Marc Maron Quotes

Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.

Phil Hartman was brilliant, and Dave Foley is a really funny guy. Phil Hartman was actually even funnier offstage than he was onstage because he would say nasty things. Dave Foley's very funny, very witty guy, very quick.

There's tons of dudes - like David O'Doherty, Tim Key, and Alex Horne - I made a lot of friends with people who are really incredible comics.

Loads of blokes think they're funny, but it counts for nothing unless you get up and have a go.

We're really funny, focused, and we put on a great live show.

Even though I do a more traditional type of being funny on television, I still know a lot of comedians and stand-ups and improv actors.

All of my life doing interviews, comedy has been my favorite thing, comedians are my favorite people.

When you innovate, the jobs can't go overseas because other countries haven't figured out how to do it yet.

The thing that I love most about being on stage is making people happy...It's my job to do that, and I enjoy it.

I went to rehab [for alcoholism] in wine country, just to keep my options open.

Why is there such controversy about drug testing? I know plenty of guys who'd be willing to test any drug they can come up with.

I love being in the studio and singing on stage and performing. It's so much fun. I love every second of it - and I love the way you get to show who you are. I love the way fans are really passionate around the world, so I adore performing and hearing people sing along in different countries.

I had always been heavily influenced by stand-up.

So long as public schools are treated as places that exist to provide guaranteed jobs to members of the teachers' unions, do not be surprised to see American students continuing to score lower on international tests than students in countries that spend a lot less per pupil than we do.

I think the job of a comedian is to make people laugh, but also challenge them to laugh at things they didn't know they could until now.

I love Ice Cube and Charlie Day. They're brilliant men, great actors and very funny people.

Among the responsibilities, we will be ending the bleeding of jobs from our country and negotiating fair trade deals for our citizens.

Everybody tells jokes, but we still need comedians.

Some people just derive great joy from making other people laugh. And I do, but I don't feel like I need to do it 24 hours a day.

I was always sort of a ham as a kid, just always wanting to entertain and to get people to laugh.

I'm very lucky in that I've gotten to do a lot of things. But if you ever put a gun to my head and said, "You can only do one," I'd think it would be stand-up. I think it's the coolest job in the world.

National Guard soldiers, as you know, give up their jobs, their time with their family, make sacrifices to make sure this country is safe.

You saw a lot of guys, especially in the early '90s, whose acts were a pitch for a sitcom. A lot of them were very funny, but there's nothing worse than watching comedians or musicians who are up there and are doing something they're not interested in.

As a comedian you are making yourself vulnerable in order to make others happy.

When people asked me, "Do you get high to go onstage?" I could never understand the question. I mean, I'd been high since eight that morning.