Chris Hardwick Quotes - Page 3

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• A lot of people complain in the year 2003 that it's not the world of tomorrow as foreseen in the 1950s. 'Where are the flying cars?' people say. 'Where are the robots who bring us blue drinks and warn us of danger?' Alright. We don't have those things, specifically, folks, but you know what we do have? Laser vaginal rejuvenation surgery.

  Chris Hardwick

  Flying Cars, Blue, Years

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• As a comedy nerd, I get a lot out of the podcast because I'm genuinely interested in the people I'm talking to.

  Chris Hardwick

  Talking, People, Nerd

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Be offended by everything or be offended by nothing.

  Chris Hardwick

  Offended

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• I think doing the podcast may have been one of the best career decisions I've ever made in my life.

  Chris Hardwick

  Thinking, Careers, Decision

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• As someone who's very nerd-minded, whenever I see a lot of cross-platform stuff when I get bonus material on either side, then it makes me want to dive deeper, sort of like tearing apart the different pieces of the pie.

  Chris Hardwick

  Pie, Nerd, Different

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• The difference being that a nerd would wear a D&D shirt because he loves D&D while a hipster would wear a D&D shirt because it's ridiculous that he is wearing a D&D shirt.

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  Hipster, Differences, Nerd

  "Chris Hardwick: Lord of the Nerds". Interview with Peter Heyneman, brightestyoungthings.com. June 17, 2011.

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• I categorize nerds as creative-obsessive. A lot of nerds are creative people who obsess almost unnaturally over the minutiae of things.

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  People, Creative, Nerd

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• If you wish to achieve any success in this life, do your best to surround yourself with an orgy of good choices.

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  Success, Choices, Wish

  Chris Hardwick (2011). “The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level (In Real Life)”, p.54, Penguin

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• Jokes that make me laugh out loud when I write them almost always bomb. I have no idea why.

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  Writing, Ideas, Laughing

  "Crafting a Joke: The Arc of an Act" by Chris Hardwick, www.wired.com. May 24, 2010.

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• Mainstream culture is like your mom: It's always a little late to catch on and gets easily confused by technology, but it means well.

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  Mom, Confused, Mean

  "Chris Hardwick, the King of All Things Nerdist and Host of @Midnight, Drops 20Q Science". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.playboy.com. October 8, 2014.

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• Stand-up for me is usually a weekend thing. I go out of town and just do it.

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  Weekend, Towns, Just Do It

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• Television and movies just take so long. If you pitch a show or develop a project, it can be a year before your show even gets on the air, if it gets picked up. Just the concept of "I had this idea" and within a week it was in the world, that was a part of why it felt weirdly empowering as a performer.

  Chris Hardwick

  Air, Years, Ideas

  Interview with Kyle Ryan, tv.avclub.com. December 29, 2010.

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• I do podcasts for the same reasons I do stand-up comedy. I love it, and I don't care if anybody else gets it.

  Chris Hardwick

  Care, Comedy, Reason

  "Chris Hardwick, the King of All Things Nerdist and Host of @Midnight, Drops 20Q Science". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.playboy.com. October 8, 2014.

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• The thing about hipsters is that they take very seriously trying to make themselves look like they don't take themselves seriously.

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  Hipster, Trying, Looks

  "Chris Hardwick: Lord of the Nerds". Interview with Peter Heyneman, brightestyoungthings.com. June 17, 2011.

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• One of the many reasons why I love stand-up so much is when you're performing, you get instant feedback. You know if stuff is working right away.

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  Stuff, Reason Why, Feedback

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I'm just gonna do a podcast because it's mine, I can control it, I have complete responsibility over it, and no one can touch it.

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  Responsibility, Over It, Mines

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• The nerds provide the toys that distract the morons. So the nerds are sort of the new drug-dealers. We're the drug dealers of the 21st century because we provide all the brain candy for the mouth-breathers, for lack of a better word.

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  Drug, Nerd, Brain

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Playing Xbox for 23 hours straight is cool and all, but I'm going to teach you how to spend time on things in your life that will get you the following two things: paid and laid.

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  Xbox, Two, Hours

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• I feel like being nerd is not about the superficial quality; it's about how nerds approach life. It's much more emotional and mental than it is you're some fat guy living in your mom's basement, which I think is just a hacky stereotype.

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  Mom, Emotional, Thinking

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I think people have this stereotypical idea in their head of what a nerd is. People have said to me before, "You're not a nerd!" because I think they think of the classic Revenge Of The Nerds archetype.

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  Revenge, Thinking, Ideas

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• If you have laser-like brain it's not always focused on the most productive things. If you want to play Halo: Reach all day, that's fine, but if you want to accomplish some other things, here are some ways to do that using your innate nerd gifts.

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  Play, Nerd, Brain

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• It's so much easier to give advice than to take it.

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  Giving, Advice, Easier

  "Chris Hardwick, the King of All Things Nerdist and Host of @Midnight, Drops 20Q Science". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.playboy.com. October 8, 2014.

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• Twitter is basically text messaging. Twitter is a guy you can always elbow in the side and say, "Hey, look, a guy in a clown suit just threw up!" And I don't have 400-800 words to say about that, I just wanted to say that one thing.

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  Guy, Looks, Hey

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• I played tournament chess from fifth grade up into high school.

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  School, Chess, Fifth Grade

  "Self-help for nerds: advice from comedian Chris Hardwick". www.wired.com. October 21, 2011.

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• When comedians get successful, the fans that they have aren't the fans they would hang out with. I don't have that problem.

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  Successful, Comedian, Fans

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