Oftentimes the shows that don't work help you get it right.
Contrary to widespread belief, I do know something about science.
Whether it's corporate investigations or comedy, there are certain inherent truths to trying to get what you want while trying to be a decent person doing it.
For me, I was literally trying to stay afloat. I never actually thought I would get my own sketch show. So the idea that one day I would have my own show is pretty wild. But once I got it, I thought, 'Yeah, this is exactly what I always wanted to do.
I feel incredibly lucky at this moment in my career to get paid to do basically exactly what I always wanted to do. I appreciate that in general. But you know, like any job, a job is a job, and there are days that are going to be boring, or you have a boss you don't like, or people you work with.
I have what I guess is medically known as a farting problem.
I know it's going to sound cheesy, but I love show business. I love doing comedy, I love that I get to do all this with my friends.
Don't watch Kroll Show if you don't have a Nielsen box. I honestly don't care. Feel free to DVR it and not watch it because that will somehow help my ratings maybe, but honestly I'm talking to the four of you with a Nielsen box. If you have a Nielsen box, like, who are you? Where do you live? How do I find you? You're a unicorn and I don't believe that you exist.
There's nothing better for hosting a show than a bunch of people daytime-whiskey drunk.
I was, like, a history major, and I minored in art and Spanish, but I found myself gravitating toward media studies as time went on.
It was easier to know a character's point of view than it was to figure out what your point of view was.
I gave the graduation speech at my high school. Not because I was valedictorian but because the grade voted for me to do it. And I gave a slightly contentious speech. I was a little critical of the administration. But for a long time it said on Wikipedia that I took my balls out and exposed myself to the crowd.
In L.A., you really are in your car all day alone, and there's very little public life.
Sometimes shows suffer from having many cooks in the kitchen.
I think my goal was just to do comedy, honestly. It still is. Whatever form that took or takes, it doesn't matter.
My friends and family always thought I was pretty funny, but I don't know if they thought I was get-my-own-show funny.
Anyone you give a ton of money to is going to go slightly crazy. I don't think comedians are particularly special in that regard; they just are better or more vocal in their expressions of their craziness.
Everybody gets better looking on TV as shows go on.Even the nerds on "Big Bang Theory" are getting better looking. Their clothes are getting nicer. They're better groomed. It works for them.
I would be psyched to get a phone call from Al Sharpton. I need to find out who does his hair. It's beautiful. It's a gorgeous mane.
When you're playing something, hopefully, if you're doing your best, you're advocating for your character and you're not trying to think too much.
It's the saddest year in movies. We've got "Manchester," "Moonlight," "Chronic," "Jackie" ... it's sad when "American Honey" is the happiest film of the year and it's about runaways aimlessly trying to figure out their lives with no parental figures.
I feel like we have so many different ways to express ourselves now, and I relish, I feel very lucky to be doing comedy.
I like the idea of people getting to know you from different angles and then realizing "That guy is also that guy!" "Oh, he does that!" I really like having a number of different ways to reach people.
People want to consume what you're putting out there, and you can create a really strong following of fans and admirers, and people who are invested in your career and your comedy.
I think that being on the road and doing more and more stand-up has allowed me to figure out... like, I don't think I'll ever be Bill Hicks, but I think I'm figuring out what my opinion is on things.
