Nick Swardson famous quotes

03-28-2025

It's rare that I've read a script where I'm like, "Oh, my god, it's hilarious!" All you want is a good skeleton and good characters. Then, you can go, "Okay, I can bring a lot to this. I can improvise and I can create something out of this."
-- Nick Swardson

#Character #Skeletons #Want
I always write and create. I'm never not creating. I'm always creating a show, every year, whether it gets picked up or not. I always sell a pilot or an idea. I like to be in control.
-- Nick Swardson

#Writing #Years #Ideas
Once you realize you can make people laugh, it's a superpower. When you're really young, you don't know how to use that power, so I would just say the meanest things I could to get a laugh. I was so awful. I would make fun of kids who didn't deserve to get made fun of. I was just mean, when I was really young. You don't realize that you don't have to be mean to be funny. But, it was something that I was just able to grow into.
-- Nick Swardson

#Fun #Mean #Kids
I was always pretty good at adapting to my situations. My act was never that inside, where it was like, "Okay, they're either going to get this or they're not."
-- Nick Swardson

#Situation #Okay #Adapting
I was always pretty broad. I've had a couple bad experiences. One time, I showed up late for a gig in Brooklyn at an Italian restaurant. I ran on stage, did my show, and then some guy in the audience threatened to kill me because he didn't like my joke. Instead of talking to him, I just ran off stage. And then, because I was late, the owner of the restaurant threatened to kill me. And I was 19 years old and so scared that I almost started crying. But, I've done every gig you can imagine, in every state.
-- Nick Swardson

#Couple #Italian #Talking
[Being a good comedian] is a skill, but it's also a weird thing that only certain people can do. I always equate it to surgeons and how they can just cut people open and operate. Certain people are just wired differently, and I feel like comics are the same way.
-- Nick Swardson

#Cutting #Skills #People
Babies are like the smallest, drunkest people you know.
-- Nick Swardson

#Baby #People #Alcohol
The key to comedy is commitment - if you're afraid, you shouldn't be a comedian.
-- Nick Swardson

#Commitment #Keys #Comedian
I would eventually like to write and star in my own stuff. I think I have a good comedic sense, so I'd like to follow that road. I don't know what the future holds, but whatever I do, I'll commit.
-- Nick Swardson

#Stars #Writing #Thinking
I have no problem doing gay stuff, I really don't care.
-- Nick Swardson

#Gay #Care #Stuff
It's hard to give someone advice when you're an institution. I don't really put a lot of pressure on it - I'm just open to doing stuff that's challenging.
-- Nick Swardson

#Giving #Advice #Challenges

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