Michael Che Quotes

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Michael Che

Profession : Comedian

Birth : May 19, 1983

It's true - my mother kicked me out the house at 14. I had to go live with my sister. I had some problems. I was very rebellious as a kid. I don't even know why or where it came from, but I had a lot of anger. Me and my mom clashed a lot because she didn't tolerate that, as she shouldn't from a 14-year-old.

Michael Che

Watching someone getting really angry can be very funny - if it doesn't affect you, you can laugh at it, and the sillier the thing he's angry about, the funnier it is.

Michael Che

Some things hit close to home with people, and it's going to be hard to tell someone who lost somebody on 9/11 that a 9/11 joke is funny.

Michael Che

I have six brothers and sisters. My mother has six kids from two different marriages. And we would just sit around making fun of each other's dad, and all our dads had real problems.

Michael Che

Nothing is funnier than a true story told by a bitter old black man.

Michael Che

I grew up in the projects with four older brothers.

Michael Che

To deliver something deadpan is very difficult; I don't think people know how hard those jokes are.

Michael Che

I'm a big Knicks fan, and I will tell a professional basketball player that they suck because they didn't do what I wanted them to do.

Michael Che

Comedy's my outlet for my ridiculous emotions.

Michael Che

Cartoon violence is something very vivid and dark but made palatable for children in a fun way. That's the kind of comedy I do - I try to take subjects that might seem deep and make them as silly as possible.

Michael Che

Improv classes were too expensive, so I just started going to open mics. And the day I did it, I did, like, three because I just loved it so much. It was so much fun. And it wasn't good, it was just fun to do. It felt like a release.

Michael Che

I kind of write in my own little world.

Michael Che

When I was about nine, I went to school with a toothbrush in my mouth. I saw Method Man do it in a video.

Michael Che

Live comedy is fantastic. It's when live comedy is transcribed and reported and critiqued outside of the venue without context that things become complicated.

Michael Che

I'm lucky enough to have two different platforms to perform on - I do stand-up comedy, and I have 'SNL.' That's where I make my most controversial statements because I can explain myself and I'm in control of the microphone, as opposed to Twitter, where it's in the hands of the reader.

Michael Che

I can't speak for every American comic, but for me, a great show is its own reward. Comedy is too subjective for awards.

Michael Che

Comedy is subjective.

Michael Che

It's a unique fraternity to be a standup. I think everybody understands, you know, opportunity, and everybody - especially at the top - are genuinely rooting for you.

Michael Che

I'm from New York, and I started in New York, which I think is a huge advantage because I wasn't overwhelmed by the city. I understood the city. All of the distractions that could come with somebody that started comedy in New York didn't really happen for me.

Michael Che

My uncle is a martial artist, and in the early '80s, he made a kung fu flick with director Charlie Ahearn.

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