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Thomas Middleditch Quotes
Thomas Middleditch
Canadian
Actor
Born:
Mar 10
,
1982
Comedy
Like
Me
People
Think
You
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There's all these little bubbles of nerddom.
Thomas Middleditch
Bubbles
Little
I make very basic country rustic furniture.
Thomas Middleditch
Country
Furniture
Rustic
Make
Very
Basic
I wish I was more industrious, but I don't necessarily have that drive.
Thomas Middleditch
Drive
Wish
More
Industrious
Necessarily
Part of me wants a bunch of jocks to go to Comic-Con and call them all dweebs so they can be like, 'Pump the brakes a little bit.' But that said, it's all positive. It's just, of course, I'm going to find some cynicism in it.
Thomas Middleditch
Positive
Me
Pump
Bit
Find
Some
Part
Like
Call
Course
Said
Comic-Con
Go
Brakes
Bunch
Going
Just
Wants
Little
Little Bit
Them
Cynicism
I'm a total pessimist.
Thomas Middleditch
Pessimist
Total
I'm not saying that comedy has to be a certain thing - I'm not trying to define comedy, where it's like, it can only be silly things. But I think part of what makes a comedy is that at least part of the mantra of the show is trying to make people laugh.
Thomas Middleditch
Saying
People
Comedy
Think
Define
Laugh
Silly
Silly Things
Only
Part
Like
Make
Makes
Least
Trying
Where
Certain
Mantra
Show
Thing
Things
After going to theater school, and then subsequently dropping out, I would say that when I first went to Chicago and learned long-form improv, that was a far better acting workshop than any acting school I've been to.
Thomas Middleditch
Better
School
First
Say
Out
Would
Dropping
Learned
Been
Chicago
Than
Improv
Subsequently
Any
Going
After
Theater
Far
Then
Acting
Acting School
Workshop
I've always been a gamer. I play a version of Dungeons & Dragons.
Thomas Middleditch
Gamer
Always
Been
Version
Dungeons
Play
Dragons
You get a lot of apps and companies that are trying to sell you on something that's totally useless or potentially unhealthy. Only occasionally does something really worthwhile really come out.
Thomas Middleditch
You
Apps
Out
Worthwhile
Totally
Something
Only
Potentially
Come
Occasionally
Does
Lot
Sell
Get
Trying
Unhealthy
Really
Useless
Companies
I'm undeniably very nerdy, but I'm trying to recognize and pursue more masculine pursuits.
Thomas Middleditch
Recognize
Nerdy
More
Pursue
Pursuits
Masculine
Very
Trying
I was voted valedictorian, and at my school it wasn't based on grades; that was the popular vote.
Thomas Middleditch
Vote
School
Voted
Grades
Popular
Based
Speaking as someone who's played a lot of video games, and at the end of the video game all you have is a memory, after woodworking you get this piece of furniture.
Thomas Middleditch
Video Games
You
Game
Memory
Furniture
Someone
Piece
Lot
End
Get
After
Video
Video Game
Speaking
Games
Played
I wanted to be like 'Kids in the Hall.'
Thomas Middleditch
Kids
Like
Hall
Wanted
I got into performing fairly young and went from, like, a shy kid to a total weirdo.
Thomas Middleditch
Young
Kid
Total
Performing
Weirdo
Like
Fairly
Got
Shy
With YouTube streaming and Twitch and all that, you can just hop on on any given night and play videogames and have people come watch you. And even if you've only got 400 people watching your stream, that's more people than would see my comedy if I went to UCB.
Thomas Middleditch
You
People
Stream
Comedy
YouTube
Hop
Would
See
Given
More
Only
More People
Come
Got
Than
Any
Just
Videogames
Your
Even
Streaming
Play
Watch
Twitch
Watching
Night
When you're on film or TV, essentially you're in front of the camera. Unless it's a Tim Burton thing, the desire is to be real and grounded.
Thomas Middleditch
You
Unless
TV
Be Real
Real
Tim
Tim Burton
Camera
Front
Essentially
Grounded
Film
Thing
Desire
If you think 'Game of Thrones' throws around some erroneous, unnecessary nudity, wait til you see 'Silicon Valley.'
Thomas Middleditch
You
Game
Wait
Think
Valley
Unnecessary
See
Silicon
Silicon Valley
Some
Throws
Around
Game Of Thrones
I've spoken to people in Silicon Valley, and many times they have said to me, 'X storyline, or that thing that happened in your show - pretty much verbatim has happened to me.' And it's either identical or similar enough to be scary.
Thomas Middleditch
Me
People
Enough
Valley
Silicon
Silicon Valley
Pretty
Scary
Similar
Spoken
Identical
Said
Times
Happened
Either
Storyline
Much
Your
Show
Many
Thing
My interests in the world of technology are mainly video games, but I like tech as a means to help solve big issues, such as the demands on natural resources.
Thomas Middleditch
Video Games
Technology
Natural
World
Big
Resources
Solve
Mainly
Demands
Like
Issues
Video
Natural Resources
Interests
Means
Games
Help
Tech
I had to be sick for a scene in the first season, and we used some fruit smoothies with little banana chunks. I had to put it in my mouth and spit it out. It was absolutely delicious.
Thomas Middleditch
Fruit
First
Mouth
Sick
Chunks
Out
Some
Scene
Delicious
Spit
Absolutely
Had
Put
Banana
Little
Used
Season
I had this website that, at one point, I listed myself as 'actor, writer, comedian, and fart enthusiast' just because I thought that would be a really clear joke.
Thomas Middleditch
Website
Myself
Thought
Joke
Would
Would-Be
Enthusiast
Point
Writer
Had
Clear
Comedian
Because
Listed
Just
Just Because
Really
Fart
Actor
It's an absurd world - you know, billionaires in Birkenstocks. But I'd rather have nerdy tech guys as the next Carnegie than oil tycoons.
Thomas Middleditch
You
World
Carnegie
Nerdy
Guys
Rather
Absurd
Know
Than
Oil
Next
Billionaires
Tech
I think my mantra for saying yes to anything is just, 'Oh, I think that'll be a cool, interesting project,' or - sadly! - 'Ooh, this will help my career.'
Thomas Middleditch
Saying
Will
Think
Project
Sadly
Yes
Oh
Just
Anything
Interesting
Mantra
Help
Cool
Career
All of my guy friends are pretty civil and tame.
Thomas Middleditch
Civil
Pretty
Guy
Tame
Friends
'Baskets' is incredible - 'Baskets' is so funny and poignant and sad and dark.
Thomas Middleditch
Sad
Funny
Dark
Incredible
Poignant
I'm always trying to do weird things - when you have that part of your mission statement as an actor, half of that stuff that ends up being made is probably garbage.
Thomas Middleditch
You
Made
Half
Garbage
Statement
Part
Weird
Weird Things
Stuff
Mission
Always
Up
Trying
Being
Ends
Your
Actor
Things
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