Zach Anner Quotes

If I change people's lives, that's all that matters to me.

You get fan mail and you see the reaction when you write someone back. It's kind of shocking. You can make someone's day and be a positive influence on the world when you're in a position like that.

I'm motivated to keep going to keep making a difference in people's lives.

No matter who you are, where you've come from, what you've been through... You can make a difference in this world.

I get to be creative and touch other people's lives.

Humor is how you change people's opinions, and if you can make someone laugh, they'll listen, even if they hate you.

If people spend two hours thinking about the direction of their own lives and can relate to the stories they see on screen, to me that's a success.

I just want to continue to grow and be open to what God wants to do. I guess my main goal is just to continue to reach people the best I can, hopefully help impact their lives and just change culture for better.

There's something timeless and important about making people laugh, about being the right spot in their day.

Here's what I really love: I love a funny story that I can tag a serious line on the end of.

Life is all about finding yourself through experiences, and about learning more and more about who you are and what you’re capable of. If you’re getting older and not succeeding in anything or doing anything to make a positive impact on people, then you’re not living. You’re just waiting for death. Get out there and make an impact on people, whether it’s by helping them directly or by doing research to make their lives better or just by inspiring them. Do something good to be remembered for. This is more important than money.

I'm just going to be the best version of me that I could possibly be and be as funny as I possibly can. I've just got to be myself and hopefully people will find me. And my audience did find me.

The way I like to measure greatness is... How many people can you make want to be better?

People are like, 'How does Julianne Moore look naked?' I don't know. She was pressed up against me the whole time. I couldn't look at her.

I think you gotta have some humor [in your story]. People gotta have a moment to laugh and feel that it's not taken 100% serious. That's important.

So few people did good in their lives. It was depressing.

I have a sense of greatness, which comes from feeling that I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing on the planet - empowering people, especially women.

I want to touch people's lives, and bring them along with me.

People paused to listen to Denise Chávez and she had them - with gum on her shoes, she had them. She said she stepped on gum when she came up to the stage and she couldn't move, so she had to stay in one spot otherwise people would see the Chiclet.

I'm trying to, with my stand-up and with the podcast, give people these little stupid things to give them happiness. I know that sounds lofty or like I'm starting a cult, but I kind of feel that way.

Make a difference no matter what role you play

What gives me the greatest satisfaction is the number of people I can affect with my gift, with what I do. That's the most important thing to me, more important than any trophy or award.

You have to be passionate, you have to be engaged and you have to be contributing to the world.

The best way to make friends with an audience is to make them laugh. You don't get people to laugh unless they surrender - surrender their defenses, their hostilities. And once you make an audience laugh, they're with you. And they listen to you if you've got something to say. I have a theory that if you can make them laugh, they're your friends.

We are all role models to someone in this world, and we can all have an impact - for good.