Trevor Moore Quotes

I grew up in an environment of jokes and sarcasm and puns. I talk that way, so I write that way.

There's a few tunes of mine that don't have jokes, but most of them have a joke and they have a humorous point of view somewhere.

My dad's sense of humor was direct and sometimes surreal - his quick wit is well known amongst our family and friends. He raised me on Spike Jones records and W.C. Fields movies, and his sense of humor fell somewhere in between.

My mom and dad are both in stand-up comedy, so that's where I started, that's where I got everything. My roots are holding the mic.

I spent many years laughing at Harry Secombe's singing until somebody told me that it wasn't a joke.

I think the best comedy comes from stuff that's based in reality.

Years ago, I was performing, and people kept calling out for 'Puppy Love' and I just didn't want to. Then I thought I'd have some fun, so we did this insane heavy metal version of it. The applause was polite.

I was at college doing performing arts, and just spending all my time mucking about, and the lecturers thought I would be pretty good at stand-up, so I gave it a whirl.

I grew up watching stand-ups and thought it was so entertaining and unique - you didn't see that as a job description anywhere.

I've done the Rolling Stones eating each other.

All of my favorite actresses are comedians at heart: Shirley MacLaine and Madeline Kahn, Diane Keaton and Debra Winger. And they are all amazing dramatic actresses, but everything they do is funny.

My comedy is kind of a counteraction to some of the comedy I don't like. Or things I don't like.

I consider myself a bit of a comedian. I write a lot of humorous songs.

The completely irreverent tone was the thing that won me over about the first 'Deadpool' movie.

I'm not an impressionist, per se, but if you do any kind of comedy - and they ask you to do that, most of the time - there's some degree of appreciation, I think, involving somebody you like.

I think in the 'Deadpool' franchise, the writers are really good at distilling the good stuff and applying that to the material in this universe.

Look at 'Batman' - that was theater of the absurd, as is 'Family Guy.'

I never think I want to try to be funny. And humor, if there is anything funny, should come from a real place.

Someone asked why I invited Jon Stewart to be the first guest on the 'Journal''s premiere in 2007. 'Because Mark Twain isn't available,' I answered. I was serious.

There is no way I will survive Mike Pence doing Carpool Karaoke. What song's he gonna sing? 'I Deported Your Grandmother?'

In high school, I didn't know what comedy was, but I was involved in speech and debate and public speaking.

I wasn't very good in my serious acting class. Sometimes people took our class so seriously, so I used to, sort of, make fun of people after class. And so a friend of mine said, 'Why don't you do the comedy thing.' That's how it all worked out.

One nice thing about making jokes is that you don't have to prove them.

My dad was a fiercely funny guy, and he and his brother would get on runs. So my younger brother and I were basically mimicking them when we started goofing off.

As a kid, I always loved Mel Brooks' stuff - 'The 2,000 Year Old Man' record was something my dad put me onto.