T. J. Miller Quotes

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T. J. Miller

Profession : Actor

Birth : June 4, 1981

There's nothing I would love more than to host an awards show where I'm nominated for an award - that is so funny to me.

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I wouldn't want to be Superman. Batman would be cool. But the one I've always wanted to play is the Joker. There is a maniacal and dangerous side to me.

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I'm a Nietzschean scholar. I've read an immense amount about nihilism and existentialism.

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Keep your elbows soft. Keep your elbows looking fine.

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Slowly but surely, I went through different phases of fame, and each rises you further into isolation and alienation.

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I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.

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I've stated that it's possible the only reason I'm in show business is that I have such a strange, particular head of hair. That, and I can grow a red beard.

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Comedy gives you a shot of euphoria that distracts you from everything that's awful.

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When you spend such a large portion of your life working - and it's not fun, and you're worried about getting sued or fired for saying the wrong thing or for acting crazy at a work party - then what has work done to America? That's the impetus to have a huge office Christmas party.

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I would say that awards are for children. Because children need a tangible representation of their achievement. And as adults, you have to settle for the respect and admiration of your peers.

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Effective satire has to be almost identical to the subject that it is skewering.

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There is no place for a person like me in a world that only takes itself seriously. Satire is so necessary but fairly ineffective.

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I have perfectly symmetrical ankles.

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I acted in high school and studied at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford for one summer. I minored in theater, and I was always acting growing up, but really, I was just more interested in the comedy of it all.

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There's sketch, improv, writing, acting, music, and badminton. Those are the seven forms of comedy.

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I do like the idea of being an auteur in the sense of writing and being in your own stuff.

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I love writing but not crazy meticulous/prepared enough to be a director. I'd work as a gaffer on something.

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'Yogi Bear' changed my life in ways that I can't explain because it's not a full feature on me. 'Yogi Bear' - there's everything before 'Yogi Bear,' and there's everything after 'Yogi Bear.' Like a major car accident, or the birth of Christ.

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Stuff that I write isn't as similar to the stuff that I'm in, but I don't really care. I just do comedy.

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There's sketch, improv, writing, acting, music, and badminton. Those are the seven forms of comedy. But I do like the idea of being an auteur in the sense of writing and being in your own stuff.

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