Patton Oswalt
Patton Oswalt
Patton Peter Oswaltis an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor and voice actor, known for roles such as Spencer Olchin in the sitcom The King of Queens, voicing Remy in the film Ratatouille and playing multiple identical brothers on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth27 January 1969
CityPortsmouth, VA
CountryUnited States of America
Patton Oswalt quotes about
reaction
I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, 'Well, I've had it with humanity.' But I was wrong.
american-comedian core experiment fans forces fun growing love push
I love doing stand-up, and having a growing core of fans forces me to experiment and push every time. Everyone has fun - me, most importantly.
audience cherish comedian huge older stage
As you get older as a comedian and keep doing it, what you actually start to cherish on stage is not the build-up to the jokes, but how comfortable you can be in the silence and the non-laughing parts, and how long you can take the audience without a laugh to then get a huge reaction.
journey ideas records
The idea of, 'The journey is the destination' is put into action by browsing in an indie record store. Besides, a human being is a much better guide than a 'More Like This' link on the internet.
ignorance eye garden
So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, 'The good outnumber you, and we always will.'
gold sticks coins
If you hit a midget on the head with a stick, he turns into 40 gold coins.
hippie gay needs
We need conservatives that can accept gays, and then we need hippies that can shave and bathe.
ducks daffy-duck bugs
I fantasize and idealize myself as Bugs Bunny, but I know deep down I'm Daffy Duck.
long-ago evil humanity
We would not be here if humanity were inherently evil. We'd have eaten ourselves alive long ago.
long ugly gorgeous
Lot of ugly funny dudes end up with some pretty gorgeous women. Women are much deeper than us in choosing a mate - they see in the long term.
smart phones people
I update my MySpace every day, I update my Facebook fan page, but that's about the extent of it. I don't want to get into extended conversations with people on MySpace, because there are friends I have extended conversations with every day. I'm on the phone every day. There's like five people I just call and yak with every single day. And that to me is my Internet. You can replace the Internet with five really smart friends.
college san-francisco people
It wasn't until I went to college and met different people from different areas of life - and then went to San Francisco and met people who really knew who the hell they were - that I kind of caught up in a hurry.
friday couple home
If I were to just focus on stand-up, I could actually, paradoxically enough, be home way more, because I would leave on a Friday, go do a couple theaters Friday, Saturday, maybe Sunday, come home.
plates method consumption
It’s the method of consumption, not what’s on the plate.