If you play comedic scenes like they're really serious, then it's so much more funny than if you're going for a laugh.
Patton OswaltOne of my groupies gave me a film that they made, and it ended up being amazing, so I got it shown at South by Southwest. If I can help get their stuff out there, then great.
Patton OswaltThere's no destination. There's no getting anywhere. There's just the going. The key to life is to make the going really fun. Because people that are like, โIf I just get to this, then boom!โ And then they get there and there's this dawning of an afterwards. Whereas I'm just always in the going. And it's not a frantic going like, โI gotta keep going or I'm gonna go nuts!โ I can not do anything for weeks or months if I need to and just sit and read books or watch movies. I'm just as fine consuming and absorbing new art as I am trying to make it. But it's all in the going.
Patton OswaltYou know, in Los Angeles, you're constantly in your car, you're sealed up, you're not walking around. Whereas in New York, after a while, all your stuff is kind of public, in one way or the other. I'm not saying either one of those is bad; they're both great for a very specific kind of comedian. And I'm glad that they both exist.
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