Andy Kindler Quotes

'Ambulatory' is my favorite word to use because it never gets a laugh.
'The Graduate' should have won best picture over 'In the Heat of the Night.'
Can we all admit that 'Parks and Recreation' is horrible? Is this something we would all know, but don't say? Maybe everything should not be improv'd.
From 1987 to 1992, I was on the road for 40 weeks a year playing comedy clubs, and that was during the 'comedy boom.'
George Lopez is always on the verge of hilarity. If he could ever think of something funny to say, if he had a funny thought in his mind, he's ready to go.
I always had a tremendous amount of rage about the business, and I thought turning that into comedy was healthy.
I am the smartest comedian in the history of the world.
I came out to L.A. in '78 to be a musician. I didn't get into comedy until the mid-Eighties.
I can open up any can of worms and get people upset.
I did not sell Amway, but I sold Shaklee, which was an Amway-type product sold through multi-level marketing.
I do notice a lot of people who want to shock to get laughs. It's such a tricky thing; you don't want to make rules about it. There's nobody more hilarious than Dave Attell, and he'd break every rule you set up. But he's funny.
I don't consider myself a political comedian because it's so hard. It takes time away from me saying terrible things about TV.
I don't enjoy writing newspaper articles any more than people like reading them. I'm a standup comic, not a journalist, although sometimes onstage I will say: 'What else is in the news?' Writing is work, which I'm not comfortable with.
I don't hate Dane Cook, but I am trying to go after people I think are capable of more.
I don't know what Tracy Morgan does onstage, but I can assure you, it's no act.
I even get tired performing standup, which is normally a low-impact exercise in futility but looks hard the way I do it. That's why I take a lot of breaks, often stopping in the middle of a joke to catch my breath, or blame the crowd for not laughing before the punchline.
I feel completely fearless when I'm on stage. And also totally fearful. There's the fear that I'm not making a very smart career move sometimes, but there's the stronger belief that these things need to be said.
I have a true love for the old style of Catskill comic. There's a joy in discovering a bad joke... and then there's the joy of delivering it like, 'Isn't this a hacky joke?'
I have so many strong opinions on the entertainment industry, but if I'm in a deli somewhere, and someone says they love that Adam Sandler movie where he dresses up as his twin sister - well, I don't want to make people feel bad for how they feel about things. I'm always courteous, not mean.
I have to say, after hanging out with Republicans for four days, I want to take a look at my own birth certificate. I don't think I was born in this country.
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