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  • On Friday night, it was fun [to know] that if you bombed, or whatever was going on, that you'd be on TV at 11. It was a cool feeling, and you'd get a couple hundred dollars.

    "Interview: Comedian John Mulaney". Interview with Katherine Coplen, www.nuvo.net. April 16, 2015.
  • Part of standup is being loose and having a good time yourself and that translates to the audience.

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  • I've always believed that you often need less. You don't need to hear why people are friends, you don't need to hear why people are roommates, you don't need to hear why someone would help a friend to do something.

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    Source: uproxx.com
  • If I was at the Comedy Cellar at midnight you yelled at the back of the room. But you, for television, play it to the camera because yes you're communicating to the people at home using the studio audience that's right in front of you as a guide for that.

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  • I was always the squarest person in the cool room, and alternatively, sometimes the weirder person at the mainstream table.

    Source: uproxx.com
  • I had a lot of fun writing things that died during dress rehearsal. Sometimes I remember the crazy ones that died even more fondly than the ones that did really well.

  • That was an interesting thing I learned I think the first time I did a late night show or something. It was like, "Oh, this is for the camera and a performance that you're giving to the people at home."

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  • If you’re comparing the badness of two words and you won’t even say one of them [the n-word], that’s the worse word.

  • I'm a very straightforward person. But that's fine for a comedian. Because a lot of times you're talking about everyone else.

    "Best comedy 2013: John Mulaney interview". Interview with Matthew Love, www.timeout.com. November 5, 2013.
  • I was new to acting on a stage in a narrative as opposed to acting on a stage as a stand-up. And like everything else it's just like comfort level. The first time I did stand-up I was at a place called the B3 in New York on Third and Avenue B and I not only didn't take the mic out of the stand, but I clutched the stand of the entire time.

    Source: uproxx.com
  • I kind of thought, wouldn't it be funny to take a swing at being on the weird side of mainstream?

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  • Things don't exist until they exist.

    "Best comedy 2013: John Mulaney interview". Interview with Matthew Love, www.timeout.com. November 5, 2013.
  • The more you do stuff, the better you get at dealing with how you still fail at it a lot of the time.

  • There's [John Mulaney Show] jokes that I have in stand up that I wouldn't try to put in, I would try to have someone just speak extemporaneously in the middle of a scene about an episode of "Law and Order" or something.

    Source: uproxx.com
  • People having expectations maybe means they've enjoyed what I've done.

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    "John Mulaney on his sitcom's failure, his hilarious new special, and his famous dog". Interview with Marah Eakin, tv.avclub.com. November 11, 2015.
  • Why do people shush animals? Theyve never spoken

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  • Excuse me: I am homeless. I am gay. I have AIDS. I'm new in town.

  • You can't always see both sides of the story. Eventually, you have to pick a side and stick with it. No more equivocating. You have to commit.

  • It's really fun to be writing and producing your own sketches. You almost have more control.

    "Best comedy 2013: John Mulaney interview". Interview with Matthew Love, www.timeout.com. November 5, 2013.
  • Things have to be funny first, and if they want to have a point, that's awesome.

    "Nick Kroll and John Mulaney on Why Controversial Jokes Are Worth Doing If They're Funny". Interview with TIME, time.com. February 21, 2017.
  • I was just trying to blend the standup that I do almost with like the visual sketch stuff that I did on "Saturday Night Live." And so in terms of how elastic in the world is, we'll see what we can get away with [in John Mulaney show].

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    Source: uproxx.com
  • As I got into high school and after puberty, I was a little more inward. I was a real extrovert when I was little, but I don't know, I just got quieter With my friends, I was still an extrovert.

    Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. September 27, 2011.
  • Stand-up for me is just my opinions on things, so it wouldnt be as fun translated into a sketch. Nor would a sketch be as fun if it were me standing there saying it.

  • It was funny to be an emcee, because you're so at the mercy of the club. You can show up for the weekend hoping to get the $400 - and get fired. I had to prank whoever they told me to prank.

    "Interview: Comedian John Mulaney". Interview with Katherine Coplen, www.nuvo.net. April 16, 2015.
  • I also had Elliot Gould and Martin Short and Nasim Pedrad - let alone Zack Pearlman who is going to be a huge star, as is Seaton Smith - out there and I love writing for them and just sitting back and watching them be excellent. And when you are sitting across from Elliott Gould sharing a scene it just raises your game.

    Source: uproxx.com
  • I don't know if there's a strategy really so much as, like I learned doing standup and had to learn fast, you always just try to give your favorite, strongest stuff as early as possible and you start with what you like the most.

    Source: uproxx.com
  • There are a lot of great jokes you can sit down and write, but that's just a written joke, versus the comedy of the situation. Ideally, you're pulling as much comedy out of the situation as you can.

    "UPROXX Interview: John Mulaney On ‘Mulaney,’ Louis C.K.’s Advice, And ‘SNL’". Interview with Josh Kurp, uproxx.com. October 3, 2014.
  • I like making fun of myself a lot. I like being made fun of, too. I've always enjoyed it. There's just something really, really funny about someone tearing into me.

    Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. September 27, 2011.
  • I definitely look like a toddler. I feel comfortable and I have a lot of fun out there [John Mulaney Show]. And if I were to be extremely egotistical, I'd say I got a tiny bit better.

    Source: uproxx.com
  • I have tons of jokes with moments in them over the years in stand-up that don't get a laugh but I love them so they stay.

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