Quotes by Nick Swardson - Page 1

Babies are like the smallest, drunkest people you know.
Nick Swardson / Actor
Alcohol
Baby
People
Copy Quote
I have no problem doing gay stuff, I really don't care.
Nick Swardson / Actor
Care
Gay
Stuff
Copy Quote
The key to comedy is commitment - if you're afraid, you shouldn't be a comedian.
Nick Swardson / Actor
Comedian
Commitment
Keys
Copy Quote
If you want to be a comedian, go out. Do a week in Des Moines, Iowa. Try to make those people laugh.
Nick Swardson / Actor
Comedian
Des Moines
Iowa
Copy Quote
Comedy is so subjective, you know what I mean? To sit there and technically pick it apart is so stupid.
Nick Swardson / Actor
Stupid
Subjective
Apart
Technically
Copy Quote
No one will ever be as good as Phil Hartman. He was such an amazing genius, and may be the best sketch performer of all time.
Nick Swardson / Actor
Best Time Good
Phil
Sketch
Copy Quote
Improv kind of goes hand in hand with what I do. I was on 'Reno 911!' for six years, and that was a completely improvised show.
Nick Swardson / Actor
Improv
Improvised
Reno
Copy Quote
It's hard to give someone advice when you're an institution. I don't really put a lot of pressure on it - I'm just open to doing stuff that's challenging.
Nick Swardson / Actor
Advice
Challenges
Giving
Copy Quote
I was always pretty good at adapting to my situations. My act was never that inside, where it was like, "Okay, they're either going to get this or they're not."
Nick Swardson / Actor
Adapting
Okay
Situation
Copy Quote
I'm developing more stuff in my voice, more Nick Swardson. It's me as myself in a sense and kind of in my voice, no accent no affectation. I'm growing into my own persona.
Nick Swardson / Actor
Developing
Persona
Accent
Myself Me Voice
Affectation
Nick
Copy Quote
I always write and create. I'm never not creating. I'm always creating a show, every year, whether it gets picked up or not. I always sell a pilot or an idea. I like to be in control.
Nick Swardson / Actor
Ideas
Writing
Years
Copy Quote
Improv plays such a huge role in finding great lines - you'll be surprised at what comes out of your mind inadvertently. A lot of times it's better than a script you've worked out ahead of time.
Nick Swardson / Actor
Lines
Time Great Your
Ahead
Time Great Mind
Improv
Inadvertently
Script
Surprised
Copy Quote
I would eventually like to write and star in my own stuff. I think I have a good comedic sense, so I'd like to follow that road. I don't know what the future holds, but whatever I do, I'll commit.
Nick Swardson / Actor
Stars
Thinking
Writing
Copy Quote
It's rare that I've read a script where I'm like, "Oh, my god, it's hilarious!" All you want is a good skeleton and good characters. Then, you can go, "Okay, I can bring a lot to this. I can improvise and I can create something out of this."
Nick Swardson / Actor
Character
Skeletons
Want
Copy Quote
[Being a good comedian] is a skill, but it's also a weird thing that only certain people can do. I always equate it to surgeons and how they can just cut people open and operate. Certain people are just wired differently, and I feel like comics are the same way.
Nick Swardson / Actor
Cutting
People
Skills
Copy Quote
For me, honestly, one of the first movies I did I was always pounding coffee, and I crashed so horribly. So I've kind of weaned myself off. You keep getting second and third winds. But for me, I've stopped doing energy drinks or any kind of stimulant. I just kind of go natural.
Nick Swardson / Actor
Coffee
Honestly
Movies Myself Always
Movies Myself Me
Crashed
Drinks
Just Kind
Pounding
Third
Winds
Copy Quote
Most sketch aficionados have an enormous amount of respect for 'Mr. Show.' I didn't have HBO back then, so I was always trying to find episodes. Bob Odenkirk and David Cross became celebrities, and Jay Johnston - who's lesser known, but brilliant - deserves a lot of credit, too.
Nick Swardson / Actor
Respect
Amount
Brilliant
Credit
Enormous
Episodes
Hbo
David
Became
Mr
Celebrities
Cross
Jay
Lesser
Sketch
Copy Quote
I always thought that the fastest way for me to get ahead and get noticed and to do well was to make my act very accessible. When I first started, I talked about family stuff, my dog, my cat. It was all I knew back then; I wasn't forcing anything, but I wasn't like, 'Hey, don't you hate doing homework?'
Nick Swardson / Actor
Cat
Hate
Hey
Homework
Accessible
Family Me Way
Ahead
Fastest
Forcing
Noticed
Talked
Copy Quote
When you live the life of a comedian, it's such a state of arrested development. I can't deal with anything very maturely. I'm still really bad at paying bills or doing anything that would be considered semi-adult. I'm really bad at it. It's weird I can create and run a TV show, but I can't pay my phone bill.
Nick Swardson / Actor
Arrested
Bills
Comedian
Considered
Arrested Development
Bill
Phone
Paying
Tv Show
Copy Quote
I started in the club route. I did the alternative scene later on. When I lived in New York, I did the Luna Lounge and stuff, where Janeane Garofalo and David Cross and all those guys worked out of, but I came from a comedy club background. I'm proud of that background. I'm one of the people that really crossed over and did both.
Nick Swardson / Actor
Where People New
Alternative
People New Comedy
Background
David
Comedy Club
Cross
Lounge
Route
Copy Quote
Once you realize you can make people laugh, it's a superpower. When you're really young, you don't know how to use that power, so I would just say the meanest things I could to get a laugh. I was so awful. I would make fun of kids who didn't deserve to get made fun of. I was just mean, when I was really young. You don't realize that you don't have to be mean to be funny. But, it was something that I was just able to grow into.
Nick Swardson / Actor
Kids
Fun
Mean
Copy Quote
I was always pretty broad. I've had a couple bad experiences. One time, I showed up late for a gig in Brooklyn at an Italian restaurant. I ran on stage, did my show, and then some guy in the audience threatened to kill me because he didn't like my joke. Instead of talking to him, I just ran off stage. And then, because I was late, the owner of the restaurant threatened to kill me. And I was 19 years old and so scared that I almost started crying. But, I've done every gig you can imagine, in every state.
Nick Swardson / Actor
Couple
Italian
Talking
Copy Quote

Related Actor Authors

Will Rogers
Actor
Tuesday, Nov 04, 1879
Thursday, Aug 15, 1935
Robin Williams
Actor
Saturday, Jul 21, 1951
Monday, Aug 11, 2014
Zion Lee
Actor
Zero Mostel
Actor
Sunday, Feb 28, 1915
Thursday, Sep 08, 1977
Zak Orth
Actor
Thursday, Oct 15, 1970
Zachery Ty Bryan
Actor
Friday, Oct 09, 1981
Zachary Scott
Actor
Saturday, Feb 21, 1914
Sunday, Oct 03, 1965
Zachary Quinto
Actor
Thursday, Jun 02, 1977
Zachary Levi
Actor
Monday, Sep 29, 1980
Zachary Knighton
Actor
Wednesday, Oct 25, 1978
Zach Woods
Actor
Tuesday, Sep 25, 1984
Zach Gilford
Actor
Thursday, Jan 14, 1982
Zach Braff
Actor
Sunday, Apr 06, 1975
Zac Efron
Actor
Sunday, Oct 18, 1987
Yves Montand
Actor
Thursday, Oct 13, 1921
Saturday, Nov 09, 1991

View All Actor Quotes

Top Authors

Francis Of Assisi
Saint
Thursday, Jun 24, 1182
Saturday, Oct 03, 1226
Maya Angelou
Author
Wednesday, Apr 04, 1928
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Pope John Paul Ii
Priest
Tuesday, May 18, 1920
Saturday, Apr 02, 2005
Charles Spurgeon
Preacher
Thursday, Jun 19, 1834
Sunday, Jan 31, 1892
John Lewis
U.s. Representative
Wednesday, Feb 21, 1940
Les Brown
Author
Saturday, Feb 17, 1945
Pope Francis
Thursday, Dec 17, 1936
Deepak Chopra
Author
Wednesday, Oct 22, 1947
Thomas Jefferson
3Rd US President
Saturday, Apr 13, 1743
Tuesday, Jul 04, 1826
Saint Augustine
Saint
Saturday, Nov 13, 0354
Wednesday, Aug 28, 0430
Stephen Hawking
Physicist
Thursday, Jan 08, 1942
Isaac Newton
Physicist
Sunday, Jan 04, 1643
Monday, Mar 31, 1727
Julius Caesar
Roman Dictator
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Stephen Covey
Author
Monday, Oct 24, 1932
Monday, Jul 16, 2012
Henry David Thoreau
Author
Saturday, Jul 12, 1817
Tuesday, May 06, 1862

View All Authors

Nick Swardson Quotes - Page 1

Picture Quotes Maker

Related Actor Authors

Popular Topic Tags

Top Authors

Share This Page

Stay Connected

Picture Quotes Maker

Related Actor Authors

Popular Topic Tags

Top Authors

Share This Page