Chris Hardwick Quotes
Top 82 wise famous quotes and sayings by Chris Hardwick
Chris Hardwick Famous Quotes & Sayings
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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.
I spent a lot of time bowling as a kid, mostly because I grew up in bowling alleys. They were kind of my playgrounds.
With stand-up, there's a little bit of an exaggerated reality because things have to be manipulated to create comedy, to create jokes.
When comedians get successful, the fans that they have aren't the fans they would hang out with. I don't have that problem.
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.
I learned not to confuse 'busy' with 'productive,' but I'm still far too addicted to email to resist its early-morning digital snuggles.
Do you think Patrick Swayze now goes up behind people in pottery classes and hugs them just to crack up other ghosts?
You don't have to believe everything you think."
- Chris Hardwick, "The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level (In Real Life)
- Chris Hardwick, "The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level (In Real Life)
As a comedy nerd, I get a lot out of the podcast because I'm genuinely interested in the people I'm talking to.
If you wish to achieve any success in this life, do your best to surround yourself with an orgy of good choices.
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.
I categorize nerds as creative-obsessive. A lot of nerds are creative people who obsess almost unnaturally over the minutiae of things.
Twitter is really a hyper-distilled version of how the internet should work - short bursts of relatively useful information.
No matter what tricks you use or what decisions you make, go easy on yourself as someone who's on a never-ending quest for improvement.
Bowling really was a big American sport in the '50s, '60s, and '70s, and then it kind of died off in the '80s.
When you first start working, you take whatever job is offered, because you have to build your resume. But you don't think about what you're building.
You walk into a strip club with a wad of cash; they all flock around you. Strippers are just pigeons with tits. They go where the bread is.
by structuring it in your life as a musical diary or log, you can control your feelings and change them on a dime if you need to.
There's something about shooting webs out of my wrists and climbing up things that just makes me happy.
When I was in grade school I was into chess club, Latin club, D&D, computer camp - everything that made vaginas go away.
I like listening to people talk about things that they love. They get to express things they don't normally get to express.
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.
Stand-up isn't something I just sit down and start writing - it's ideas you come up with in the shower, while you're driving, waiting in line.
The nerdist movement is less about consumers; there is a large contingent that are creative nerdists instead of consumers.
I think being an outcast is what sort of strengthens the nerd movement, because you're isolated, so you have time.
I do lots of crowd work in my set, because I enjoy writing material through riffing and conversation.
I don't know if the podcast as a medium will ever have the cultural impact that TV and movies do. It may never be super-mainstream.
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.
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.
The thing about hipsters is that they take very seriously trying to make themselves look like they don't take themselves seriously.
It changed my whole outlook. I lost a decade to self-pity, and the next thing I knew I was turning 40.
If I wasn't acting or doing stand-up, I would be in animation. Or if I had the discipline I might studies physics.
I began to more fully embrace the trying of new skills when I asked myself, Would I rather protect my ego or do stuff in life?
The goal of almost every comic is to find a comedy voice - a specific point of view that an audience can latch onto.
People LOVE giving bad news. They love it. This is because negative information GREATLY empowers the giver and makes them feel important.
You can't throw money at the Internet to make it work - it really is all about the quality of the content.
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.
I feel like so much of why I sort of want to work in television is so that people know to come see me live.