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17 quotes by Anthony Jeselnik

Anthony Jeselnik (/ˈdʒɛsəlnɪk/ JES-əl-nik; born December 22, 1978) is an American comedian, television host, writer, producer, and actor. Jeselnik is known for his dark comedy style, which emphasizes misdirection and sociopathic non-sequiturs. For his standup performance, Jeselnik adopts an arrogant, villainous persona. Jeselnik was a writer for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in its first season and hosted a Comedy Central Presents in 2009. After...
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I loved Stephen Wright, and I loved Mitch Hedberg, but they seemed like geniuses you could never emulate. You'd just be ripping them off.

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I had written for Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman in the past. Jimmy had a different voice, and different priorities. He couldn't be the bad guy... →

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In the second grade, I would just get bored and a joke would pop into my head and I would have to say it. It was almost like I had some brilliant... →

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That's the worst way you can hear about comedy material: from a third person's blog story that they wrote when they were upset.

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Everyone has the same kind of fears; everyone has the same big problems in the world, which is, like, fear of death and 'I hope horrible things... →

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I like seeing what the comedian thinks is funny, not just what they think I'll think is funny.

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I think a theater show is a pure version of me doing my material. The theater crowd is a bit more polite, there really aren't hecklers, and there... →

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I'm not the voice of reason; I'm more the guy using these offensive topics as fodder to raise tension in a joke.

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I would write 100 jokes a day. Most of them were terrible. But I just said, 'I'll write more than everybody else, and that's how I'll... →

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I'm not just offensive, I'm very smart about the way that I do it, and that takes a lot of time. People say that young comics shouldn't... →

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I don't think people shouldn't try to be edgy, but you have to take what the audience says to you in consideration.

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Every comic went through their Mitch Hedberg phase - the glasses, the hair in the face - and you knew immediately when they were doing it.

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I enjoyed writing for someone else's voice, but I wasn't very good at it.

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