John Mulaney Quotes & Sayings

“I like making fun of myself a lot. I like being made fun of, too. I've always enjoyed it. There's just something really, really funny about someone tearing into me.”

“You can't always see both sides of the story. Eventually, you have to pick a side and stick with it. No more equivocating. You have to commit.”

“The more you do stuff, the better you get at dealing with how you still fail at it a lot of the time.”

“All my money is in a savings account. My dad has explained the stock market to me maybe 75 times. I still don't understand it.”

“Stand-up for me is just my opinions on things, so it wouldn't be as fun translated into a sketch. Nor would a sketch be as fun if it were me standing there saying it.”

“The difficulty of getting a movie made through a major studio is so extreme that when a movie comes out, everyone should give it four stars because it was accomplished.”

“As I got into high school and after puberty, I was a little more inward. I was a real extrovert when I was little, but I don't know, I just got quieter... With my friends, I was still an extrovert.”

“You can do good work simply staying up all night and eating nothing but junk food, but probably not in the long term.”

“Going on the road for long stretches can seem daunting, and I certainly miss being home sometimes, but the chance to see so many different cities, let alone perform in them, is something I am really grateful for.”

“I plan to join the 'SNL' band as a maraca player and stand behind saxophonist Lenny Pickett. That way they will at least cut to me before commercial breaks. I'll be sure to look right into camera.”