Hannibal Buress famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I never use a napkin on my lap at a restaurant...because I believe in myself.
-- Hannibal Buress

#Funny #Believe #Use
Acting is fun; it's easier than writing, and if you get on a [TV] show, it draws people to your stand-up. That's ultimately what I'd like to do.
-- Hannibal Buress

#Fun #Writing #Tv Shows
When people go through something rough in life, they say, "I'm taking it one day at a time." Yes, so is everybody. Because that's how time works.
-- Hannibal Buress

#Time #People #One Day
There's no room for failure performing [stand-up] for a black audience. If you don't get them right away it's tough winning them back even if you're doing top-notch material. If you didn't win them right when you walked out there, it's tough.
-- Hannibal Buress

#Winning #Black #Rooms
In my hometown of Chicago, I'm kind of a medium deal.
-- Hannibal Buress

#Chicago #Kind #Hometown
The more you progress, the more you learn. I try to pay attention to ticket counts, draws, guarantees and bonuses. I look at my deals closely these days and try to come up with other projects and ideas, since this business [comedy] is about creating content.
-- Hannibal Buress

#Ideas #Creating #Progress
I want to just at least make it weird for you to watch Cosby Show reruns.
-- Hannibal Buress

#Watches #Reruns #Want
When I'm doing shows I don't need much from a city. All I'm looking for is a good meal and a decent spot to have a couple drinks.
-- Hannibal Buress

#Couple #Cities #Meals
Social media is interesting. It helps me connect with fans. It's immediate. It's a big part of my touring business - getting the word out via Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
-- Hannibal Buress

#Media #Interesting #Fans
When somebody mangles one of my jokes, that bothers me more than somebody saying that I'm the worst comedian ever.
-- Hannibal Buress

#Comedian #Worst #Bother
I'd like to get more bit-acting roles. I don't know if my talent would allow for a long dialogue, but I could definitely knock out three lines.
-- Hannibal Buress

#Long #Acting #Three
My dad named me after Hannibal Barca, the Carthaginian general who attacked Rome. But nobody knows about him.
-- Hannibal Buress

#Dad #Rome #Barca
I didnt audition for SNL. I sent in a tape to SNL the year before I started writing there, but I got the job there through doing stand-up on Fallon.
-- Hannibal Buress

#Jobs #Writing #Years
I have weird aspirations. Like, I really want to kick a pigeon.
-- Hannibal Buress

#Funny #Pigeons #Want
SNL' is the first real job I've held for more than a month and a half.
-- Hannibal Buress

#Jobs #Real #Half
People like to compare something to something that they know. Even with Chris Rock, they say he's like Richard Pryor or Eddie Murphy.
-- Hannibal Buress

#Rocks #People #Compare
We were talking about urban youth. And by urban I mean lives in a city not urban as in black like white people use it.
-- Hannibal Buress

#Funny #Mean #Talking

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