I think a theater show is a pure version of me doing my material. The theater crowd is a bit more polite, there really aren't hecklers, and there are a lot of people there to see me, and they're excited about the jokes and hanging out with me for a show. Anthony Jeselnik bitecrowdexcite share on social
I never knew if I would get my own show, but I knew I loved stand-up. Anthony Jeselnik knowloveshow Change image and share on social
Every comic went through their Mitch Hedberg phase - the glasses, the hair in the face - and you knew immediately when they were doing it. Anthony Jeselnik comicfaceglass Change image and share on social
Everyone has the same kind of fears; everyone has the same big problems in the world, which is, like, fear of death and 'I hope horrible things don't happen to my family,' but they do. And I think people laugh at them as this great release. Anthony Jeselnik bigdeathfamily share on social
I would write 100 jokes a day. Most of them were terrible. But I just said, 'I'll write more than everybody else, and that's how I'll get better.' Anthony Jeselnik dayjoketerrible Change image and share on social
I feel like every first episode of a TV show is bad, you know, and it always improves. Anthony Jeselnik badepisodefeel Change image and share on social
I like seeing what the comedian thinks is funny, not just what they think I'll think is funny. Anthony Jeselnik comedianfunnythink Change image and share on social
I had written for Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman in the past. Jimmy had a different voice, and different priorities. He couldn't be the bad guy in the joke; he couldn't upset people, really. Anthony Jeselnik badguyjimmy Change image and share on social
The driving force behind doing everything that I've been doing for 11 years as a stand-up is having problems with authority and not liking to be told what to do. Anthony Jeselnik authoritydriveforce Change image and share on social
That's the worst way you can hear about comedy material: from a third person's blog story that they wrote when they were upset. Anthony Jeselnik badblogcomedy Change image and share on social
