American - Comedian | May 25, 1973 -
I tend to avoid televisions, politics, and places with velvet ropes.
Demetri Martin
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But I found that disappointing people is a good thing, because disapproval is freedom.
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I love Steven Wright. I was in high school in the '80s, and there was a lot of stand up on television.
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And as far as actors go, Peter Sellers is my all-time favorite.
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I didn't do improv in college, I never performed, I didn't do theater either. I was in student government, I was a history major.
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To me, comedy is a game.
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Stand-up is like a row boat: it's fun and romantic when you're choosing to do it. But if you have no other choice than to be in a row boat it's not as enjoyable; that's survival.
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I think, at first blush, the '60s always enticed me. There's something about the '60s, it's not hard to like it.
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I know about Woodstock probably as much as your average person who is over 30, where I'd know Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead.
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But what I was going to say was, I just figured I'm going to go boldly in the direction of my dreams, say it as Thoreau would say, and just see where it takes me.
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I started being a comedy fan when I was, I'm going to guess, like 5 or 6 years old.
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Okay, so, when I was a kid, definitely the drawings and the illustration. Then I stopped in sixth grade or so. And then I started again when I was in my twenties. I really didn't progress since then, so the way I draw is the way I drew in sixth grade.
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