T. J. Miller Quotes

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T. J. Miller

Profession : Actor

Birth : June 4, 1981

The moment in which you make somebody laugh, you're only doing it to make them laugh and be happy. Then afterward you can be like, 'Oh, I just want the attention. I feel so good that everybody's listening to me and I got the approval that I need.'

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It's okay to take yourself too seriously if you're a serious actor and you've got the scrubs on. And then with me, it's kind of like, well, I'm a comedian, I'm making fun of everybody and everything. And I'm making fun of myself. I'm having fun making fun of and for other people.

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I was the Head Boy of East High School in 1999. I represent 303 - the area code, not the band - Mile High, until I die. I'm 31, a comedian; I juggle, but I don't glove it. I think waxed mustaches run a very thin line between hipster and 1800s barkeep.

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I consider myself a fairly ethical individual while I do have a lot of dichotomies within me. We're all victims of our own hypocrisy at times.

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I try to be an ethical, moral person and a nice person, and I like to have that reflected in my comedy. I'm not a mean comedian, and I don't think that my comedy is mean. I think that for the most part, it's more focused on the diversity that we all handle and try to provide a distraction from the disaster of modern living.

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To be honest, I would never have imagined myself acting on a sitcom that I didn't write.

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Every time I could possibly be doing stand up, I am.

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I'm a stand-up. I'm never worried about getting my next role. That's never distressing to me.

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I feel like I've forcefully been thrust into the tech world, and I've enjoyed every minute of it.

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I don't know how much the economy has changed since Jonathan Swift's 'A Modest Proposal.'

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My father always said I have a face for radio, and 'Cloverfield' was one of my finest pieces of work.

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I think I'm just a comedian who's a pretty good con man, and I don't see that changing any time soon.

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Some people in Silicon Valley are as bad as the 'Koch Brothers', you know? Don't be mistaken. For every some of those, though, you get people who come up with something like 'Leafly', which does what 'Yelp' has done, but in a much more specific way, and it's important because it's the dawn of this new era.

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I actually prefer Twitter as a medium, and I also got into Periscope for a second, but I'm still trying to figure out what to do with it. I can't figure out if the only important thing about it is the live broadcast, or if it's an interesting kind of way to log what you do.

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I always like to have a buffer between me and journalism in general. Not just a reporter, but journalism.

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I don't prepare for anything very well. I am not a good actor. I don't read scripts.

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I can't stand Snapchat, but that will be extinct before it is relevant.

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It is good to connect to someone who reminds you that you have some real authenticity.

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I do comedy to give people an ephemeral escape from the tragedy that permeates everyday life.

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Listen to my voice - I sound like I'm permanently congested.

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