Demetri Martin Quotes & Sayings (Page 8)

“But long story short, I didn't start doing stand-up because I wanted to have a TV show or be an actor or even wanted to write sketch comedy. I got into stand-up because I love stand-up.”

“I love catching a snapshot of something that is just about to happen. Or maybe something that just happened, you know. But I like especially that just-before kind of feeling.”

“Okay, so, when I was a kid, definitely the drawings and the illustration. Then I stopped in sixth grade or so. And then I started again when I was in my twenties. I really didn't progress since then, so the way I draw is the way I drew in sixth grade.”

“Specifically in stand-up, I love jokes. I love short, structured ideas and a punchline.”

“I think since I was kid people told me that they thought I was funny.”

“I have fun acting, and I want to do more of it, and I want to direct my own movie.”

“I was a good student when I was a kid, and I did everything I was supposed to do, and I got A's.”

“As a comic, I think I'm very verbally oriented about a lot of the stuff that I've written or thought up and how I say it.”

“I love Steven Wright. I was in high school in the '80s, and there was a lot of stand up on television.”

“It feels like every day or two, people on Twitter and the Internet are outraged about something.”