Marc Maron Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“I'm not for everyone. I'm barely for me.”
-- Marc MaronSource : Twitter post from May 15, 2014
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“You hope to see an arc of growth in your ability to become a character on television.”
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“Maybe depression is the most reasonable response to all the crap around us. Maybe it's the happy people who need medication.”
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“Most of my comedy writing happens through improvisation on stage; doing it in the moment.”
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“That’s the big challenge of life—to chisel disappointment into wisdom so people respect you and you don’t annoy your friends with your whining.”
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“I've become less angry and a little more humble by age and by experience and by going through the ups and downs of life.”
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“That's an animal fable about humility. If you survive your mistake, you must learn from it. Accept that you're fragile, vulnerable, and sometimes stupid. Realize that you're not immortal and you've got to take care of yourself. And then laugh it off and fly away.”
-- Marc MaronSource : Marc Maron (2013). “Attempting Normal (Enhanced Edition)”, p.134, Random House Group
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“I know that the podcast is typically something I can do forever, because it's mine; it's just me and my producer and business partner, so it's our business.”
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“Have you ever had one of those moments when you look up and realize that you're one of those people you see on the train talking to themselves?”
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“There's something about cats' self-sufficiency and their seemingly individualistic ways that I find compelling.”
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“Some of you may be perfectly happy with mediocrity. Some of you will get nothing but heartbreak. Some of you will be heralded as geniuses and become huge. Of course, all of you think that one describes you...hence the delusion necessary to push on.”
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“My cats, the ones that I have, were feral when I found them so the relationship that I have with them 10 years in is very mutual, earned, and evolved over time. It was never an easy thing. I like that they have a certain distance and have their own sense of selves.”
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“I didn't really want to kill myself, it just made me feel better to know I could if I wanted to.”
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“Dogs are too much to handle. I don't need anything in my house that's needier than me.”
-- Marc MaronSource : "Marc Maron Off-Screen". Interview with Devon Ivie, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 3, 2015.
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“It's easy to maintain your integrity when no one is offering to buy it out.”
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“We’re built to deal with death, disease, failure, struggle, heartbreak, problems. It’s what separates us from the animals and why we envy and love animals so much. We’re aware of it all and have to process it. The way we each handle being human is where all the good stories, jokes, art, wisdom, revelations, and bullshit come from.”
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“On some level any appearance on Television can be seen as a product endorsement.”
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“I've had this look for about a year. I usually grow this beard out around Christmas. I like to go to malls dressed as Jesus, and I like to then walk around the mall and go, 'No! No! This wasn't what it was supposed to be about, people!' Then if there's a Santa at the mall, I walk up to him and say, 'Listen, fat man, you're just a clown at my birthday party.'”
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“I think seeing Pryor's first movie, Live In Concert, when I was in high school changed my life. Pryor really put the heart in darkness for me.”
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“Hopefully standup will become special again.”
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“In the sixties and seventies you could probably name all the great comics. It was still special.”
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“I’m glad to be part of the war on sadness. I’m a part time employee of the illusion that keeps people stupid.”
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“In most cases the only difference between depression and disappointment is your level of commitment.”
-- Marc MaronSource : "Marc Maron 2/ Comedy Central Presents". Season 11 Ep. 1, Documentary, Comedy, www.cc.com. January 12, 2007.
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“I'm sad to see the passing of the great drug warriors. I certainly did my part in that battle and I don't regret any of it.”
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“Show business is one of the few businesses that the devil will actually agree to own just a portion of your soul because he knows if you have a performer's ego you were probably working for him all along.”
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“Left wing, right wing, I am wingless and tired of trying to fly. Here comes the ground.”
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“The bile makes it better. I am an information wasting machine - 100s of words a day.”
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“When I was a young kid I loved Don Rickles, Buddy Hackett and Jackie Vernon.”
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“You can't avoid pain in life. It's how you handle pain, that's what defines you.”
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“It may have lost its special-ness forever and the clubs might not being doing well but I think standup is in the best shape it has been in a long time.”
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