70 Quotes by Brett Gelman

I saw 'A Night at the Opera,' this Marx Brothers film, when I was, like, six years old. I just became obsessed, you know?

I've never gone to a bachelor party, where I didn't, no matter how much I loved the people there, hate them so much for their disgusting behavior.

I like women around. I like female energy. I find it very important.

What doesn't kill you, if you use it to make yourself stronger, then you will get stronger. But if you let it beat you down, then you will be weaker.

I always at least try to come from some sort of human place no matter how ridiculous the character is. That's really awesome. That is more the work that I'm leaning towards doing.

I've definitely had the long stretches of time in my personal life where I've felt an intense loneliness and a desperation to feel something real and to have something that truly meant something in my life.

I hate it when I see people texting at a show. And talking to each other. They're at a performance; they should respect the performer.

I like to challenge the audience. I want people to feel discomfort.

I like being strange. I like being hyperbolic and surreal.