Andy Kindler Quotes

My biggest criticism is how can people be so easily satisfied? Even people with talent.

Philosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much.

Most of my friends who got shows right away are still just doing shows, and they have no need to create.

Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.

You see a script, and you say, 'Oh, I can play the heck out of that,' talk to your agent, and he says they don't want to see you. That's heartbreaking.

I didn't have any great talent. I didn't want to become a rock star or an author.

I think there are some people who have talent flying out of their fingers and other actors who hone their craft. I am an actor who found their way. I bettered myself throughout my career, and I am proud of that fact.

I'm still trying to find the actor I want to be, but I know what kind of the talent I want to be around.

Balotelli, and a few others, have everything that I would have liked to have. It angers me that he does not use his talent to his full advantage.

I am not at all convinced by Pogba. He plays a lot in England - it's true - but I expected a lot more from him.

Compared to Alia, it's little more difficult for Shaheen, as she has a famous father and a famous sibling, too. So, I always tell my daughters to not to pay much heed to these expectations and give more importance to their dreams. They should keep working hard and find their own talent.

It frustrated me as a kid. Like, why didn't I just wake up every morning shooting half-court shots from my bedroom?

I never expected that I would be somebody. I just started playing and when I was 12, 13, thought: 'Wow, I'm playing good.' Then Dinamo Zagreb were speaking about signing me, I thought: 'Hmm, maybe I can achieve something.'

When I left college, nobody expected much of me - and nor did I.

Your ambition outweighed your talent

You'd figure he'd go do something with his life, like maybe he could enlist and actually become a marine!

Your dreams should never be better than your real life

Talent is its own expectation, Jim: you either live up to it or it waves a hankie, receding forever.

Dreams fulfilled are imperfect.

I'm in awe of comedians that do things that I can't do, whether it be a one-liner comic like Anthony Jeselnik, whether it be social issues commentary, whether it be - hell, Carrot Top. I can't be Carrot Top. I can't.

I've nothing against anyone following their dreams - but not if they're crap.

Unhappiness lies in that gap between our talents and our expectations.

In my career, I've had people talking about different things many times, but then not get nominated.

I was very vulnerable to criticism for many years. I could read a bad review and remember it my whole life.

Nick Offerman is my hero. He just cracks me up. He's so funny, but he's a true actor, too - he's bringing so much when he's onscreen.