Joy is in learning to say yes to what is and to surrender into flow with what is, even when it's what you don't want.
Dorks are not exempt from bad behaviour.
My mom wanted me to be a youth pastor, and when I became a comedian, she said it was close enough.
When I got divorced, the first people I called were Nick Kroll and John Mulaney and T. J. Miller - all the pals.
I think my mom recognized that I liked people to be happy. I like people to get along. And I like to be a peacemaker. And I liked the church. So she was like, 'You should be a youth pastor.'
Traffic: Sit there. Sit. Occasionally move your foot from the brake and crawl forward, then put it back. That's all you do for hours. It's very calming.
When I grew up, my model of God was like a lifeguard: I knew He loved me, but He blew his whistle a lot.
I think there's something so funny about Ram Dass. I was lucky enough to sit across from him at dinner once, and I got up the courage to tell him that he was my favorite comedian. Even though he's not a comic, he talks about showbiz in a certain way and understands that there's a presentation to it.
The biggest idea of a good time for me is making the Batman videos that we did. That is my ideal day. That is exactly what I want to be doing... I like doing cartoons. I like writing things.
The only Batman that doesn't need parodying is Adam West, but everybody else is fair game.
Sometimes I liken the comedian's lifestyle a little bit to a firefighter's in the sense that there's a lot of waiting and a lot of nothingness. And then there are moments of urgent firefighting.
I love alpha males.
Life is temporary. We die one day. Live it up!
Science would like to tell us that people laugh because of the benign violation theory, but comedy doesn't have hard rules.
When I look at what's happening with #MeToo, my heart breaks, basically, for everybody involved.
When my wife left me, in real life, T. J. Miller was like, 'I'm shooting a movie in Pittsburgh. I'll fly you out and get you a hotel room,' and I spent a week with him.
I like squirm-laughing.
I hate when pastors have a gay son and then they become pro-gay.
I'll admit that I'm self-centered - all of us are - but I can also be external and giving and listening and empathetic and all that sort of stuff.
The skill set of pastor and comedian are incredibly similar. You want to affect people. You're good at reading rooms. You're persuasive, and you're likable.
