T. J. Miller Quotes

To me, the stand up part in my life is great. I know I can do that. When I get an acting chance, I'm really thrilled.

Growing up, the last thing I ever thought I'd do is be an entertainer.

I really actually enjoy auditioning.

I've always been fairly confident in my acting.

I wasn't like a Hollywood child actor - 'I'm five! I can sing, I can dance, I can act! I wanna be a star!'

I secretly nurtured the idea of being in show business but was always terrified of it. I had every fear you could possibly imagine associated with performing.

I am weird that I love auditioning.

I am the type of person who relishes the chance to stand up and perform under pressure; I have had to do that my whole career.

I never mind going in for an audition for something.

My whole initial goal was to be a comedian, so it's not like I chose to do a TV show out of nowhere. It's kind of always been goal to do a TV show.

I am a stress buster. Because I knew what people react or think after watching me on screen and I love it.

As an actor, you're never supposed to complain about being too busy because it can go the other way real fast.

I'm good at cold reading; I've made a living doing this, and most of the time I do audition, but it's very tough. It's a very uncomfortable, awkward process. You never get used to it, really.

I'd always wanted to be on Broadway one day, but it seemed like a dream that might be unattainable. This business has a lot of ups and downs and I learned that pretty quickly.

I've been acting since I could function. I got into acting to get attention as a child.

Maybe I just wasn't a show-biz type. I didn't miss performing at all.

I mean, I've always had scattered interests, but I never went on stage to get an agent or anything like that.

The hardest thing about being an actor, for me, is that if you are the 0.00001% of individuals who wants to do it, you're a freak. And you're an assertive freak. Though actors are often shy, there's this tremendous assertive extroversion in you somewhere.

I don't think that just because you go on stage you are an exhibitionist.

People think I look odd onstage. But the way I deal with being incredibly nervous is by concentrating really hard.

For me anyway, until I was exposed to doing improvisation and walking onto a stage without any script, I would have never felt comfortable enough to walk into a room with someone like Larry David and audition.

Have four things going. I have stand-up comedy, two television shows and I'm working on a play. I like to work, and I fear that something could fall through. You know what they say: 'The show must go off.'

I started out doing my mother's nightclub act, and I had stage fright.

I came here knowing nobody. I worked clubs as a singer and even the doors a few times before I landed some TV roles.

I wanted to be a professional singer/actress, though I knew it would be hard.