Joel McHale Quotes

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Joel McHale

Profession : Comedian

Birth : November 20, 1971

All I care about is making jokes that are funny and making people laugh.

Joel McHale

I don't think the NFL had the slightest intention of taking me, except as maybe a water boy.

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'Big Brother,' I can't believe people watch. It's just people whispering to each other for hours and then some silly challenge like, who can pull the most stones out of a stuffed alligator, with some product tie-in.

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When I started 'The Soup' back in 2004, I was so anxious because I can't really read, and I had to read teleprompter.

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I knew I was good at sports, and I knew I loved acting and performing, so I really dove into that, and school always became secondary.

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It's an awesome thing to be flung out onto the stage twice a weekend in front of 250 people, and you have to make it up as you go along.

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It's important to have the right agent - people that are working hard for you. But an actor needs to be in control of their career no matter how good the representation is.

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On 'The Soup,' we were never a political show.

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The editors and the creators of 'The Bachelor' and 'The Bachelorette,' they are so good at casting and at finding these young, beautiful lunatics to go on the show.

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Yes, I would say my comedy is grunge, evidenced by the fact my jokes have put an end to big-hair glam comedy.

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If you have a dream, just lie about it. Lie your way unto your dreams.

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Acting is what I'd always wanted to do; hosting 'The Soup' was more because of Greg Kinnear.

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E! always wanted me to keep it to entertainment news or entertainment and no sports or anything like that, and don't get too weird.

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When E! ended the show, it wasn't because it was low-rated. It was because E! did not want to pay union rerun dues.

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I love making fun of YouTubers.

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My goal and my career is definitely not to be famous. That's a really horrible goal, just to be famous for the sake of having fame.

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Follow what your head is telling you and work hard. That's the big secret.

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Now I tell my mom, I go, 'Mom, you know when I was a kid and you told me to turn off the television and go outside and play?' I'd be like, 'You literally were hurting my career when you did that. You literally stopped me from doing now, what I do for a living.'

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My children do not know what it's like to flip around channels. They either go to Netflix, Apple TV, or they pull up YouTube, and they can watch their shows.

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You have to have talent. You have to get the audition and then you have to nail the audition.

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