61 Quotes by Jonathan Krisel

'Portlandia' is 100 percent improvised, and I came into this business not knowing anything.

There's a thing in comedy where you take one step into a bad idea, but if you take 10, then it becomes a good idea again.

I'm never trying to make something esoteric; it just happens.

Bands on tour are very good cultivators of what's the avant-garde of comedy.

The Internet is a good way to try some stuff with no big crew and no money being spent. Since there are no stakes to it, you can try to be a little experimental.

You can use cheap technology to get a great look.

I'm a huge 'Twin Peaks' fan.

It's exciting being in the present. You're always reading emails, talking about the future, looking at pictures on Facebook of the past. But living in the present? It's almost a dead medium. I almost want to do a sketch about being in the present.

With all the outlets, if you have a strong comedic voice, there's a venue to do your thing. It's a bit of a meritocracy, where the best stuff rises to the top.