John Mulaney
John Mulaney
John Edmund Mulaneyis an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He is best known for his work as a writer on Saturday Night Liveand as a standup comedian. He was the creator and star of the Fox sitcom Mulaney, a semi-autobiographical series which aired from October 2014 until its cancellation in February 2015...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth26 August 1982
CountryUnited States of America
swings sides kind
I kind of thought, wouldn't it be funny to take a swing at being on the weird side of mainstream?
writing done matter
I remember writing standup jokes without having done sets. But as soon as I did my first set, it didn't matter. Everything I thought would work didn't work. And everything I was iffy on was funny.
jobs president world
Being president looks like the worst job in the world.
sides sticks stories
You can't always see both sides of the story. Eventually, you have to pick a side and stick with it. No more equivocating. You have to commit.
ideas might mainstream
I like that idea that what I do might be mainstream. Might be.
noble planning comedy
In every case, I find pre-planning noble, but not always that useful in comedy. You know comedy once you're doing it.
ideas important firsts
I always wanted it to be multi-cam from the beginning. In the first seeds of the idea, I wanted a live audience, multi-cam show. That was very important for me.
weekend clubs emcee
It was funny to be an emcee, because you're so at the mercy of the club. You can show up for the weekend hoping to get the $400 - and get fired. I had to prank whoever they told me to prank.
friday couple fun
On Friday night, it was fun [to know] that if you bombed, or whatever was going on, that you'd be on TV at 11. It was a cool feeling, and you'd get a couple hundred dollars.
fun crazy writing
I had a lot of fun writing things that died during dress rehearsal. Sometimes I remember the crazy ones that died even more fondly than the ones that did really well.
writing down-and comedy
There are a lot of great jokes you can sit down and write, but that's just a written joke, versus the comedy of the situation. Ideally, you're pulling as much comedy out of the situation as you can.
fun writing
It's really fun to be writing and producing your own sketches. You almost have more control.
self-esteem enjoy self
Maybe I just have high self-esteem, but I have a lot that I really enjoy.
real school extroverts
As I got into high school and after puberty, I was a little more inward. I was a real extrovert when I was little, but I don't know, I just got quieter With my friends, I was still an extrovert.