I like stand-up. But I’d also like a family and house and a yard. I want to work with a lot of people, have colleagues; and on good film sets, there’s people there that work with the same people for years and years. I love that collaborative spirit in that medium. Comedy is a lot more solitary. Demetri Martin Read Quote
I got into stand-up because I love stand-up. Specifically in stand-up, I love jokes. I love short, structured ideas and a punch line. Demetri Martin Read Quote
I do come across people who don’t like me, don’t like my comedy, don’t think it’s funny, it’s too cutesy, or whatever they hate. And it’s like, ‘Okay. That’s your opinion. Somebody liked it, so that’s good.’ Hopefully it balances out. Demetri Martin Read Quote
It seems that two of the most basic forms of comedy are jokes and stories. And, of course, they are not mutually exclusive. Demetri Martin Read Quote
Usually, my favorite joke is whichever joke I most recently came up with that surprised me the first time I thought of it. Demetri Martin Read Quote
As a comic, I think I’m very verbally oriented about a lot of the stuff that I’ve written or thought up and how I say it. Demetri Martin Read Quote
It feels like every day or two, people on Twitter and the Internet are outraged about something. Demetri Martin Read Quote
Usually, I walk around and think about things. When I come across a thought that makes me laugh, I write it down. Demetri Martin Read Quote
Specifically in stand-up, I love jokes. I love short, structured ideas and a punchline. Demetri Martin Read Quote
But long story short, I didn’t start doing stand-up because I wanted to have a TV show or be an actor or even wanted to write sketch comedy. I got into stand-up because I love stand-up. Demetri Martin Read Quote
