Neal Brennan Quotes

Neal Brennan
Neal Brennan
American Comedian
Born: Oct 19, 1973
About Good Me People Think You
I had people think I was brilliant, then 'Half Baked' bricked. They literally look at me like a homeless person. Neal Brennan
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Like, I feel like I'm funny, despite the fact that I keep getting rejected by people less funny than me. Neal Brennan
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If somebody says my ideas aren't good in the afternoon, I can go to a club that night and try to prove them wrong. Neal Brennan
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It wasn’t so much figuring out my voice comedically, because that was always pretty clear. It was more about performing and being a good, watchable performer. Neal Brennan
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I just don't believe in the old definition that a fan of music is: I find a band, I listen to all of it and I pretend to like stuff that I don't like. Now if I don't like it, I just go, 'I don't like this.' It's way fairer. Neal Brennan
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It wasn't surprising to me because I've had the conversation with him personally, but Will Smith is more interesting a guy that you could ever capture in a movie or TV show. Neal Brennan
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In true, narcissistic fashion, when my father was diagnosed as a narcissist, he called us all up individually to tell us, and he did it with true pride. Neal Brennan
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I think being honest on TV is pretty rare. So if I can be that, I would like to be. Neal Brennan
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I'm not good at Reddit; I don't go to the most popular parts. Neal Brennan
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Steve Allen was on Johnny Carson one time - I looked for it, but I couldn’t find it - and he read the lyrics to 'Hot Stuff' by Donna Summer like a poet. He read them very seriously. I was maybe 8, but it killed me. Neal Brennan
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The thing about comedians is, we’re generally pretty smart. So, if we can be smart and funny, that is the victory. Neal Brennan
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There are things that start small on Reddit, then they sort of gather and become major trends. Having said that, I mostly stay on the Top 100 page, so it's mostly just pictures of a dog looking like Chewbacca. Neal Brennan
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I would like to do theaters. That’s always been a dream. I think that would be a good way to tour. But for the most part, in terms of, do I want to get recognized on the street? No. There’s not much I want about fame. Neal Brennan
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Everyone has some secret and some source of pain or sadness and I just said mine first and then everybody went after me. I get it every day in my Instagram direct messages, people thanking me for talking about depression and telling me how it helped them. Neal Brennan
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But my problem was that I did an hour for Comedy Central and nobody seemed to care. Neal Brennan
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I find that I like what I like. I like a strong melody, I like an inventive structure and I have to like the singer's voice or I have no interest in it. Neal Brennan
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I just love well-organized, very serious nonsense. Neal Brennan
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If you just want money and tax cuts and stuff, fine - just stop acting like you’re moral. Neal Brennan
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You can say whatever you want, but there’s going to be consequences to it. Neal Brennan
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I think the future belongs to the comedic polymath. It belongs to the person who can generate the most good material in the biggest variety of ways, whether it's sketches or stand-up or songs or tweets or television or films. Neal Brennan
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You know, when I was a kid, I used to cry every day, like, when I was like, you know, 7 through 11 or 6 through 11, to the point where my brother and sisters would like - there was an ongoing joke where they would make me cry to keep my streak alive of crying every day. Neal Brennan
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Like, your body has to get used to being in front of people. Like - and you have to be like - you have to be kind of a ham, you know? Like, the thing about writers is they're generally self - comedy writers - self-loathing, sort of play small. And as a, like, performer, you have to think like a comedy writer but act like a performer. Neal Brennan
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3 Mics' has gotten me fans who actually like me. Now they have a sense of what I'm like, so I get to talk in a way that I really want, and it's fun to go on the road. Neal Brennan
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I think the only op-ed columnist in 'The Times' - where I read all of his stuff - is Paul Krugman. Neal Brennan
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I think anything is possible if the jokes are good. Neal Brennan
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I love doing stand up. I think it's a really worthwhile art form. It's so unique in all the things it combines, in terms of it being philosophizing, preaching, speaking truth to power and basic communicating. It's a good way to talk back to the world. Neal Brennan
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