John Mulaney Quotes - Page 2

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• Being president looks like the worst job in the world.

  John Mulaney

  Jobs, President, Looks

  "John Mulaney on his sitcom's failure, his hilarious new special, and his famous dog". Interview with Marah Eakin, tv.avclub.com. November 11, 2015.

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• People having expectations maybe means they've enjoyed what I've done.

  John Mulaney

  Mean, People, Expectations

  "John Mulaney on his sitcom's failure, his hilarious new special, and his famous dog". Interview with Marah Eakin, tv.avclub.com. November 11, 2015.

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• I wish I could go tell 12-year-old me like I don't worry that you just fainted in front of all the girls, one day you'll be able to make this into an episode of TV.

  John Mulaney

  Girl, Years, Worry

  Source: uproxx.com

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• I was new to acting on a stage in a narrative as opposed to acting on a stage as a stand-up. And like everything else it's just like comfort level. The first time I did stand-up I was at a place called the B3 in New York on Third and Avenue B and I not only didn't take the mic out of the stand, but I clutched the stand of the entire time.

  John Mulaney

  New York, Acting, Comfort

  Source: uproxx.com

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• Occasionally you get that one person that says "I really like that one part of this joke" and you go, "Oh thank you that's my favorite part too." But no, in order for it to be authentic hopefully you have jokes that everyone can just get on board with and then you have a few things for yourself.

  John Mulaney

  Order, Boards, That One Person

  Source: uproxx.com

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• I've always believed that you often need less. You don't need to hear why people are friends, you don't need to hear why people are roommates, you don't need to hear why someone would help a friend to do something.

  John Mulaney

  People, Needs, Helping

  Source: uproxx.com

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• It's important to remember that life is a joke and that outlook grants a lot of perspective, but I don't think comedy should change and become political due to other things. It should just laugh at that cosmic joke that life is all the time.

  John Mulaney

  Thinking, Laughing, Perspective

  "Nick Kroll and John Mulaney on Why Controversial Jokes Are Worth Doing If They're Funny". Interview with TIME, time.com. February 21, 2017.

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• Stand-up for me is just my opinions on things, so it wouldnt be as fun translated into a sketch. Nor would a sketch be as fun if it were me standing there saying it.

  John Mulaney

  Fun, Opinion, Standing There

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• I definitely look like a toddler. I feel comfortable and I have a lot of fun out there [John Mulaney Show]. And if I were to be extremely egotistical, I'd say I got a tiny bit better.

  John Mulaney

  Fun, Looks, Tiny

  Source: uproxx.com

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• I'm a very straightforward person. But that's fine for a comedian. Because a lot of times you're talking about everyone else.

  John Mulaney

  Talking, Comedian, Fine

  "Best comedy 2013: John Mulaney interview". Interview with Matthew Love, www.timeout.com. November 5, 2013.

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• It was funny to be an emcee, because you're so at the mercy of the club. You can show up for the weekend hoping to get the $400 - and get fired. I had to prank whoever they told me to prank.

  John Mulaney

  Weekend, Emcee, Clubs

  "Interview: Comedian John Mulaney". Interview with Katherine Coplen, www.nuvo.net. April 16, 2015.

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• I like that idea that what I do might be mainstream. Might be.

  John Mulaney

  Ideas, Might, Mainstream

  "Best comedy 2013: John Mulaney interview". Interview with Matthew Love, www.timeout.com. November 5, 2013.

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• I also had Elliot Gould and Martin Short and Nasim Pedrad - let alone Zack Pearlman who is going to be a huge star, as is Seaton Smith - out there and I love writing for them and just sitting back and watching them be excellent. And when you are sitting across from Elliott Gould sharing a scene it just raises your game.

  John Mulaney

  Stars, Writing, Games

  Source: uproxx.com

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• I really set out to do this traditional looking and traditional sounding multi-cam sitcom, but then make the world as elastic as an animated show could be. Make the world as surreal as we wanted it to be.

  John Mulaney

  World, Animated, Surreal

  Source: uproxx.com

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• I remember writing standup jokes without having done sets. But as soon as I did my first set, it didn't matter. Everything I thought would work didn't work. And everything I was iffy on was funny.

  John Mulaney

  Writing, Done, Matter

  "Interview: Comedian John Mulaney". Interview with Katherine Coplen, www.nuvo.net. April 16, 2015.

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• There are a lot of great jokes you can sit down and write, but that's just a written joke, versus the comedy of the situation. Ideally, you're pulling as much comedy out of the situation as you can.

  John Mulaney

  Writing, Down And, Comedy

  "UPROXX Interview: John Mulaney On ‘Mulaney,’ Louis C.K.’s Advice, And ‘SNL’". Interview with Josh Kurp, uproxx.com. October 3, 2014.

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• In every case, I find pre-planning noble, but not always that useful in comedy. You know comedy once you're doing it.

  John Mulaney

  Noble, Comedy, Planning

  "Interview: Comedian John Mulaney". Interview with Katherine Coplen, www.nuvo.net. April 16, 2015.

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• If I was at the Comedy Cellar at midnight you yelled at the back of the room. But you, for television, play it to the camera because yes you're communicating to the people at home using the studio audience that's right in front of you as a guide for that.

  John Mulaney

  Home, Play, People

  Source: uproxx.com

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• Understudies don't normally get invited to openings.

  John Mulaney

  Opening, Understudies, Invited

  Source: variety.com

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• The best-case scenario is everything goes perfect and smooth, but we're also a new and weird show. So all my conversations were, "Hey last night didn't go perfect but we kind of know what we've got in store for everybody episode-wise."

  John Mulaney

  Wise, Night, Perfect

  Source: uproxx.com

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• Everyone's very relaxed about brand names in television.

  John Mulaney

  Names, Television, Brands

  Source: uproxx.com

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• "The Doula" was and is a very, very special episode to me because I think it's very funny and very weird and it also is 100 percent based on my life, in that I fainted three times during Sex Ed in real life the three different years.

  John Mulaney

  Sex, Real, Thinking

  Source: uproxx.com

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• I do longer runs on things, a lot stories. I really like one-liners, I like a lot of different kinds of standup but I've always been long-winded.

  John Mulaney

  Running, Long, Different

  Source: laist.com

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• I've done festivals in the past where I'd be a guest, it was like, Wow, maybe someday I could play Town Hall - but that'll be a long way off. So it's very exciting.

  John Mulaney

  Past, Play, Long

  "Best comedy 2013: John Mulaney interview". Interview with Matthew Love, www.timeout.com. November 5, 2013.

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• I don't know if there's a strategy really so much as, like I learned doing standup and had to learn fast, you always just try to give your favorite, strongest stuff as early as possible and you start with what you like the most.

  John Mulaney

  Giving, Trying, Stuff

  Source: uproxx.com

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