Words matter. These are the best Hal Sparks Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Sometimes I play guitar like a frustrated drummer.
The name ‘Charmageddon’ actually comes from a social technique that I use. Which is, you know, literally obliterating people with charm so that you can get away with saying stuff that no one else could ever get away with, you know?
‘Cold Case Files’ and similar shows do bang up business, which points to a certain thirst for details in the viewership, but it seems like all the news chat shows continue to force the myth that Americans can’t stand detail and have no interest in an idea that can’t fit on a bumper sticker.
If ‘Airplane!’ comes on, it’s like a comfort film. You can always guarantee a laugh watching that movie.
I try to be as ignorant about things as I can.
There is never hesitation about doing stand-up. It’s just me doing my thing. Unlike being in a band or a play or something, I don’t have to rely on anyone else but me.
The pop musicians often leave meaning in the dust and substitute it for cartoons. The deeper artists – the grunge artists in the world and the emoticon people – tend to leave all of the happiness out of life like it just doesn’t exist.
If I could sew comedy and philosophy together, then I’ve done a good job. The primary goal is always going to be laughs and the secondary goal is always going to be saying something without it being a lecture. I think it’s important to have substance for what you’re saying.
People only have guilty pleasures when they crowbar pleasure down their throat all the time and then they reach for the brownies. Then you should feel guilty because you’re killing your body and that’s something to be guilty about.
Growing up in Kentucky, I used to hang out with four running buddies as a kid – 6, 10, and 11 years old. Two of them would later come out, and so 50 percent of my friends as a kid were gay.
I’m a futurist. Technology is our way out of almost every problem we have. Technology can create a new sense of community.
All musicians need a day job in the beginning. Unless they still live with their parents, I guess. I’m just lucky that my day job is simply another form of art.
Anyone who still supports George Bush would still let Michael Jackson babysit their kids.
It’s better to waste money than time. You can always get more money.
Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song. Until I heard ‘Little Earthquakes’ all my lyrics used really obvious analogies like rain for tears.
I’m a futurist.
I’ve always said that I benefit, as an actor, from not having the illusion of security.
You would not believe how much time people waste in a day. And how little time they put into things they genuinely love.
Mainly, when I go see a show, unfortunately it’s more industrial espionage than it is going to actually enjoy a show.
If I could sew comedy and philosophy together, then I’ve done a good job. The primary goal is always going to be laughs and the secondary goal is always going to be saying something without it being a lecture.
If you take anything I say with any seriousness whatsoever, go study Yang style tai chi. It will make you live longer.
Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song.
If I have anything, it’s tenacity.
I’m named after a computer and grew up really interested in them.
Vegas has the Whitman’s Sampler of audiences. They come from all different places, so you have to do some crowd psychology. You have to find the heartbeat of the room. It doesn’t shift my jokes, but it shifts my timing and my attention.
Most ‘reality’ shows aren’t reality at all. They’re game shows with no prize. Like ‘Rock of Love.’ His aren’t genuine feelings. Then again, Bob Barker didn’t really care whether or not you won the toaster. Sorry to shatter everyone’s dreams.
Jerry Springer’ is just kind of the chubby, redneck version of throwing Christians to the lions.
I’m as heterosexual as any person need be. I’m open about my relationships – or lack thereof – in my own life, because I want to make the case that gay isn’t contagious. It’s not something that you can catch or learn or choose.
Truth be told, ginormous portions have become a pet peeve of mine.
If you are for freedom and equal rights, which we hear a lot of talk about these days, then you have to include the LGBTQ community in that. And if you’re not willing to put your time where your mouth is, then I don’t know quite what you mean by commitment in your life.
