Brett Gelman

I love Adult Swim. They give you so much artistic freedom. ”

I love Lars von Trier and Michael Haneke, but if I'm not in the right frame of mind to watch their work, I feel upset after watching it. ”

I love 'Seinfeld.' That was not alternative. You can't get more in mainstream than that. ”

I love Brody Stevens. He's one of my favorite stand-ups. ”

Loss is a part of life, unfortunately, and you've got to just deal with it. ”

We have to laugh at how hard life can be and how screwed up we can be at times. ”

We spend so much of our lives doing math problems on how to feel good. It's such a waste of time. You're going to feel how you feel. It's hard to just set up a way that you're going to live your life that is going to be just endlessly happy and healthy. That's impossible. ”

I've definitely had the long stretches of time in my personal life where I've felt an intense loneliness and a desperation to feel something real and to have something that truly meant something in my life. ”

I get to live a privileged existence. ”

I love taking on roles that other people have written for me just as much as I take on writing - just not as much of a, 'Oh, that guy.' I want people to start saying, 'Oh, Brett Gelman's new piece is coming out. That's a Brett Gelman movie. That's a a Brett Gelman show.' ”