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Michael Ian Black
American
Comedian
Born:
Aug 12
,
1971
Actually
Me
Music
People
Think
You
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The thing that I think is the most important is taking moments to express your appreciation to your partner. A thank you or a quick kiss can go a long way toward affirming your relationship and commitment to each other. That's not hard to do even when you're juggling insane careers and three kids.
Michael Ian Black
Relationship
You
Appreciation
Commitment
Three
Kiss
Long
Important
Partner
Thank You
Think
Other
Way
Insane
Kids
Long Way
Taking
Toward
Most
Go
Juggling
Quick
Affirming
Thank
The Most Important
Your
Hard
Moments
Even
Each
Express
Thing
Careers
Your harshest critic is always going to be yourself. Don't ignore that critic but don't give it more attention than it deserves.
Michael Ian Black
Yourself
Be Yourself
Critic
Give
More
Attention
Always
Than
Going
Your
Ignore
Deserves
All the work that I do, whether or not it ends up being commercially successful or not, feels like the most important thing to me while I'm doing it. I try to take something away from every project, and so they all feel like milestones for one reason or another.
Michael Ian Black
Work
Me
Try
Important
Every
Project
Something
Take
Feel
Feels
Like
Most
Most Important Thing
Another
Important Thing
Doing
Up
Commercially
Being
Ends
The Most Important
Whether
While
Successful
Milestones
Reason
Away
Thing
Most of the time, you don't win anything on reality shows. You're booted off, or maybe you win $50,000, or $100,000, which isn't really life-changing. I don't know that it's worth it.
Michael Ian Black
Time
You
Reality
Worth
Win
Worth It
Life-Changing
Know
Most
Off
Maybe
Anything
Which
Reality Shows
Really
Shows
I am a poker player, but I am not a good poker player. My favorite game is seven card stud, but I'll play hi/lo, Hold 'em, Razz, etc.
Michael Ian Black
Good
Game
Seven
Favorite
Stud
Poker
Am
Hold
Etc
Play
Card
Player
My first real break was when my college sketch troupe, The State, was asked to contribute pieces for a new MTV show called 'You Wrote It, You Watch It.'
Michael Ian Black
You
College
First
State
Troupe
New
Pieces
Wrote
Real
Contribute
Break
Sketch
Asked
Show
Watch
I am not a music snob. If anything, my musical taste is bad by any critical standards.
Michael Ian Black
Music
Musical
Critical
Bad
Am
Snob
Taste
Any
Anything
Standards
If you get an idea, you might as well stick with it until somebody calls you on it.
Michael Ian Black
You
Somebody
Idea
Until
Well
Calls
Stick
Get
Might
I definitely script things out. I definitely write things down and try to write jokes. Often, they're terrible. I often write terrible, terrible jokes.
Michael Ian Black
Jokes
Try
Down
Definitely
Out
Write
Terrible
Often
Script
Things
I don't think I was awake for much of my childhood. I did a lot of napping. This might have been a defensive measure against encroaching depression. Until about the age of eleven or twelve, I had zero interests other than trying to steal gumballs from supermarket gumball machines.
Michael Ian Black
Depression
Age
Think
Other
Defensive
Machines
About
Supermarket
Steal
Had
Until
Napping
Been
Lot
Than
Trying
Did
Childhood
Against
Might
Much
Interests
Measure
Awake
Twelve
Zero
Eleven
Let me tell you, the life of a C list celebrity is pretty sweet. If I want to go to an Applebee's, all I have to do is, literally, walk in the door. They seat me as soon as the other people ahead of me are seated.
Michael Ian Black
Life
Me
You
People
Walk
Sweet
Other
Tell
Pretty
Soon
Go
Celebrity
List
Want
Door
Literally
Seat
Seated
I think people hate me pretty much across the board, which is nice. I mean, it's a pretty evenhanded loathing among a certain amount of the critical population, which used to be about 80 percent. So now I've gotten to the point where I just don't worry about it that much. It used to be very upsetting, now it's only mildly upsetting.
Michael Ian Black
Me
Hate
People
Nice
Think
Loathing
Worry
Critical
Pretty
About
Percent
Only
Point
Gotten
Very
Just
Where
Upsetting
Which
Board
Mean
Much
Certain
Across
Used
Population
Now
Among
Amount
I take it for what it is, and sometimes the criticism is actually useful and constructive and actually informs what I do, but most of the time, it's sort of mindless, or they're receiving something on a different frequency than I was sending it.
Michael Ian Black
Time
Sometimes
Criticism
Mindless
Something
Constructive
Take
Most
Sort
Frequency
Than
Sending
Different
Informs
Useful
Actually
Receiving
There's this misconception that comedy and music go together. They don't. Comedians can't compete with rock stars; they're just not on the same level. Rock stars will always be cooler. They will always get more girls.
Michael Ian Black
Music
Together
Comedy
Will
Girl
Stars
More
Misconception
Comedians
Rock
Always
Rock Stars
Go
Get
Same
Same Level
Just
Cooler
Level
Compete
I feel like my career has been a series of glowing obituaries.
Michael Ian Black
Has-Been
Obituaries
Feel
Like
Glowing
Been
Series
Career
I don't watch that much comedy. I think it's professional jealousy. That and a lack of support for my community.
Michael Ian Black
Jealousy
Comedy
Community
Think
Support
Lack
Much
Professional
Watch
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