Brian Posehn Quotes

I was such a weird kid. The really hardcore stuff like Venom - I was totally aware of them, and I listened to some of it - but they actually frightened me.

- Brian Posehn

Some, Like, Hardcore, Venom

Once I could drive, I spent all my time in the city going to metal shows. I missed the first couple of Metallica shows because I was lame. By the time I got into them, they were playing places like the Kabuki.

- Brian Posehn

City, Couple, By The Time, All My Time

Metal is easily my favorite thing - Exodus and Anthrax and Megadeth - so it just kind of organically came through in the standup act.

- Brian Posehn

Kind, Through, Metal, Exodus

You don't hear Metallica complaining about Pearl Jam.

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Jam, About, Pearl Jam, Metallica

I don't know if I was a poseur - I really did love metal, always - but I gave a lot of other things a chance. I wanted to meet, um, girls, so I would check out 'Depeche Mode.'

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Love, Other, Out, Depeche

I got into Kiss before I got into anybody. The first thing I heard was 'Detroit Rock City.' I heard it in the school library, where I lived.

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City, Before, Anybody, Detroit

I love writing. It's one of my favorite jobs. Of the things I get to do, I love sitting in a room and coming up with ideas, and I love going home and pounding them out.

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Love, Going, Jobs, Pounding

I had seen other comic friends of mine go to indie labels. Like David Cross and Pat Oswald went to Subpop, and Subpop didn't make total sense for me, but the metal version of that did. So I made a small list with Metal Blade, Prosthetic and couple of other labels, and Relapse was one of them.

- Brian Posehn

Small, Other, Indie, Oswald

I've played D&D for years. I'm a comic book guy. Comic-Con in San Diego is nerd Christmas for me.

- Brian Posehn

San Diego, Comic-Con, San, Diego

I've always hated the term 'alternative'; I only use it because when I say it, people know what I'm talking about. I always thought it was weird when guys like myself or Patton Oswalt or Dana Gould, these older guys, were called 'alternative' comedy.

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Thought, Use, About, Older Guys

There's a roller derby girl that goes by that name, 'Nerd Rage,' and she named herself after my album.

- Brian Posehn

Goes, Album, Named, Nerd

Nerd rage to me is kind of just empty rage. I mean, ultimately, you're not going to do it; you're not going to fight somebody, you know.

- Brian Posehn

Kind, Going, Ultimately, Nerd

I'm very excited that my yelling will be featured on the next Evile disc; they're one of my favorite new-ish bands and, in my not-so-humble opinion, the British saviors of thrash metal.

- Brian Posehn

Next, Very, Featured, Disc

I'm doing a pilot for Comedy Central with the band Steel Panther. They're faux heavy metal. They started as kind of a tribute band out here, or a cover band, and they're funny guys, and they just sort of morphed into their own thing.

- Brian Posehn

Doing, Steel, Here, Faux

Juvenile stuff has always made me laugh. It's what I know.

- Brian Posehn

Me, Always, Made, Juvenile

I didn't want to write sketch comedy after 'Mr. Show.' I felt like, after 'Mr. Show', why would you want to go work at any of the other places that existed then?

- Brian Posehn

Other, Like, Mr, Sketch Comedy

I don't exactly fit well in leather pants, so I don't rock that look. I lost my hair a long time ago, so no hair-metal look, either. I had hair down to my belly button at one point, but I think that was the '90s.

- Brian Posehn

Pants, I Think, Belly, Button

I really hate Nicki Minaj, but I don't know why I hate her. I just hate her face, you know? So I went and just looked at some Nicki Minaj videos so I would have a leg to stand on if I ever met someone who liked her.

- Brian Posehn

Why, Some, Videos, None

I love to visit the comic shops, and I don't want to call myself a 'foodie,' because that word is just stupid, but I love diner food, and I'm a hardcore fan of 'Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.'

- Brian Posehn

Love, Stupid, Diner, Visit

What I think makes people nerds is just being obsessive. I think that's what nerdiness really is - its people who don't just passively like something, they get passionate about whatever they like.

- Brian Posehn

Passionate, Think, I Think, Nerds

I wanted to be a vet before I got into comedy, but then once I found out how much gore goes into that job, I wanted nothing to do with it.

- Brian Posehn

Comedy, Goes, Before, Vet

Turns out, there's not a lot of information about pickles on the Internet.

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Information, About, Lot, Pickles

I just felt like I'd rather listen to even the worst metal song more than most current pop music.

- Brian Posehn

Song, Like, Rather, Pop Music

It's weird, but Scion is kind of cool. I couldn't drive one because I'd look like one of those McDonald's Happy Meal toys with giant heads sticking out the window.

- Brian Posehn

Kind, Toys, Like, McDonald

I wasn't even aware that there are different styles of taxidermy, traditional and rogue. I wound up really liking the rogue stuff the most, just because it is more artistic and people can go anywhere with it. That stuff I really liked. Honestly, I would have liked to buy some of those pieces.

- Brian Posehn

Some, Buy, Different Styles, Liking

A lot of the traditional sitcom stuff I did - I think I could have gone that route when I was younger as a staff writer, and I just didn't want to.

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Think, Younger, I Think, Sitcom

I used to see my friend Harland Williams in a lot of auditions. Then you'd see one of the DeLuise kids because they're kind of heavy and character-y. You'd just see a lot of the same guys over the years.

- Brian Posehn

Used, Years, Auditions, Williams

I've written for the last 15 years on TV shows, but now I'm doing the new Charlie Sheen program, 'Anger Management.'

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Doing, New, TV, None

I definitely talk about my love of metal to audiences, and I sort of realized it was always natural and never, 'Well, I'm going to be the heavy-metal comedian.'

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Love, Natural, Always, Comedian

In D&D, I love playing the first guy through the door - the guy with the battle-axe. 'Where are the bad guys? Just point me at 'em!'

- Brian Posehn

Love, Door, Through, Bad Guys

As a comic, I used to know more about pop culture.

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Culture, More, Pop, Comic

One thing about writing 'The Sarah Silverman Program' was the concern that I don't give myself the best story, you know what I mean?

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Myself, Give, One Thing, Concern

I tried playing the drums, and I could play 'Boys Don't Cry' by The Cure.

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Play, Tried, Could, I Tried

I feel very lucky that I've been able to carve out any niche at all in this business. It's so hard to get into.

- Brian Posehn

Lucky, Been, Very, Niche

I used to own a stuffed piranha, but I haven't seen it in years. I don't even know what happened to it. Maybe my wife didn't want it to make the move from the last house to this one.

- Brian Posehn

Last, Maybe, Move, Stuffed

I think too much during my day-to-day life; I'm the guy who worries about everything.

- Brian Posehn

Think, Day-To-Day Life, Worries

My act is pretty much me reflecting on what I want to talk about and what I think is funny and what has happened to me.

- Brian Posehn

Think, Pretty, I Think, Reflecting

I've always been really good at staying busy. Even while I'm working, I'm looking at what the next thing is.

- Brian Posehn

Next, Always, Been, Busy

I try to hit all the places Guy Fieri visits in every city I go to. It's, like, something a 60-year-old would do.

- Brian Posehn

City, Go, Like, Visits

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