Quotes By Louis C. K.

Oh, I love stand-up.

I grew up watching all these crazy movies, European movies and stuff, and I guess that I always laughed at things that were a little more offbeat.

Everything that people say is testable.

Perception is created and twisted so quickly.

I don't know what it's like to be an actor, where if your show gets canceled, really you're just a bum.

I like pressure. Pressure doesn't make me crack. It's enabling. I eat pressure, and there might be times when I get a bad feeling in my gut that this might be too much, but you feel pressure when you're not doing something, you know?

It's hard to know where your thoughts come from, especially when you have a thirst for material because you need it professionally.

There's no real preparing at home for stand-up. You just go and you just do it.

I was an awkward kid.

A household name is like ketchup. Everybody wants ketchup. Ketchup doesn't hurt anybody.

A lot of TV is put together by teams, by writing staffs and several different directors. It's a great, very smart way to make television. It's worked for however long TV's been around.

You have to be aware of who you're talking to in an audience.

I like being full, every day, with stuff that I have to do.

You know, the people who do indie film and decide who gets those little budgets? They're mean, man. They're cold and very cool-oriented.

If I owned a network, I would never let a guy just put people on without telling me who they are.