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T. J. Miller Quotes

Mike Judge usually receives underwhelming acclaim for his movies when they come out; it takes a while for people to catch up.

– T. J. Miller

I feel like I’ve forcefully been thrust into the tech world, and I’ve enjoyed every minute of it.

– T. J. Miller

I’m a stand-up. I’m never worried about getting my next role. That’s never distressing to me.

– T. J. Miller

I have a tough time with stand-up because I am an improviser. I can riff; I can do crowd work, so I don’t prepare.

– T. J. Miller

Listen to my voice – I sound like I’m permanently congested.

– T. J. Miller

I wouldn’t want to be Superman. Batman would be cool. But the one I’ve always wanted to play is the Joker. There is a maniacal and dangerous side to me.

– T. J. Miller

It is good to connect to someone who reminds you that you have some real authenticity.

– T. J. Miller

Stuff that I write isn’t as similar to the stuff that I’m in, but I don’t really care. I just do comedy.

– T. J. Miller

I sound like a chain-smoking drag queen after a hard night of singing ‘Tie a Yellow Ribbon’.

– T. J. Miller

I have perfectly symmetrical ankles.

– T. J. Miller

I care less about selling tickets and getting Twitter followers than I do about making as many people laugh as I can. I’d rather make people laugh than make them know who T.J. Miller is.

– T. J. Miller

Funny is as funny does, and funny puts on a walrus mask and slowly gyrates in a mall food court. I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.

– T. J. Miller

There is no place for a person like me in a world that only takes itself seriously. Satire is so necessary but fairly ineffective.

– T. J. Miller

Gentrification always makes me laugh. People complain about traffic. Live in Atlanta! You can’t have it both ways; you can’t live in an incredible city and not expect it to get congested.

– T. J. Miller

I’m not, like, an action-hero guy.

– T. J. Miller

I acted in high school and studied at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford for one summer. I minored in theater, and I was always acting growing up and stuff, but really, I was just more interested in the comedy of it all. So for me, it’s always comedy, and then acting is just one medium of comedy.

– T. J. Miller

If you’re a psychologist, you can instrumentally change peoples lives for the better. But you can only do that for about 300 people to maybe a thousand people – if you’re really prolific and you’re working really hard.

– T. J. Miller

I was the Head Boy of East High School in 1999. I represent 303 – the area code, not the band – Mile High, until I die. I’m 31, a comedian; I juggle, but I don’t glove it. I think waxed mustaches run a very thin line between hipster and 1800s barkeep.

– T. J. Miller

Russell Brand is lovely, even though he’s a weirdo.

– T. J. Miller

I love Denver.

– T. J. Miller

My face is oblong. But the best grooming is confidence.

– T. J. Miller

Probably the only way Woody Allen and I are similar is that he has a lot to say about Nietzsche.

– T. J. Miller

I do comedy to give people an ephemeral escape from the tragedy that permeates everyday life.

– T. J. Miller

My father always said I have a face for radio, and ‘Cloverfield’ was one of my finest pieces of work.

– T. J. Miller

I listen to ‘deep dish house’.

– T. J. Miller

I’m always so amazed by which performances work really, really well and which ones don’t. But I think it’s just mostly, ‘She’s Out Of My League,’ so many people saw that movie on DVD and on the plane. Just millions of people saw that movie. That’s the reason I’m somewhat famous.

– T. J. Miller

Keep your elbows soft. Keep your elbows looking fine.

– T. J. Miller

By the very nature of satire or parody, you have to love and respect your target and respect it enough to understand every aspect of it, so you can more effectively make fun of it.

– T. J. Miller

Is it possible to have negative self-awareness?

– T. J. Miller

I consider everybody who takes themselves seriously to be a little bit off. And Silicon Valley seems to be the most effusive about how important their contributions are to society.

– T. J. Miller

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