Chris Gethard Quotes

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Chris Gethard

Profession : Actor

Birth : May 23, 1980

When people ask me, 'Why don't you drink?' I usually smile and say 'Because I'm not good at it.'

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If you are dating someone in New York City, and they invite you over to watch a movie, they don't really want to watch a movie.

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I'm a pescatarian.

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I think what I have learned is you can't avoid losing. You're going to strike out a million times. The whole point is not to dodge losing - it's to learn how to lose well.

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I'm very happy with my decision to go sober. It's helped my life. It's helped my mental stability.

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I think the key to improv is always listening. It's embracing. It's positivity. It's hearing things and not shutting them down.

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No aspect of my brief and mild fame actually made me happier.

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Even though I live in New York, I still have this Jersey thing where I feel like I have to prove myself. I'm grateful for any chance I get to be the least talented person in the room, because it'll make me work that much harder.

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I think so often about how, when I was starting out at UCB, Conan O'Brien was in town, and on his show back then, they sometimes did character bits, and I started getting paid to dress up as a page or a Dutch boy on his show.

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I remember the people who mentored me, and I just love being able to do that for other people.

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I just really remember the feeling of being a younger comedian who was kind of an outlier for being experimental and weird and how that could feel lonely or hopeless.

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I think Carmen Christopher is going to be massively huge. He's just too funny. He's got funny in his bones, and he wants to conquer every room.

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Cops are everywhere in New York City. Cars drive by every few minutes. Uniforms stand nonchalantly at street corners.

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Cops in New York City don't have the best reputation. It's a fast-paced city, and they deal with a lot, and many people have seen lots of cops interact with the public utilizing what can be gently called 'not the best customer service.'

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Anyone who's ever been around an emergency in Manhattan realizes that there are plainclothes officers on these streets walking past us more than we ever realize.

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Anyone who lives in N.Y.C. will tell you that getting into a confrontation on a city street is a complete nightmare 100 percent of the time.

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I do not like confrontations in New York City.

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I classify myself as a comedian, but I'm one of those comedians who also acts so that I can split the difference and feel insecure about both.

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I'm not exactly Don Draper when it comes to physical attractiveness.

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I don't think I'm ugly per se, but on bad days, I have been told that I look like the monster from 'The Hills Have Eyes.' That was extremely confidence-shattering, so I try to take care of myself.

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