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Patton Oswalt
American
Comedian
Born:
Jan 27
,
1969
Always
Great
Long
Me
People
You
Related authors:
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Groucho Marx
Milton Berle
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So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, 'The good outnumber you, and we always will.'
Patton Oswalt
Good
You
Ignorance
Fear
Will
Hatred
Think
Intolerance
Eye
Outnumber
Look
Spot
Always
Just
Violence
If you hit a midget on the head with a stick, he turns into 40 gold coins.
Patton Oswalt
You
Coins
He
Head
Stick
Hit
Gold
Midget
Turns
I fantasize and idealize myself as Bugs Bunny, but I know deep down I'm Daffy Duck.
Patton Oswalt
Myself
Down
Idealize
Know
Bugs
Duck
Bunny
Fantasize
Deep
Deep Down
What you want to worship above youth, I think, is beauty, and beauty is so beyond just appearances after a while. Because you can be with someone who's good-looking; if they open their mouths and they're an idiot, then they cease to be beautiful very quickly.
Patton Oswalt
Beautiful
You
Youth
Beauty
Idiot
Think
Worship
Someone
Above
Open
Good-Looking
Beyond
Because
Cease
Very
Quickly
Mouths
Just
Want
After
While
Then
Appearances
I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, 'Well, I've had it with humanity.' But I was wrong.
Patton Oswalt
Humanity
Remember
Down
Had
Remember When
Wrong
Reaction
Well
The Kentucky Fried Chicken corporation made a bobble head of me and sent it to my management. No card, nothing.
Patton Oswalt
Me
Management
Made
Nothing
Corporation
Head
Fried
Fried Chicken
Chicken
Sent
Card
Kentucky
It's like our country is being run by a bunch of bad alcoholic dads right now.
Patton Oswalt
Country
Our
Run
Bad
Like
Bunch
Being
Dads
Now
Right
George Bush is not stupid. He's evil. OK? There's a huge difference between stupid and evil.
Patton Oswalt
Evil
Stupid
OK
He
Between
George
George Bush
Huge
Huge Difference
Difference
Bush
I have to drink this much to be as unfunny as you.
Patton Oswalt
You
Drink
Much
90% of every art form is garbage - dance and stand-up, painting and music. Focus on the 10% that's good, suck it up, and drive on.
Patton Oswalt
Music
Art
Good
Dance
Focus
Drive
Painting
Garbage
Every
Art Form
Up
Form
Suck
I think right now is the best time for stand-up, ever. I sincerely do.
Patton Oswalt
Time
Best
Think
Best Time
Sincerely
Now
Ever
Right
I mean, the death in the late eighties and early nineties really shook out a lot of hacks. The pond just sort of dried up for a lot of really bad comedians.
Patton Oswalt
Death
Late
Nineties
Out
Bad
Dried
Comedians
Sort
Lot
Up
Shook
Just
Eighties
Pond
Mean
Really
Early
I have some shorter stories coming out in other books early next year. I might be pitching a re-vamp of Ghost Rider in the spring. We'll see.
Patton Oswalt
Year
Spring
Other
Books
Ghost
Out
See
Some
Coming
Pitching
Stories
Might
Next
Next Year
Rider
Early
We would not be here if humanity were inherently evil. We'd have eaten ourselves alive long ago.
Patton Oswalt
Humanity
Evil
Long
Alive
Ourselves
Would
Eaten
Were
Inherently
Here
Based on my own experience, when you're going through adolescence you don't know how the world works. You can't set a story in the world you live in because you don't know what a utility bill is, or how to budget your paycheck.
Patton Oswalt
You
Experience
World
Own
Live
Adolescence
My Own
Through
Budget
Know
Because
How
Going
Story
Bill
Your
Paycheck
Works
Utility
Based
Set
I think the kind of person that gravitates toward New York is a person that's not so much focused on controlling exactly how they appear and how they exit. They're more fascinated with the process.
Patton Oswalt
Controlling
Think
Focused
Kind
Exactly
More
Toward
New
How
Exit
Person
York
New York
Process
Much
Fascinated
Appear
You know, in Los Angeles, you're constantly in your car, you're sealed up, you're not walking around. Whereas in New York, after a while, all your stuff is kind of public, in one way or the other. I'm not saying either one of those is bad; they're both great for a very specific kind of comedian. And I'm glad that they both exist.
Patton Oswalt
Saying
Great
You
Car
Other
Way
Those
Kind
Bad
Constantly
Angeles
One-Way
Both
Glad
Stuff
New
Comedian
Know
Around
Los
Los Angeles
Exist
Up
Very
Walking
York
New York
Whereas
After
Either
While
Public
Your
Sealed
Specific
Growing up, there are always those kids who are only happy when they are making someone else upset. That is unfortunately just how some people are. And their parents were fine. Some people are just born with bad wiring.
Patton Oswalt
Happy
People
Some People
Parents
Else
Those
Kids
Bad
Fine
Some
Born
Someone
Only
Wiring
Always
How
Making
Were
Up
Just
Upset
Unfortunately
Who
Growing
Growing Up
All the truly great stand-ups say, 'I go onstage, and I work on jokes. The inspiration will happen while I'm doing my work.' To me, in the end, the surest thing is work.
Patton Oswalt
Work
Great
Me
Jokes
Will
Say
Inspiration
Onstage
Surest
Doing
Go
Truly
End
Happen
In The End
While
Thing
To get asked to do stuff like 'United States Of Tara' and 'Caprica' is terrific. I can't complain.
Patton Oswalt
Complain
States
Stuff
Like
Terrific
Get
Asked
United
United States
There's nothing wrong with doing comedies, and I'm not against comedies, either, but I always want to do stuff that keeps me off my guard and gets me out of my comfort zone.
Patton Oswalt
Me
Nothing
Guard
Out
Wrong
Stuff
Comedies
Comfort
Comfort Zone
Always
Doing
Off
Gets
Want
Either
Against
Keeps
Zone
Knock on wood, my groupies tend to be very artistic, creative people - sometimes way more creative than I am.
Patton Oswalt
Creative
People
Sometimes
Way
More
Tend
Knock
Am
Very
Than
Artistic
Wood
Creative People
Groupies
One of my groupies gave me a film that they made, and it ended up being amazing, so I got it shown at South by Southwest. If I can help get their stuff out there, then great.
Patton Oswalt
Great
Me
Amazing
Made
Gave
Out
Stuff
Got
South
Up
Get
Southwest
Ended
Being
Then
Help
Groupies
Shown
Film
Lot of ugly funny dudes end up with some pretty gorgeous women. Women are much deeper than us in choosing a mate - they see in the long term.
Patton Oswalt
Funny
Women
Gorgeous
Ugly
Long
See
Some
Pretty
Long-Term
Term
Mate
Dudes
Lot
Women Are
End
Up
Than
Us
Much
Choosing
Deeper
I'm always trying out new stuff onstage. That's where I do all my writing.
Patton Oswalt
Writing
Out
Onstage
Stuff
New
Always
New Stuff
Trying
Where
If you actually do cold readings, it's very close to how people actually talk, because you're experiencing these thoughts anew every moment, and trying to make them come out coherently.
Patton Oswalt
Thoughts
You
People
Every
Cold
Out
Anew
Come
Talk
Make
Because
Readings
How
Very
Close
Trying
Experiencing
Them
Moment
Actually
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