Pete Holmes Quotes

I started doing improv in college, and I met Mike Birbiglia and John Mulaney and a bunch of other very funny, talented people who I'm still friends with and work with.

Nick Kroll, A.D. Miles, Chelsea Peretti - those were the people I was always doing open mics with.

People who do comedy really are the nastiest people on the planet.

I love funny people. I met and became friends with some of the funniest people ever. Gilda Radner, bless her soul; Martin Short; Dave Thomas; Eugene Levy.

It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.

Something about New York, man: You can do more comedy there probably than you can anywhere in the world. If you're interested in being funny, New York is the place to go.

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.

I'm very adamant on social media about recommending comedians to people if they don't know them. I think it's so important to go see them.

I've got quite a few friends in the comedy world as you meet a lot of people.

I like LA because it has a giant supply of great comedians.

Comedy isn't really something where you get discovered. You can't network your way to being funny or talented. It's not hard to get seen if you're funny. If you're funny, talented, and work hard, you will go somewhere.

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

I started out as a stand-up comedian. And that's what I'm most comfortable doing.

There's a lot of very funny people I'd love to work with that I've never met, of course. I love Steve Martin and Jim Carrey.

I think when I was young, let's call it high school, and even before that, I just loved comedy, and I loved comedians. I grew up watching Laurel and Hardy. That's really a long time ago. I loved Jerry Lewis. I just loved comedians.

Stand-up is the foundation to my career. It's what I started out doing.

Podcasts feature comedians being as funny as they can be in a non-censored situation. It's really akin to standup in a way. When you go see a comedian in standup, that is the most pure, unadulterated form of their art.

I love doing stuff with Todd Barry and Jon Benjamin. We give the stage to good bands and funny people.

In Manhattan, I often do two or three or more shows a night, so I'm always working on new material.

On the comedy side of what I love as a filmmaker are Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce, and Eddie Murphy; those are my favorites.

I take comedy very seriously, and I feel very competitive.

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 love stand-up comics, particularly those who have embraced podcasting.

I love Dallas, Austin and Houston. Why? Because some of the best comedians, like Bill Hicks and Sam Kinison, started their careers in Texas, and because the crowds there are comedy-educated.

I love making comedy. I never stopped loving it. I will continue to love it and I can't believe that I get to do it.