Chris Hardwick Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“Freelancers are 'free' because they take risks - they don't like being told what to do. That's both exciting and daunting, because you have to police you.”

“I almost think of nerd brains as rattlesnake venom; like, you can milk it. You can milk the pulpy venom out of the nerd brain and use it for good if you want to.”

“I don't know if I'm a Twitter addict. That seems kind of harsh. I would say it's more that I'm seriously involved. That it's a long-term relationship - like a girlfriend, which my actual girlfriend loves to hear.”

“I think the mistake a lot of people make with new media is they just focus on one thing. But any one thing - just doing podcasts or just having a website or just doing television - isn't enough anymore.”

“The lifeblood of YouTube is sharing.”

“We are in niche consumption mode, but 'niche' doesn't mean 'small' anymore. Niche can mean focused, and particularly with the Web, which is a global audience... you can have something niche and still get 10 to 15 million views.”

“The worst day ever was when I found out my grandfather was going to die.”

“Like lycanthropy, the nerd gene can skip a generation. My maternal grandfather was a technophile.”

“The 'Hipster Nerds' like stuff because they hate it. It's like they ironically like it.”

“The goal of almost every comic is to find a comedy voice - a specific point of view that an audience can latch onto.”