Christian Finnegan Quotes - Page 2

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• I had no choice but to make me as a comedian, because I am not particularly gifted with a lot of marketable skills. Unless I really want to spend the rest of my life temping, or teaching drama to third-graders, I don't have a lot of other options - which is freeing, in a way. I never have to say, "Well, I could always go back to law school."

  Christian Finnegan

  Drama, Teaching, School

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I've always prided myself on being able to perform in the "alt-comedy" zone, but also being able to do comedy for people who aren't media-saturated, and maybe don't have the latest Dan Deacon album. I probably won't be the most popular guy at Zanies in Nashville, and I'll never be the coolest dude at Largo, but I like that I can swim in both those waters.

  Christian Finnegan

  People, Water, Guy

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• If think the pig was terrified because he was fully aware that after segment he was going to be fed to Al Roker.

  Christian Finnegan

  Thinking, Pigs, Als

  "Best Week Ever with Paul F. Tompkins". TV Series, www.imdb.com.

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• If I could go back and talk to the me who was just starting to do comedy, I would have told myself to relax and not worry about things happening right away. That's a mistake a lot of people make - they think a year is a long time and it's really not.

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  Mistake, Thinking, Years

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• Jesus is a powerful guy in Hollywood. Not quite as powerful as Vin Diesel, but powerful.

  Christian Finnegan

  Jesus, Powerful, Guy

  "Best Week Ever". www.imdb.com. 2004.

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• I joined a gym recently. I don't have the best history in the world of sticking with my fitness regimens, but I feel like this time's gonna be different. I figure one of two things is gonna happen: either I'll get into shape, or I'll just resign myself to paying an $85 a month fat tax.

  Christian Finnegan

  Two, History, Different

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• Some of you guys must have real jobs - office jobs. Anybody? By a show of broken spirits.

  Christian Finnegan

  Jobs, Real, Broken Spirit

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• I certainly do believe that a lot of comedy comes from awkwardness and embarrassment - pointing out the ways things are uncomfortable. Definitely the stuff that interests me. I don't necessarily think that comedy comes from a dark place, like you have to be a strung-out heroin addict. But I don't think it comes from happiness, that's for sure. It comes from frustration and suppressed rage, and wishing the world were different.

  Christian Finnegan

  Happiness, Believe, Dark

  Interview with Sean O'Neal, tv.avclub.com. June 17, 2009.

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• The thing is, I hate political comedy. I personally loathe it.

  Christian Finnegan

  Hate, Political, Politics

  "Think Sits Down With Comedian Christian Finnegan". The Stony Brook Press Interview, sbpress.com. September 12, 2010.

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• Do me a favor, guys. Don't drink so much that you become the guy that goes into the bathroom and moans while taking a leak. See, the women in the room, they might not know what we're talking about; every dude knows.

  Christian Finnegan

  Talking, Guy, Favors

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• Do you guys remember that woman who disappeared a few years ago, Chandra Levy? Do you remember her? I found this fascinating. Apparently, the day she disappeared, she had gone on her computer, and the last website she ever visited was an online map of the park where her body was found. That's true. I just hope that if I ever disappear, people don't look for me based on the last websites I visited.

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  Years, People, Guy

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• I really respect peple who try. People who say, No, I'm actually going to do the best I can. That said, you want to do the best you can while remaining who you are.

  Christian Finnegan

  Respect, People, Trying

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• There's something so awesome about being able to get up in front of a microphone and do exactly what you want. Stand-up is as close as you're ever going to get to being 100 percent in control of a situation artistically, and I don't understand why people wouldn't want to keep doing that.

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  People, Situation

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• My abject hatred of actors and the acting world. I went to college as an actor, and halfway through, I switched to playwriting and directing. Then I spent a couple years working in publishing, doing some freelance journalism for The Village Voice and Musician magazine. I thought my life was going to be as a writer, but then I realized I missed performing, so I got into comedy. It was a nice combination of things I was sort of good at. I was a pretty good writer and a decent actor, but I didn't really like acting, and I didn't have the discipline to be a writer.

  Christian Finnegan

  Couple, Nice, College

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• It's my genius plan of avoiding any career momentum whatsoever. Definitely the pop-culture thing is something I've avoided in my act. It's just too transitory and ephemeral.

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  Genius, Avoiding

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Of course, the world is different now. There's a glut of comedians with specials, so it's just not possible to make an impact the way Bill Cosby: Himself did. It's like, The Beatles were amazing, but it also helped that not many bands were putting out albums then.

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  Comedian, Different, World

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Growing up as a comedian, the first thing you dream of is having your own album, but even more than that, I always wanted that hour special on cable.

  Christian Finnegan

  Dream, Growing Up, Comedian

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I think I speak for America when I say, nothing says NASCAR like Whoopi Goldberg.

  Christian Finnegan

  Thinking, America, Speak

  "Best Week Ever with Paul F. Tompkins". TV Series, www.imdb.com.

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• If the right opportunity came along, maybe, but I'm more focused on trying to create a TV show where I can be myself, rather than playing a wacky neighbor. Although, I would gladly play a wacky neighbor of any sort.

  Christian Finnegan

  Opportunity, Trying, Neighbor

  Source: www.avclub.com

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