257 Quotes by Chris Hardwick

The idea of the archetypal nerd is totally blurred these days. So many people of this current generation have grown up with technology and video games. It’s just a part of the world now, a part of our shared culture.

No matter what tricks you use or what decisions you make, go easy on yourself as someone who’s on a never-ending quest for improvement.

I dated around some, but I’ve always been a serial monogamist. I don’t know how people date around a lot, and not want to stab themselves in the face with a sharp object.

The ‘Hipster Nerds’ like stuff because they hate it. It’s like they ironically like it.

Don’t tell television, but there is some superior programming being made on the Interwebz.

I do podcasts for the same reasons I do stand-up comedy. I love it, and I don’t care if anybody else gets it.

We are in niche consumption mode, but ‘niche’ doesn’t mean ‘small’ anymore. Niche can mean focused, and particularly with the Web, which is a global audience you can have something niche and still get 10 to 15 million views.

I think people have this stereotypical idea in their head of what a nerd is. People have said to me before, “You’re not a nerd!” because I think they think of the classic Revenge Of The Nerds archetype.

Just as someone who’s been interested in radio and programming for so long, I can usually tell when an interviewer is doing a segment just to fill a programming slot. They ask questions, but they don’t care about the answers.