Brett Gelman

I like women around. I like female energy. I find it very important.

I look upon 'A Little Bit of Luck' as a very bizarre, happy, surreal memory.

I've definitely seen people get angry or really uncomfortable with stuff I've made in the past. And my stand-up, if you could call what I do stand-up, is quite aggressive, too.

I think the thing that really started setting my career on the course that it's on is when I did '1000 Cats' on 'Funny or Die Presents' on HBO. That's what I feel like kind of got me a little bit more into the system.

I hate it when I see people texting at a show. And talking to each other. They're at a performance; they should respect the performer.

All of my favorite directors are coming from a singular perspective, and I think that's been very lacking in film.

I always at least try to come from some sort of human place no matter how ridiculous the character is. That's really awesome. That is more the work that I'm leaning towards doing.

We live in a country whose government and many of its people support white supremacy and disintegration of basic human rights.

I like to challenge the audience. I want people to feel discomfort.

It's actually just as cool to be on television as to be in a movie, and nobody's ashamed of this back and forth.

I think that liberal straight white men really need to stop patting themselves on the back for what they think they think and actually take a look at their actions.

As far as making people feel less depressed, that, in and of itself, is a political act.