Once you realize you can make people laugh, it's a superpower. When you're really young, you don't know how to use that power, so I would just say the meanest things I could to get a laugh. I was so awful. I would make fun of kids who didn't deserve to get made fun of. I was just mean, when I was really young. You don't realize that you don't have to be mean to be funny. But, it was something that I was just able to grow into.
I was always pretty broad. I've had a couple bad experiences. One time, I showed up late for a gig in Brooklyn at an Italian restaurant. I ran on sta… - Nick Swardson
I was always pretty broad. I've had a couple bad experiences. One time, I showed up late for a gig in Brooklyn at an Italian restaurant. I ran on sta…
- Nick Swardson
I always write and create. I'm never not creating. I'm always creating a show, every year, whether it gets picked up or not. I always sell a pilot or… - Nick Swardson
I always write and create. I'm never not creating. I'm always creating a show, every year, whether it gets picked up or not. I always sell a pilot or…
The key to comedy is commitment - if you're afraid, you shouldn't be a comedian. - Nick Swardson
The key to comedy is commitment - if you're afraid, you shouldn't be a comedian.
I would eventually like to write and star in my own stuff. I think I have a good comedic sense, so I'd like to follow that road. I don't know what th… - Nick Swardson
I would eventually like to write and star in my own stuff. I think I have a good comedic sense, so I'd like to follow that road. I don't know what th…
It's rare that I've read a script where I'm like, "Oh, my god, it's hilarious!" All you want is a good skeleton and good characters. Then, you can go… - Nick Swardson
It's rare that I've read a script where I'm like, "Oh, my god, it's hilarious!" All you want is a good skeleton and good characters. Then, you can go…
[Being a good comedian] is a skill, but it's also a weird thing that only certain people can do. I always equate it to surgeons and how they can just… - Nick Swardson
[Being a good comedian] is a skill, but it's also a weird thing that only certain people can do. I always equate it to surgeons and how they can just…
Once you realize you can make people laugh, it's a superpower. When you're really young, you don't know how to use that power, so I would just say th… - Nick Swardson
Once you realize you can make people laugh, it's a superpower. When you're really young, you don't know how to use that power, so I would just say th…
Babies are like the smallest, drunkest people you know. - Nick Swardson
Babies are like the smallest, drunkest people you know.
I was always pretty good at adapting to my situations. My act was never that inside, where it was like, "Okay, they're either going to get this or th… - Nick Swardson
I was always pretty good at adapting to my situations. My act was never that inside, where it was like, "Okay, they're either going to get this or th…
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