Kyle Kinane
My theory on politics is no one really knows how it works, so I choose not to comment on stuff too outside of my league.Collection: Politics
The time that I have on this earth should just be filled with good times.
I don't want to make it a hard, fast rule, but it's surprising how many 'fun for the whole family' acts are real scumbags. The people that confess they're scumbags on stage are generally really great people. They're more honest with the audience with who they are.
I think the problems with comedians that are political, and there are some brilliant ones, are the ones that offer no solutions. Not that there's a moral obligation for a comic to fix things, but I like to see a comic that's upset about something and offer a solution. It can be a funny solution. I like to see the thought process.
I'm glad I'm a comedian. Otherwise, my life would just be a series of undocumented low points.
I was raised Catholic in the Midwest, so I can't enjoy anything.
Nobody mountain bikes anymore - or ever did - in comedy, so I have to go by myself.
The exciting part about life is finding out what you can't do, because you don't find out until you try to do something and you're stopped.
The category I come closest to is 'lumberjack hipster.'
I like to challenge myself not to be negative, because it's easy to take comedy to a negative place and criticize the outside world. Trying to praise something through comedy or be appreciative and making jokes about it is more challenging than cutting things down.
Sometimes I realize halfway through a story, I'm like, 'Why would anyone care about this? It's uninteresting.'
Sometimes your dreams come true, and it's a real drag.
I now get to have the life I wanted when I was 18 years old. Now, I'm like, 'I can buy any skateboard I want.'
I try to stay away from calling people nerds or whatever, because I've got my own fetishes and interests.
I know what I like, and I'm not trying to adapt to new things.
Young writers take themselves very seriously in college.
I think I told my parents I wanted to be a writer, just so they'd kind of think I had some direction in life. It made it easier to pick out classes at college, like, 'Oh, this is writing classes, that's what I'm doing.'
When I lived in Chicago, I didn't like it. It's nice to visit.
I still love a well-crafted joke. Twitter's been great for that.
I'm hardly a known name, but I don't want to go, like, 'Oh, people call me a storyteller comedian, let me just go up and just talk about my day.' I don't want that to happen.
In 2007, I had on-paper success. I got to go to that Aspen comedy festival, which was pretty exclusive, I guess. Then I did Carson Daly. That was enough validation.
I am somehow allowed by the universe to do exactly what I want to do to make a living.
I'm not on this earth to be a goalie. I'm not here to stop somebody from accomplishing their goals. If you're not hurting anybody, I'm here to either assist or get out of the wayCollection: Hurt
I eat the same way Doc Brown fuels the DeLorean at the end of Back to the Future.Collection: Fuel
It's a Vietnamese soup that answers the question, 'What happens when a former child soldier pours hot rain water over fish nightmares.' It's delicious and I can't stop eating it, that's what happens.Collection: Children
I was raised Catholic in the Midwest, so I cant enjoy anything.Collection: Catholic
Sometimes your dreams come true, and its a real drag.Collection: Dream
How can you feel like an actual member of society casting a vote for a president when in a professional interview you said that farts make you laugh? And you're a professional in comedy? But then, have you ever seen a video of a small dog that farts? Welp. I don't need to explain that anymore. If you can't see the humor in that, good luck being a CEO somewhere where I'm not going to understand you. It's a harmless thing to laugh at. It's humor that's not at the expense of someone else. And it's silly. It's juvenile.Collection: Dog
What is there to say about ChUC other than it's a comedy show done the right way in the right space. Fantastic comics, welcoming audience. Always great.Collection: Space
Comedy doesn't have to be loud and obnoxious and beat you over the head. It can be this really small detail that, when it computes in your brain, you think, "That's great. That's masterful."Collection: Thinking
What a great unifier getting scared is. Not in an actual threatening, real-world way, but getting scared from horror movies or haunted houses or ghost stories. You laugh because it's a release. People laugh when they're nervous. I laugh so much at a haunted house. It's out of fear, but it's also a wonderful release. Getting scared like that, you feel good, and you feel exhilarated afterwards.Collection: People
The weight of the world isn't on their shoulders as much in Canada as opposed to America. Americans' perception of it is, "Oh, it seems like a pretty nice place to live. And everyone there is nice. So if people around you are nice, you have a tendency to be nicer." What a wonderful lesson for the rest of the world: Just let a little kindness rub off on you.Collection: Kindness