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Chris Hardwick Quotes

I think being an outcast is what sort of strengthens the nerd movement, because you’re isolated, so you have time.

– Chris Hardwick

If you can build your career around your passions, then you’re winning in life; that’s one of the best things you can ask for.

– Chris Hardwick

I don’t know if I’m a Twitter addict. That seems kind of harsh. I would say it’s more that I’m seriously involved. That it’s a long-term relationship – like a girlfriend, which my actual girlfriend loves to hear.

– Chris Hardwick

What’s more unnerving than magnetism, ghosts, and unpurified water? Gadgetmongers who purport to protect us from metaphysical monsters that go bump in the New Age night.

– Chris Hardwick

I think the mistake a lot of people make with new media is they just focus on one thing. But any one thing – just doing podcasts or just having a website or just doing television – isn’t enough anymore.

– Chris Hardwick

In the ’90s, you couldn’t say the word ‘nerd’ to someone when pitching a show. They would have considered that too niche and wouldn’t have listened.

– Chris Hardwick

Even before I had an assistant, my calendar was color-coded and I had all these different e-mail rules for how to prioritize e-mails, so I made it a point years ago to figure all that stuff out because my life was a mess.

– Chris Hardwick

You can’t throw money at the Internet to make it work – it really is all about the quality of the content.

– Chris Hardwick

Comedy club audiences pay up to $25 per person and another fistful of cash to cover a two-drink minimum, so when they don’t like something, they let you know – with silence.

– Chris Hardwick

The nerdist movement is less about consumers; there is a large contingent that are creative nerdists instead of consumers.

– Chris Hardwick

I do find some of the meanest, most exclusionary people are the nerds. And they rebel against other nerds! What are you doing? As much as I love nerds and the nerd movement, the nerd-on-nerd violence is really bad. A lot of times, nerds are the meanest ones online. And also, the trolling can be very extensive because they’re smart.

– Chris Hardwick

A big company is like trying to steer a luxury liner.

– Chris Hardwick

Steve Martin said that philosophy is good for comedy because it screws up your thinking just enough, and I agree with that. Being forced to see life’s metadata is good training for looking for interesting angles on a topic.

– Chris Hardwick

Trying to make strangers laugh is crazy and more than a little narcissistic.

– Chris Hardwick

It’s funny: when I first started getting vocal about how much I liked ‘Doctor Who,’ I didn’t realize how deep the fan base was.

– Chris Hardwick

I think for a lot of people, bowling is sort of a joke. But I love it, and it means a lot to me, so any chance to help promote it or celebrate it or not make the hackiest jokes – ‘Bowlers are like plumbers and they wear the craziest shirts!’ – I’m way into.

– Chris Hardwick

If I wasn’t acting or doing stand-up, I would be in animation. Or if I had the discipline I might studies physics.

– Chris Hardwick

Comic-Con is nerd Christmas. People go wanting to have fun.

– Chris Hardwick

The lifeblood of YouTube is sharing.

– Chris Hardwick