Eugene Mirman Quotes

Where's your will to be weird?

I was like, weird on purpose. I wanted to be an outcast.

One of the saddest things about conformity is the ghastly sort of non-conformity it breeds; the noisy protesting, the aggressive rebelliousness, the rigid counter-fetishism.

In high school, people are sometimes encouraged to be like everyone else. What's so great about this show is that these kids are weird and different and over-achievers. They know what they want and they're going after it. They're weird and they don't deny it. That's what makes it special.

To me, punk is about being an individual and going against the grain and standing up and saying 'This is who I am'.

The Band was rebelling against the rebellion. The rebellion went to a place where it became too obvious, too trendy, like you were just following the pack. So it was our choice to get off the bandwagon - no pun intended - and do things that were in our background and what was the most honest thing to do.

I think if I'm controversial it's not because I set out to be. It's because I've never felt comfortable being part of someone else's mainstream community.

People always had something to say about the fact I was odd looking, bigger than other people, that I was awkward. When I discovered punk, I bought into it. That look, combined with being fat, made me even less of what people thought a young woman should be.

If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.

I never wanted to be part of any scene, I never wanted to be a part of anything, I wanted to do my own thing. Those are the lessons I learned from punk rock.

Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.

I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.

I'm going to do everything I can to keep from being mainstream.

The Dolls were an attitude. If nothing else they were a great attitude.

I'm not harmful, just introspective. You can probably think I'm weird, but it's not harmful weird.

I think there is something a little too self conscious about enjoying being an outsider.

I have really never aligned myself with hipsterdom or coolness.

I was always the misfit jock who was with people painting on walls.

I was very much not a follower of labels in school. If anything, I was labeled 'uncool.'

If I want to do something like the Batman mask, I just do it. I was like this all the time; I think nobody can change me.

It's not easy to be the weird kid or the rebel.

We're not just 'ladies in rock.' We're weird people!

It's like our little thing: you can take the girl out of the punk, but you can't take the punk out of the girl.

I don't ever wanna be mainstream.