Neal Brennan

The hardest part of comedy is writing the jokes, and the second-hardest part is telling the jokes. To me, everything else is significantly easier.

But my problem was that I did an hour for Comedy Central and nobody seemed to care.

I'm not going to say the market is flooded, but there are a lot of people doing comedy.

I needed to be more self-determining, and the most self-determining thing you can do in comedy is stand-up.

You’re supposed to not like the 'Austin Powers' movies because people ruin the catchphrases. 'Austin Powers' is so funny.

Like, your body has to get used to being in front of people. Like - and you have to be like - you have to be kind of a ham, you know? Like, the thing about writers is they're generally self - comedy writers - self-loathing, sort of play small. And as a, like, performer, you have to think like a comedy writer but act like a performer.

Like, I feel like I'm funny, despite the fact that I keep getting rejected by people less funny than me.

I don’t think people understand what comedy is supposed to do. We will observe things, we will make fun of things."

The thing about comedians is, we’re generally pretty smart. So, if we can be smart and funny, that is the victory."

Even at it's worst, 'Def Jam' was extremely interesting and extremely well performed. And the crowds were amazing.

Honestly, I’ve always thought that Charles Barkley is the best guy on TV because he will really tell you what he thinks. But it’s all well thought out."

If I go to the store, I'm not trying to slip in the middle of the aisle so I can talk about it onstage. I'm at the store because I need food or medicine.