Chris Gethard Quotes

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Chris Gethard

Profession : Actor

Birth : May 23, 1980

Both creatively and organizationally, being medicated has helped me immensely.

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The one-word story about why I have a chip on my shoulder is 'bullying.'

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Maria Bamford is someone who's really inspired me in a big way.

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Everyone likes to laugh. Everyone likes to dance along to some music.

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I will say I miss teaching improv way more than I miss performing improv.

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One of the reasons I stay in New York is because you're always around so many other types of arts, and it's easy to just get lost in it.

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There's a teacher at the Renzo Gracie Academy in New York named John Danaher. He's leading this whole group of fighters named the Danaher Death Squad, and they're revolutionizing how that world works. I actually went and signed up for classes mostly because, man, if there's innovation like that happening in New York, I want to be around it.

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As far as comedy goes, I'm endlessly inspired by Jo Firestone.

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I always think all the other comedians in New York hate me - I'm just convinced that they all dislike me - when, generally, I think I'm a pretty well-respected guy.

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I can legitimately say without being arrogant that there's probably a stretch where I was one of the better teachers of improv in the country.

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I grew up a loser, and I always felt like one, but I turned out pretty okay. I may be living proof that you can spend your whole life feeling like you're falling down a set of steps and still maybe land on your feet at the bottom.

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I think, in my own life, I'm pretty political. I think I have some very strong ideals, and I struggle a lot with it. I struggle a lot with feeling like, 'I have a platform; should I be saying more?'

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I think there's enough TV that makes people feel dumb out there.

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A lot of the things I loved the most growing up were, on the surface, kind of challenging or impenetrable. I loved Andy Kaufman, and half his shows, people would walk out in a rage. I love punk rock, which is notoriously music that doesn't always sound very inviting or appealing but, I think, unquestionably has the most heart, the most integrity.

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I always just try to remind myself, like, at the end of the day, no matter how much pressure it is to be a TV show host, you still get to be a TV show host.

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I'm hungry in the ways that every artist is, but I also have this extra layer. I've done a lot of things that were consciously not for money, but because I'm so convinced I'm going to die in my mid-30s, I'm like, 'That's not what's important. Doing cool stuff and having that legacy is what's important.'

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I've always been really open onstage.

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Creativity saved me.

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What all my favorite comedians have in common is extraordinary honesty.

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