The journalistic and political classes are very eager to borrow the cultural authority of comedians when it suits them, sending out gala invitations and posing for photos in hopes that a bit of that edgy satirical shine will rub off on them. Adam Conover Read Quote
No one who hired Siegfried & Roy was shocked when they brought a tiger onstage. So you shouldn’t be shocked if you book a comedian and she points out that the emperor has no clothes. Adam Conover Read Quote
Comics are regularly asked to perform for impossible rooms. They’re called ‘hell gigs.’ Adam Conover Read Quote
If it weren’t for the fellow union members and leaders who have my back, the barons of the TV industry would happily pay me a nickel a page and spend what would have been my residuals on more caviar to put in their infinity pools. Adam Conover Read Quote
Los Angeles is a rich city; California is a rich state; the United States is a rich country. The money is out there, and Los Angeles teachers are demanding that it be spent where it belongs, on our kids. Adam Conover Read Quote
You can’t escape culture. You can learn about it. You can criticize it. You can try to move it slowly. But at the end of the day, you can’t actually opt out of the culture that you’re in. Adam Conover Read Quote
I don’t want to change people’s opinions to my political opinion; I want to enlighten people and make them think about the world differently. Adam Conover Read Quote
