Chris Hardwick Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“Any nerd who grew up around the time that I did, BBC programming was a treasure chest for us.”

“Bowling really was a big American sport in the '50s, '60s, and '70s, and then it kind of died off in the '80s.”

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

“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.”

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

“With stand-up, there's a little bit of an exaggerated reality because things have to be manipulated to create comedy, to create jokes.”

“Comment threads are the new therapy for people. They just go and post the worst things they can think of because they feel bad, and then other people start attacking them, and then they attack back.”

“Traditionally nerd-based culture is now a big sector of pop culture.”

“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.”

“For podcasters, people are just being themselves in a public fashion. So when someone is attacking a podcast, they're really attacking the person, because the person is the podcast. So I think that's why podcasters take it to heart. It's a very personal form of media, probably the most personal form of media.”