the side that comedians are very depressed people, but that's because no one is ever going to seem as funny in a normal conversation as compared to when they're up there onstage in the spotlight making a huge audience keel over with laughter.