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I have an amazing metabolism. I'm sure that'll be gone one day. But I like to exercise, too, so I don't think I'll ever get really fat.
Aziz Ansari
Day
Amazing
Gone
Think
Too
One Day
Like
Sure
Exercise
Metabolism
Get
Really
Ever
Fat
London seems to be a town with a lot of comedy fans and people that really enjoy stand-up.
Aziz Ansari
People
Comedy
Fans
Enjoy
London
Seems
Town
Lot
Really
I guess my music taste is pretty predictable: I like new indie rock stuff, older stuff.
Aziz Ansari
Music
Older
Guess
Pretty
Indie
Stuff
New
Like
Rock
Taste
Predictable
Writing your own jokes, you just kind of keep working on something until you think it might work, and then you try it out and hope for the best.
Aziz Ansari
Work
Hope
Best
You
Jokes
Writing
Try
Own
Think
Out
Kind
Something
Until
Just
Just Kind
Might
Then
Working
Your
Keep
Other than friends and family, my favorite things are New York and stand-up. I love doing comedy in New York - I can do way more stand-up here than in Los Angeles.
Aziz Ansari
Love
Family
Comedy
Other
Way
Favorite
Favorite Things
Angeles
More
New
Doing
Los
Los Angeles
Friends
Friends And Family
Than
York
New York
Things
Here
Why would anyone get married and have babies? That's the dumbest idea I've ever heard in my life. Or the scariest thing I've ever heard in my life.
Aziz Ansari
Life
My Life
Babies
Married
Would
Scariest
Idea
Heard
Dumbest
Get
Get Married
Anyone
Why
Ever
Thing
Even in my stand-up, there's a lot more positivity and enthusiasm rather than negative, I-hate-everything vibes.
Aziz Ansari
Negative
Enthusiasm
Vibes
Positivity
Rather
More
Lot
Than
Even
What's cool about Twitter is that you can make a joke about something very of-the-moment or random that I wouldn't be able to joke about in stand-up.
Aziz Ansari
You
Random
Joke
Twitter
Able
About
Something
Make
Very
Cool
It's hard to really get that excited about movies. Think about it like this: how many good comedy movies come out a year? Maybe one or two? And then, in those movies, what are the chances that there's a character that I'm the best fit to play? It's really small!
Aziz Ansari
Best
Good
Character
Comedy
Year
Think
Those
Out
One Or Two
About
Small
Excited
Come
Like
How
Fit
Get
Maybe
Movies
Then
Really
Hard
Many
Play
Two
Chances
With stand-up, I can have an idea, go down the street to a comedy club and work on it, flesh it out, book a venue, people will come, then film it. I do all that myself; I never have to answer to anybody.
Aziz Ansari
Work
Myself
Book
People
Comedy
Will
Club
Down
Out
Never
Idea
Come
Comedy Club
Venue
Answer
Go
Anybody
Then
Flesh
Film
Street
I know my fan base is a smart group of people.
Aziz Ansari
People
Smart
Group
Know
Fan
Fan Base
Base
Stand-up comedy is a raunchy profession.
Aziz Ansari
Comedy
Stand-Up Comedy
Profession
The most influential thing was the two Chris Rock specials that came out when I was in high school. I was obsessed with that stuff.
Aziz Ansari
School
Out
High
High School
Obsessed
Stuff
Most
Rock
Came
Influential
Chris
Chris Rock
Thing
Two
Myself, Eric Wareheim, and Jason Woliner decided to start a Food Club where the three of us go to restaurants with a couple of other people. The three of us are the captains of the Food Club, so we have to wear the captains' hats.
Aziz Ansari
Myself
Food
People
Three
Club
Other
Restaurants
Wear
Hats
Couple
Go
Eric
Where
Decided
Jason
Us
Start
I'm the kind of person, if I see something, like a funny video, I want to share it. With Twitter and Tumblr you can do that on a mass scale, and people get to know your personality.
Aziz Ansari
Funny
You
People
Personality
Twitter
Scale
Kind
See
Something
Share
Mass
Like
Know
Person
Get
Tumblr
Want
Video
Your
I like the brand Band of Outsiders. Their suits are cut really slim, for smaller framed gentlemen.
Aziz Ansari
Suits
Band
Framed
Slim
Outsiders
Smaller
Like
Gentlemen
Brand
Cut
Really
I was in the middle of filming Season 3 of 'Grace and Frankie.' Then the writing process for 'Mystery Science Theater 3000' was happening at the exact same time. And then the pre-production for 'Fatherless' was happening at the exact same time as well.
Baron Vaughn
Time
Science
Writing
Grace
Fatherless
Frankie
Exact
Mystery
Writing Process
Well
Pre-Production
Same
Same Time
Middle
Happening
Process
Theater
Then
Season
Filming
We are constantly consuming entertainment; we treat celebrities like role models and royalty. Sometimes destructive behavior gets ignored, or sometimes the pressure breaks them.
Baron Vaughn
Entertainment
Treat
Sometimes
Behavior
Pressure
Destructive
Constantly
Consuming
Like
Celebrities
Role
Role Models
Models
Gets
Breaks
Them
Ignored
Royalty
New York is looked at as the grad school of comedy.
Baron Vaughn
School
Comedy
New
Looked
Grad
Grad School
York
New York
If we don't talk about the things that are happening, why are we talking about anything at all? Does something have to be a year old for me to have an opinion on it or a conversation with people about it?
Baron Vaughn
Me
Conversation
People
Old
Year
About
Something
Talk
Talking
Opinion
Does
Year-Old
Anything
Happening
Why
Things
The smaller an audience is, the more self-conscious they are. People are always looking at each other to see who is laughing. Because the thing about laughter is that it exposes who you are.
Baron Vaughn
You
People
Laughter
Looking
Other
Laughing
See
About
More
Smaller
Self-Conscious
Because
Audience
Always
Who
Each
Thing
Comedians are always narrating the story of the people. Always.
Baron Vaughn
People
Comedians
Always
Story
When I'm watching Tom Servo, I don't feel like I'm in my own body; I'm just reacting and saying what the character in front of me would say.
Baron Vaughn
Saying
Character
Me
Own
Say
Would
My Own
Feel
Like
Reacting
Front
Just
Body
Tom
Watching
I like that part of the culture of 'MST3K' is this constant dialog on what movies could be done and what movies should be done. I've seen plenty of bad movies and walked out afterward thinking 'That would have been perfect for 'MST3K.''
Baron Vaughn
Culture
Seen
Thinking
Plenty
Out
Bad
Would
Constant
Perfect
Could
Part
Like
Dialog
Been
Walked
Done
Afterwards
Movies
Should
I come back to Vegas pretty regularly. Quick visits, and I usually just kind of lay low, see my mom, and then get out of there. But every now and then, I'm able to kind of come for extended stays and see some people.
Baron Vaughn
Mom
People
Some People
Every
Back
Out
Kind
Visits
See
Able
Some
Pretty
Stays
Lay
Vegas
Come
Quick
Get
Just
Just Kind
Low
Then
Regularly
Now
Now And Then
Extended
When things get stressful and crazy and you think to yourself, 'When will this get easier?' it won't, because that's what a career feels like.
Baron Vaughn
Crazy
You
Yourself
Will
Think
Easier
Feels
Like
Because
Get
Things
Career
Stressful
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