Neal Brennan Quotes

Neal Brennan
Neal Brennan
American Comedian
Born: Oct 19, 1973
About Good Me People Think You
If I go to the store, I'm not trying to slip in the middle of the aisle so I can talk about it onstage. I'm at the store because I need food or medicine. Neal Brennan
Food Medicine Slip I Can Aisle About Onstage Talk Because Go Trying Middle Store Need
I’m not the easiest dude to work with. Neal Brennan
Work Easiest Dude
Being able to write jokes is great, but you still have to get used to performing them and being on stage - and enjoying being on stage, not just like tolerating it. Neal Brennan
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I think anyone can write about anything that they have knowledge of and exposure to. Neal Brennan
Knowledge Think I Think About Write Anyone Anything Exposure
Why marry myself to an entire album? I don't have to. If I download four songs from somebody on an iTunes sojourn, that's about as good as it gets. Neal Brennan
Myself Good Somebody Marry Entire About Songs iTunes Gets Download Why Four Album
I think the best black screenwriter is Quentin Tarantino. Neal Brennan
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I just realized at a certain point that no matter how much writing I did, I'm still a gym rat for comedy clubs. Neal Brennan
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Even at it's worst, 'Def Jam' was extremely interesting and extremely well performed. And the crowds were amazing. Neal Brennan
Amazing Extremely Worst Crowds Performed Well Were Jam Interesting Even
Sentimental is not bad, but it’s probably the most likely to go awry. It’s the hardest to do and not have it end up being 'Forrest Gump' or something. Maudlin - I just don’t want it to be maudlin. Neal Brennan
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It's way more fun to tell jokes for an hour than it is to sit in a room and bash your head against the wall trying to think of sketches. Neal Brennan
Jokes Sit Think Way Tell More Head Hour Than Wall Trying Against Room Sketches Your Fun Bash
The fear of public speaking is a primal fear. You can train your body to not be crazy when you're doing it, but it truly is a primal fear. Neal Brennan
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There were some things I wanted to talk about. I wanted to talk about depression in public, I wanted to talk about being in the shadow of people I've dated and people I worked with publicly. Neal Brennan
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I generally don't read articles about myself/'Chappelle's Show,' nor do I read reviews. It's basically playing Russian Roulette. They're not all gonna be positive. Neal Brennan
Positive About Russian Generally Read Nor Reviews Articles Gonna Show Roulette Playing Basically
You know, I liken it to - when you write a joke for somebody else, it's like you - you know, like the Wile E. Coyote dynamite plunger, where he pushes the plunger down and then you see the fuse go then there's an explosion in the distance? That's like writing a joke for somebody. When you tell the joke, you're in the explosion. Neal Brennan
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Jersey Shore' is one of the best shows of all time… They had so many hooks. Neal Brennan
Time Best Hooks All-Time Had Shore Many Shows Jersey Jersey Shore
I think the thing I had going for me is a good pedigree and joke-writing ability. But a good pedigree, for the audience, doesn’t matter past the first 90 seconds. Neal Brennan
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I think the biggest influence on my stand-up would be Chris Rock, in that I love that Chris is basically an essayist, in that he’ll take a subject and just try and attack it from as many different angles as he can. Neal Brennan
Love Try Think I Think I Love Would Would-Be Angles Attack Take He Rock Subject Essayist Just Influence Different Different Angles Biggest Biggest Influence Many Chris Chris Rock Basically
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