Tim Heidecker Quotes

I've always wanted to do a real comedy. I haven't done enough, and it seems silly not to do more, considering the fact that people tend to laugh at me.

What I try to do is always get the newest, funniest people in anything.

Your average comedian doesn't know the podcast universe, really.

I think television has always been one to replicate when something's successful. I don't think there's quite as much innovation.

There was this whole middle time that only Chris Rock came out of, you know, 10 years ago it was Chris and a few other people, but that's about it. Chris is in a class of his own; I don't see another comedian who I put in high regard as him.

I love comedy; I'm super passionate about it, and thank God it's super in right now to have female empowered comedies.

If you are a great dramatic actor then you often don't know if people are enjoying your stuff at all because they are sitting there in silence. But with comedy it's a simple premise. If it's funny, people laugh. If it's not, they don't.

I love comedy. That's what got me into the arts. I don't even know how to categorize myself anymore.

I think the world of comedy is a relatively small community, and especially for women in comedy, there just aren't that many people involved.

If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.

To my knowledge, I was the first guy really to do what I do. And then later on different comedians started trying doing it.

Radio stinks. The stations are making a lot of money, but they just aren't taking chances.

A lot of stand-up comedy guys, when they get a little famous, just give up their stand-up career, and it cancels out the thing that set them apart.

I think more and more people these days go for the safe option in film making.

'Saturday Night Live' will always be this amazing, powerful behemoth, but it's also not the only thing happening in comedy anymore.

Studios are often very nervous of things they don't recognize, by which I mean things that haven't been done before, and therefore, they take a really original idea, and they recognize the originality, and then they try and make it look like something they recognize. So they try to turn it into something far more procedural.

It attracts all types. But I definitely call the comedy world the land of misfit toys. Looking around the room at my friends, that's what I see.

The No 1 priority in TV comedy today is 'don't frighten the horses,' and it's probably No 2 and 3 as well.

I used to devour a lot of stand-up comedy in my cousin's basement. He had cable and I didn't, so I went there and saw all the comedians.

If you call me a comedian I will be very grateful. I will thank you profoundly. No, I love doing comedy. It's fun once in a while to do a serious part but I really enjoy doing comedy because I love to laugh.

What turned me on to comedy was - well, first of all, I like being able to laugh, I like people who can make me laugh.

I didn't really get into comedy until a couple months before I started doing comedy.

I do love standup. I love comedians. They're my community. Also, because I know so many of them, I know the value of them. I know what they can do.

I think it's that much harder to make a good comedy than it is straight and apparently serious.

For the most part, comedy is the only fair part of show business.