I can legitimately say without being arrogant that there’s probably a stretch where I was one of the better teachers of improv in the country. Chris Gethard Read Quote
I always think all the other comedians in New York hate me – I’m just convinced that they all dislike me – when, generally, I think I’m a pretty well-respected guy. Chris Gethard Read Quote
There’s a teacher at the Renzo Gracie Academy in New York named John Danaher. He’s leading this whole group of fighters named the Danaher Death Squad, and they’re revolutionizing how that world works. I actually went and signed up for classes mostly because, man, if there’s innovation like that happening in New York, I want to be around it. Chris Gethard Read Quote
I think one of the things about listening is that it’s always at its most powerful when it’s present, when it’s right here, when it’s right now. And that’s a lesson about improv that I think just made me a much more social person. Chris Gethard Read Quote
West Orange, where I grew up, is the hometown of Ian Ziering from ‘Beverly Hills, 90210,’ Scott Wolf from ‘Party of Five,’ David Cassidy from the ‘Partridge Family,’ and Mike Pitt of ‘Boardwalk Empire’ and ‘Dawson’s Creek.’ Chris Gethard Read Quote
The street I lived on for the first handful of years of my life was lined with modest, lower-middle-class houses with small front yards and cracked driveways – your typical North Jersey neighborhood, with all the odd hidden darkness that that implies. Chris Gethard Read Quote
Part of North Jersey life is that everyone is obsessed with being tough all the time. Chris Gethard Read Quote
I take medications every morning and night – they’re my breakfast, and they’re my dessert. I love them. Chris Gethard Read Quote
I moved to Queens from New Jersey in 2004 and have continued to stick with New York to such a degree that when people ask me to explain it, I’m sometimes unable to provide an answer. Chris Gethard Read Quote
I know there are many things California can offer – personally, professionally, meteorologically – that New York can’t. It sounds awesome. Chris Gethard Read Quote
