Nick Quotes

I miss him like one might miss a scar, or wooden leg, something disfiguring but characteristic.

I'm coming to London next week, by the way, in unhappy circumstances. Are we getting on fine as we are? Or would you like a drink?

…I've had a bad week." What's happened?" Nothing's happened. I've had a bad week in my head, is all.

It was hopeless, life, really. It was set up all wrong.

But then, that was the trouble with relationships generally. They had their own temperature and there was no thermostat.

I'm not telling you that suicidal people aren't so far away from people who can get by; I'm telling you that people who can get by aren't so far away from being suicidal.

The point is you keep going. You want to. So all the things that make you want to are the point.

What harm has he ever done to you?' 'You know what harm he's done me. He offended me with his terrible taste.

You have to work at relationships. You can’t just walk out on them every time something goes wrong.

Like all books that have that kind of momentum, it starts from word of mouth.

Reading begets reading.

What went wrong? Nothing and everything.

I guess I should have forgotten about it ages ago, but forgetting isn't something I'm very good at.

You just have to smile and take it, otherwise it would drive you mad.

I'm simply pointing out that what happens to us isn't the whole story. That I continue to exist even when we're not together.

It's just that none of us had the wit or talent to make them into songs. We made them into life, which much messier, and more time consuming, and leaves nothing for anybody to whistle.

No matter what kind of day I've had at school, I always look forward to golf.

I was happy that I was drafted, and then it was the Yankees and that just made it even better.

I just wanted to go play in the big leagues. But possibly playing for the Yankees is very special.

I just try to get on anyway that I can, hit, hit-by-pitch, walk, home runs, anything.

You play to win, to get that World Series ring, All-Star games and whatever comes with it.

Everything will take care of itself.

I’ll respond to your text message, baby.

Slow down, sugar, because im a diabetic.

Sometimes there's something that you need a few takes to get it and if it takes 15 takes, it takes 15 takes. It really depends.

Jonas Brothers fans are a force to be reckoned with.

Yo, thats illogical I cant have it!

You have to keep your long hair.

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.

There's nothing better for hosting a show than a bunch of people daytime-whiskey drunk.

It was easier to know a character's point of view than it was to figure out what your point of view was.

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.

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.

My goal was to do something that incorporated all the stuff I do and have it feel like something new, like it was hopefully taking the stand-up special paradigm and turning it on its head.

I think that the web and its various facets are incredibly useful in just building a fan base and getting your chops better.

Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner are the funniest dudes ever, and they have great careers on their own. They made great art in the '90s, and they still have dinner three times a week.

You get to have some bigger comedic moments with some very real dramatic stuff. All that in one makes for a fulfilling artistic job.

I've decided to just keep doing Oh, Hello, where I play an older man who thinks he's very cultured. That clearly has not gone away.

You want to be gentle with the people you're working with if you know them.

The more you're able to understand how to do a good dramatic performance, that can inform your comedy. It all informs one another. And it keeps everything interesting.

In real life, you care about other people, but at the end of the day you're like, "I'm acting upon whatever it is that I want or need."

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.

The thing that's the biggest bummer about any live show is a hot, sober room. So if it's during the day and people are a little buzzed, great.

You think you're going to be on TV a year out of college and you're not. Then you tell people and it's embarrassing. And then it's not a big deal at all.

My first job. I got fired from this MTV prank show, or I didn't make the cut of what ended up being, as we all know, Boiling Points. It was my first professional job and I was bragging.

No doubt there are people who are our guests [ in Oh, Hello] who are more famous, but to me, Mel Brooks is the most famous person. So that was really cool.

Really, more than anything, The 2000 Year Old Man is a huge influence on all of our comedy, but specifically the live version of Oh, Hello.

It's the independent movies. Most of these people never even got a wrap party on their movie.

I like to think that the stuff I do is oftentimes collaborative, so to have other people in it felt natural.