Anthony Jeselnik Comedian Quotations

I'm not a comedy writer, I'm a comedian, so I only write stuff that I would want to say.

I like seeing what the comedian thinks is funny, not just what they think I'll think is funny.

I'm a comedian and there are a lot of things I'm still learning. I love one liners because I love smart jokes. I also don't like complaining about society or whining about my life on stage.

An offended audience member repeating a comedian's act from memory is worse than, literally, anything.

Disasters are funny to me. As a comedian you learn from failure, so I'm always trying to put myself in a situation that does not seem ideal for my comedy and see how it works.

It was important to me to be cool as a comedian. I didn't want to be a crowd-pleaser who sent out the vibe of, "I need you guys." I wanted to be so cool that the audience could leave and I would still be killing, that I didn't want to have to rely on them or need them. That really appealed to me.